The Tent of teh future..

[Anonymous No.80860]

I would like to design something like this but smaller.
Any thoughts or modifications? I have plenty.
Please discuss.

[Anonymous No.80867]

Nice negro gentlemen may i present you with:
The motherfucking “tent of the future.”
The concept Solar tent uses photovoltaic fabric, glo-cation technology, a wireless control hub, and groundsheet heat. This concept tent was built with help of American design firm Kaleidoscope. The photovoltaic fabric uses solar energy to produce energy for powering gadgets plugged in to the tent, allowing wireless Internet to work, and powering a flexible LCD screen. Glo-cation technology of the tent gives campers the ability to identify their tents using mobile phones, SMS messages, or RFID. Sending the tent an SMS message, a phone calls, or some sort of RFID notification would trigger it to glow, identifying it from a distance. A wireless hub on the LCD screen displays how much energy is generated and consumed. The hub displays the wireless Internet signal strength. And the hub has the ability to charge up your mobile devices. The heating of the tent is controlled by the hub. The groundsheet gets heated automatically once the interior temperature falls to a certain limit.

[samefag No.80869]

[samefag No.80870]

solar thermal shit.

[Anonymous No.80871]

>entirely missing the point of camping

[samefag No.80874]

rods are antennas an shit.

[Anonymous No.80877]

why

[samefag No.80881]

>>80871
could be used for high tech shelters, emergency support stations, portable medical units, internet tents at festivals, ect...

Not necessarily camping brah.

[Anonymous No.80885]

Yes, the Tent of the Future. Now with 50% more likelihood you won't even be able to afford to live outside.

Seriously, anyone who could afford a solar-powered, wi-fi fucking space tent isn't going to even BE in a fucking tent. How will we ever occupy Wall Streets of the future?

Anyway, on a serious note related to OP's actual topic, solar cells are pricey (even in small quantities) so scaling down is probably a good idea. My buddy used a moderately sized solar cell board to charge car batteries, so he could power electric lights, his laptop, and camera batteries while out camping. I told him it kind of ruined the spirit of camping, even if it was nifty.

[Anonymous No.80893]

Quechua base second XL.

Folds into a "backpack" in 5 minutes.

[samefag No.80895]

this is the size i'm thinking of. (pic) With less bullshit than the first tent but def solar. I would like to keep pack weight to a minimum. The proto tent I am making is made of laminated poly & cuben fiber. The rods are a mix of carbon graphite and fiberglass. I have 3 roll up solar panels that link up but i dont really have a lot of electrical experience on how to rig them into what i want.
That kind of why I'm here asking if anyone does?

[Samefag No.80910]

>>80885 solar cell board to charge car batteries

thats what i'm trying to do.

>>80893
I like that, it's ingenious.
Thanks but a bit too large to heat.
But for a festival tent it would easily work.

[Anonymous No.81453]

i think it is a great idea

[Anonymous No.81488]

>>80910

In what environment do you camp like that? Where I'm from the bugs would eat you alive.

[Anonymous No.81491]

>>81488

Not Samefag but I have camped like that in both the NE and the PNW of the US. It's only really good for certain times of year, certain terrains, and certain times when the weather is nice. But damn it sure is light weight.

[Anonymous No.81501]

Solar cells and WiFi MY FUCKING ASS. Useless crap that only breaks all the time because it's simply not made for rugged outdoor use. In my eyes the tent of the future is exactly like the tent of the present, except with better climate control and zippers that don't jam all the fucking time.

[Anonymous No.81505]

>>81501
How about velcro?

[Anonymous No.81517]

great design.

[Joy N Pain No.81551]

This is the gayest fucking thing I've ever seen.
Just stay home if you need something like that to camp.

[Anonymous No.81555]

>>80881
what would you guys call this kind of tent? because that would be great for my family reunion in june.

[Anonymous No.81558]

So..you want a tent that takes a truck to haul around? We always called those campers, caravans for those brits out there.

[Anonymous No.81652]

The key component of a good tent is a FULL FLY, which the gee-wiz solar tent lacks.

> The concept Solar tent uses photovoltaic fabric, glo-cation technology, a wireless control hub, and groundsheet heat.

