Home for Life's Unstoppable Animals

Nino

Nino was a puppy in Mexico who was attacked by a group of teen boys. They severely damaged his back-half before he was rescued and transported to Home for Life. He has a cart, but sometimes gets along just fine on two legs.



Nino, Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani

When Nino was travelling to Home for Life from Mexico, his fame was shared by another pair of stars, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale!

This cat is a sharp dresser. He has malformed bones that sometimes cause him to scoot around, so he wears shirts to keep from rubbing his skin.



Indi

Here is another photo of Indi. She was attacked by a gang in the streets, and had a monk intercede on her behalf. Thanks to support from around the globe, she was able to travel to Home for Life and enjoy the care she deserves.

Meesha is a bright, playful girl who loves to meet with visitors. She was born with an entropic urethra, and her family could not keep her.

Here's Candy, playing hide and seek

Goliath is our resident tortoise, enjoying a grape!

Goliath goes wherever he pleases, sometimes overtaking the cat couches.

veryone loves Goliath, especially the children he visits at the Tubman Family Alliance for families seeking shelter from domestic abuse situations. Over 1,000 children every year receive special visits from Home for Life's critters.

Dodi is one of our most popular therapy pets involved in "Sit, Stay, Heal," and she loves getting all the attention from hospital patients who benefit from her visits.

Dodi has epilepsy, but loves to give a little extra love to anyone who she meets.

Celeste is a blind cat with Feline Leukemia, but that doesn't stop her from being a great therapy pet for children overcoming domestic violence. She loves snuggling up to anyone who needs a cuddle.



Sammy

This is Sammy, a spunky cocker spaniel who LOVES to visit the elderly in nursing homes. Here he is snuggling with one of his favorite people to visit.



Tiger

This is Tiger, a dog whose previous owners neglected him so severely that his malnutrition caused his bones to grow deformed. Thanks to volunteer vets, he has undergone many surgeries that now allow him to walk and play. Here he is participating in the "Renaissance Program," an outreach program where at-risk teens learn how to train dogs and encourage positive interactions with animals and their peers.

Another one of Home for Life's dogs participating in the Renaissance Program, and doing very well! Over 130 teens have participated in this program since it was founded.

Here is Ashley in the winter time. You can see that her disability doesn't stop her from having fun.

Here is Polar giving his adorable cross-eyed look.

Here is Indi during her time in the Apple River.

Here is Indi after a cool dip in the Apple River attached to Home for Life. She loves to swim, as she can get around without using her paralyzed back legs, and without a cart!

Ingrid is a lovely calico with a missing front leg. Though she is shy, most likely from whatever trauma lost her a leg, she is still a sweetheart and great lap cat.

One of our adorable wheelie-dogs enjoying the meadows at Home for Life.

This is Benjamin Button, a rescue from a hoarding situation. His legs are deformed, and his little snub nose needed to have surgery on it so that he could breathe more easily. Now that he receives proper care, he has become very affectionate and happy to snuggle up with anyone who joins him on his favorite chair.

The animals at Home for Life often take dips in the Apple River adjacent to the grounds. This keeps them cool, and allows some of the paraplegic animals to rest their sore limbs in the supportive water.

Agatha is a gorgeous Persian who was abandoned by her family when they left their home with no warning. With no one to care for her, she wandered the streets and was eventually hit by a car. She broke both back legs and her pelvis. After undergoing surgery, she has gone back to her original sassy personality.

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Basic House II : A House in Your Pocket

This is the second generation of Basic House by Martín Azúa, it still features a nice habitable area, foldable, inflatable, and reversible. Basic House II can be said a house in your pocket, yes, it can be folded to small form that fits your pocket. In the future, our habitat will turn into a space of consumption where there will be unlimited number of products to satisfy people’s needs created by complex system and relations that are difficult to control. Influenced by cultures that maintain direct interaction with environment, Martín Azúa has come up with a self-inflate house using body heat or the heat of the sun, it’s simple yet it can protect you from the cold or heat when reversed. The material is so light that it floats, when not in use, you can easily fold it up to fit in you pocket.

It’s an ideal product for anyone who always on-the-move. Basic Home II is a concept design that aims for extreme reduction, it makes attractive, radical proposal. You can have all the freedom without having almost anything.

Designer : Martín Azúa

Basic House II : A House in Your Pocket is originally posted on Tuvie - Modern Industrial Design

Manned Mars Expedition Rover Design Proposal for Future Mission to Mars in 2037

There’s a possibility that NASA will have a manned visit to Mars in 2037, well, at least that’s the plan. As part for the mission, they will require special vehicle that is capable to accommodate 4 passengers up to as long as 4 weeks.

Manned Mars Expedition Rover (MER) is a design proposal for this future mission, the design takes into consideration every possible elements required for the passengers to survive in that hostile environment. You can also say that this vehicle doubles the requirement for redundancy. The main power for MER is electric but due to the requirement of continuous, reliable energy, this vehicle is also equipped with a removable on board Dynamic Isotope System. It will be augmented by roof mounted solar panels, enough for short distance trips.

Designer : Gregg Montgomery

Each of six wheels is equipped with electric motors where both sets of front and rear wheels are steerable. The tires treat of the band are constructed of nano-carbon composite with Solimide foam core. the tire and wheel geometry is set to a 5-degree camber to improve handling on slopes and sandy oil.

MER is designed in parts, shipped in a knocked down state, and can be assembled on site. All materials have been carefully chosen for its lightweight and strength characteristics, the main exterior body panels are constructed of ceramic foam composite originally developed for Space Shuttle for its thermal capabilities and repairability. This design features an electric winch and manipulator arms at the front of the vehicle, there’s an airlock for EVAs, a fixed control deck, and also interchangeable functional modules on different individual mission such as sleeping module, food preparation, lab for some scientific works, or even a crane which would be useful for towing disabled rovers or any other large objects.

Tuvie has received “Manned Mars Expedition Rover” project from our ‘Submit A Design‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their design/concept for publication.

Manned Mars Expedition Rover Design Proposal for Future Mission to Mars in 2037 is originally posted on Tuvie - Modern Industrial Design

City Hive : Rooftop Beehive to Promote Urban Beekeeping

Honey bees population have been going down the hill for the last fifty years, just for your information, one third of our food needs to be pollinated by insects where honey bees are responsible for most of it. That’s why theNDC has come up with City Hive, a rooftop beehive that promotes urban beekeeping to raise awareness of the plight of honeybees. Due to Colony Collapse Disorder (a condition where many worker bees colony abruptly disappear), we have to experience decreasing in local bee populations by 35%, and up to 50% in some European countries. Yes, farmers can rent pollination service due to honeybee shortage, however, this also means increasing production cost by 20%.

The main design of City Hive is inspired by water towers, just like the one you see sit on the rooftops around the city. Rooftops make an ideal location for honeybee colonies because they prevent direct contact with people that most of the time prefer to stay away from the interaction. The unique form and location of these towers create a beautiful, reminiscent silhouette to the cityscape.

Designer : theNDC

This project was developed by a real beekeeper, as you can see here, the hive functionality is based on the traditional Langstroth design, the standard style of hive for 75% of beekeepers around the world. The exterior is clad in cedar that is steam bent to sit flush on the round inner profile, and left raw to encourage natural weathering. The body features honeycomb pattern to represent its function and insulate the hive. The cedar acts as passive shading for hive body by reflecting sunlight in the summer but letting light come through the cracks during winter when the sun is low.

City Hive : Rooftop Beehive to Promote Urban Beekeeping is originally posted on Tuvie - Modern Industrial Design