A sad loss permeates the excitement behind the recent news (here + here) of N55’s revolutionary, low cost, high design, sci-fi, geodesic Micro Dwellings—namely that artist Ingvil Aarbakke, a key member of N55, died late last month.

A fifteen year old Nepalese boy, Ram Bahadur Banjan, who many believe to be the reincarnation of Lord Buddha, has been attracting worldwide attention. For the past six months he has been sitting under a banyan tree meditating, allegedly without taking food or drink. Thousands of pilgrims flock to him to receive his darshan, while critics are looking to test the truthfulness of his claims.