So where are the multiple AGM batteries to store the solar energy to power all that stuff?

[Anonymous No.81672]

>>81558
> So..you want a tent that takes a truck to haul around?

I'm 44 y.o. and my backpacking days are long over, any conventional tent that
isn't a piece of shit, will need a vehicle to haul around. The Cabela's Alaskan
Guide (6-person) weighs 32 lbs and is 3' long and 18" dia. when rolled up.
You ain't carrying it on your back.

[Anonymous No.81695]

>>81672
http://dornob.com/space-trailer-nasa-architect-now-makes-mini-mobile-homes/

[Anonymous No.82079]

>>81672
You can carry that in a large hiking bag easily you pussy.

[Anonymous No.82080]

>>81672
sorry old man but i'm 48 and I've done most of the pct with a pack that heavy just to accommodate my wife kids and dogs. Toughen up little lady andget the right gear.

[Anonymous No.82088]

itt: Grandpas

[Anonymous No.82103]

>2011
>not using a sub 2kg freestanding tent to stealthcamp while cycle touring for months.
>not turning off every light source and keep quite until you leave.
>not having a tent named "CHAOS"
ISHYGDDT

[Anonymous No.82108]

>>82080
>48
>on 4chan
>mfw

[Anonymous No.82123]

that tent is actually pretty cool looking. Does it double as bear-repelling armor?

[Anonymous No.82126]

Thanks but I already own a tarp and a hammock.

[Anonymous No.82131]

>>82103
>black and red
>stealth

[Anonymous No.82255]

>>82131
>thinks that stealth camping means that you have a camouflaged tent
>laughinggirls.jpg

captcha: EXPLANATION sawkset

[Anonymous No.82286]

>>82255
>implying colour isn't one of two fundamentals of stealth
god, this is embarrassing to read

[Anonymous No.82290]

>>82286
Stealth camping just means pitching your tent somewhere secluded late in the evening and taking it down early in the morning.I did this for years in a bright green and yellow tent and never got busted. Most times you could get away with fucking blinking lights and bells on your tent if you wanted, just by waiting til no one was around and picking a good spot. .

[Anonymous No.82337]

>>82290
that's not stealth, retard, it's hiding
thanks for the laugh though

[Anonymous No.82345]

>>82290

So, what's the point? Why do you need to hide your tent?

[Anonymous No.82351]

>>82345
So you dont get arrested for trespassing or shot by a landowner.

[Anonymous No.82353]

>>82337
>>82286
>>82131
http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/the-secrets-of-stealth-camping/

it's a bike touring website but you get the idea.

[Anonymous No.82358]

>>82345
It's not that you'll get shot by someone. But if you are alone you want to elliminate the possibility of getting mugged, harrassed etc
It's free too!

[Anonymous No.82366]

inb4 kid

[Anonymous No.82573]

I did stealth camping back when I was homeless. About a month before cold weather would hit, I would ride my bike all the way down to California (WA fag here) It'd take me usually 2-3 weeks on just bike. Last time I did it, I got attacked by a fucking raccoon....go figure. It's fun, but my tent was actually camo up and shit.

[Anonymous No.83705]

>>82573
I know that feel. I used to be a technohobo down in Vegas, trying to find places to stealth camp and urban camp and truck camp when it was just me and my Cherokee. My tent is bright blue with reflective yellow around the edges and I only ever got spotted once.

Gerry Spence was right, only the homeless are truly free.

You ain't a true /diy/hard until you're homeless for at least a few months. Hell I'm to the point now where I actually PREFER to live in a tent than a house. At least it's quiet.

[Anonymous No.83733]

>>80860
>>heat
NOPE. Won't last long, not enough solar panels.

[Anonymous No.83876]

>>83705

Yeah man, when you're homeless, you get a lot of DIY projects. It always seems like I was always making a new trailer, smaller and all that crap. I had one sweet trailer that folded up that I made, that was when I stayed in one area for long period of time. I would pick a spot out and make it my nest, then I would deploy my large fold out trailer, then ride around town picking shit up to make my spot much better. The last place I stayed at, ended up making a sweet ass tree house I lived in for like three months, that trailer was nice for hauling material around.