Inhabitat's Week in Green: 3D-printed pavilions and cardboard cars

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What will the homes of the future look like(click on above Image)? If this year's Solar Decathlon is any indication, they will be self-sufficient, hyper-efficient and 100 percent powered by the sun. How about a home that grows all the food you need, so you never need to take a trip to the produce aisle? Or a super-durable disaster-proof house that's strong enough to fight tornadoes and win? However, the coolest one might be this tiny home that can be emailed to a woodshop across the world, CNC cut and then assembled like a giant puzzle without a single nail.
We've seen buildings, bridges and furniture built from cardboard -- so why not cars? This past week Lexus unveiled an electric car made from cardboard -- and you can actually step inside and take it for a spin. Tesla just launched the Model X to rave reviews, but the automaker isn't sitting on its laurels. Last week Elon Musk teased the company's top-secret Model Y in a tweet -- which he promptly deleted. And Toyota gave us a peek at the future of hydrogen vehicles with its brand-new FCV Plus concept.

Think 3D-printers are only good for making tiny figurines? Think again -- this past week architects unveiled the world's largest 3D-printed structure in Beijing, and it's absolutely mesmerizing. Designers also came up with a 3D-printed bikini that cleans up ocean pollution, and a sweet shop in Berlin is now cooking up 3D-printed candy to order. In other news, green energy is on the rise -- a new report shows that the world is on track to produce 26 percent of all energy from renewables by 2020. And Uncharted Play launched an awesome new energy-generating soccer ball that harvests electricity from the power of play.