Dean Kamen may not be a household name but his Segway invention certainly is. The inventor turned his 3 acre property home into a net zero energy island. He lives totally off the grid. The entire island uses nothing but solar power. Every single light is LED based with mood enhancing schemes thanks to Philips Color Kinetics. All the appliances are energy efficient and water passes thru his own purification system.
As awesome as I think this is, there are a couple other things about this man I love. His backyard has a replica of Stonehenge. He calls his island North Dumping and at one time attempted to establish it as an independent country with its own "green" constitution and national anthem. Hey, I'm sure the economy there couldn't be any worse and for that view, I'd totally move if invited.
More pics after the jump.
via Slashgear
I'm actually a little surprised at that Stonehenge picture. You would think that something created to be in line with the stars wouldn't be uplit (and therefore creating light pollution that would decrease the amount of stars you can see.)
I love this Island too!
thanks for sharing the knowledge and greetings
@ theisovist: the stonehedge replica surely isn't just for seeing the connection with the stars, but is aesthetic itself, especially in moody light. (even though if i don't like to see it in green ;) )
it's my freakin dream!
nice views