Technology and our future  by: Dennis Hayes R & DEngineer

I remember my high school humanities class trip to the Worlds Fair "Montreal 67" as a significant emotional impact in my life.                                                                               

As a developing young man with a thirst for knowledge and a passion to find my calling. I was chosen by my peers to be one of the dozen people out of a class of over three hundred to go to the fair and make a report on our trip. We were outfitted with maps, pens, compass, notebooks, foreign dictionaries, camera's & recorders, Then reminded of our obligation to do our best, stay focused on the job at hand, absorb the culture, be kind to the people, help one another, don't get lost and stay out of trouble. Our instructors and class gave us a vote of confidence and encouragement and sent us on our journey of enlightenment, we were elated and blessed.

We returned wiser and enlightened with a presentation of how mankind was trying to change the future and improve the quality of life, and of the scientific advances that would make life more comfortable and our societies more humane and content. It gave me a desire to make a contribution to improving the world, I didn't know how I would do it at that age, but I had my calling to be a part of this movement.

My senior class elected me "Most likely to be a Doctor". I was a science/math major and driving an ambulance in the most violent city in the nation, during the 60's riots,attending autopsies learning how to suture, do I.V's, spinal taps, drilling and bracing bone, disection and all those objective scientific skills you have to remove your emotions from. The Heath Company gave me a scholarship in Biology and Chemistry to the University of Michigan. My future looked brighter...but I heard another calling

A year later I had another experience that changed my perspective of the world. It too was a "significant emotional impact" with similar instructions and encouragement’s. Again a member of an elite group armed with maps, pens, compass, notebooks, foreign dictionaries M-16's, M-39's, M-60's, claymores and the such, the destination…

Fleet Marine Force/Pacific, Ground Forces, Vietnam. I gave another report and slide show at my high school when I returned. I love to relate new experiences. I focused on helping the Vietnamese people and children in an effort to make the world a better place and related the vast differences in culture and the poverty that existed there. I don't recommend to everyone, the pursuing of this type of experience.

My calling was still to make the world a better place, so I went back to college for some technological know-how.

It's been a long road with many experiences and lots of learning, since I stood in that German pavilion watching a robot family perform on stage. And walking to the top of Buckminster Fullers, 250 foot clear geodesic dome (The United States Pavillion) with the Gemini and Apollo space capsules, and the lunar landing module with which they planned to land on the moon. I called in a SitRep that afternoon of July 19th 1969 from just south of hill 10 in Quang Tri Province, we were told they landed on the moon. I was hoping they might have decided what shape the conference table was going to be at the Paris Peace Talks. Everyone back home was watching. It was bigger than the daily battle and casualty reports from Vietnam.

It was the New Frontier, with new technologies, in a "Brave New World"

A monorail passed through the dome on its way to the "habitat" a futuristic, modular complex of architectural wonder, utilizing modern technologies and space saving design parameters with the theme of comfort and aesthetics for the occupants in mind. It boasted of its low energy consumption and economical construction of which no one seemed concerned with in the 60's, but they weren't concerned with the price of gas, electricity or the splendid little war either.

The foreign visitors scoffed at the U.S. Pavilion whose theme was Space and Hollywood. They saw the Americans as idealistic dreamers living in a world of movie fantasy. Maybe they bumped into Steven Speilburg while they were there, or Bill Gates, they really overlooked the sophistication and creativity that the American Society was capable of.

Well, folks the Brave New World is here now and changing with the accelerative thrust of a Minuteman rocket.
I have broadened my knowledge of technologies, with the good fortune of working with many of the industry giants and military defense contractors on everything from photographic digitizers, electronic component manufacturing, high-speed automation, special machines, industrial robots to the space shuttle.

My observation is that the technology lag is shorter, but still much too long. The reasons are many and I’ll save them for a later time when we might discus those issues. My calling still persists and pushes me onward to those goals.

In 1978 I designed a pyramid home and it sat in my files while I was expanding my diversified background. In February of 2000 I dusted it off and began working on it again. Sensing a need to work on something for the society. To fulfill my dreams of contributing to make the world a better place, to ease the grip of poverty on the people and provide more comfort to the human habitat. I now knew how to apply these technologies to the home and make it accessible to the average person, at an affordable cost.  The timing was right with the energy crisis we have today. It was placed on the back burner while I was working on another pyramid home design promotion, which I ended in 2002. I am now working on my Arbelos Pyramid Home again as of August 2007. 

In the seventies the fuel crisis caused a recession and drove the cost of housing up and new homes declined. The Solar craze fizzled out quickly, since the technology hadn't kept pace with demand and the average person couldn't afford a productive solar system that paid for itself in less than twenty years.

Bucky's dome's faded in acceptance (even though it was more efficient) due to complexity of design and reluctance to change. After all we've been building houses this way for a hundred years. I've sure heard that in the Engineering field before. Eventually people realize that they are lagging behind in technology and invest in the machine or the building they needed years ago to compete in their industry and survive. And isn't that what it's all about.... Survivability?

When I got heavily into this design project of the future home I began researching the geometry of pyramids and polygons, mother nature is full of them. I was surprised to find very little usage of the pyramid form in architecture. Until recently, of course there's the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas and the beautiful Pei Structure in Paris but very little usage for residential construction.

Then I had the vision to see the future of home design and how to make it safer and more affordable to the consumer, with the concern for fairness in practice and for reducing the homeowners cost of operating and buying a home. And freedom from the grip of poverty. I haven't gave up in his pursuit to achieve these goals. I assure it will take innovative thinkers in their fields to change the future concepts of building construction. I am proud and elated to be working towards achieving these goals.

What fate lies ahead for us in these times,  seeking a goal to improve the world in our own way to make a difference in the quality of life. Focusing on the strength and natural form of the pyramid. The forces of fate began over thirty years ago in South Vietnam. Serving my country and the United States Marine Corps and was forever changed as brothers in arms, confronted with monumental challenges, and devoted to making the world a better place, instilled with the ideas of God, Country and Corps. Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful) Let us not forget our fallen brothers who gave their lives for these ideas.

I am now embarking on another mission to achieve these goals.......
Giving you the home building concept of the future......The Arbelos Solar Pyramid Homes

Don't fear the future, it begins right now. Just enjoy and relax. It'll grow on you.
Lets eliminate the technology lag by starting right at home. Reducing energy consumption, saving our valuable resources and breaking free of the grip of poverty.

Warning: The following pages contain vivid graphics of the future, strong engineering language, and should not be viewed by small children or people reluctant to change.