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This self-sufficient home topped with a soaring cocoon-like structure envisions new heights of off-grid living. The Cocoon Smart Home, designed by Richard’s Architecture + Design (RA+D), will be the first Minergie-ECO certified building in the Dominican Republic. With solar panels, a geothermal system and rainwater harvesting, this Santo Domingo home ...
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Will you smell the robot in the room? Might documentaries explore the situation of bioprinted human organ transplantations on the black market? Will virtual reality cause a worldwide obesity epidemic? The Medical Futurist shares the weirdest ideas about how healthcare might ...
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Made from 180-degree transparent walls, the Finn Lough Bubble Domes keep the Northern Ireland landscape in full view long after you turn in for the night. The balloon-like retreats are located in a 50-acre forest on the remote peninsula of ...
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Technology and mental well-being might seem like profoundly antagonistic terms. However, there are excellent digital tools to help you reach mindfulness and to practice meditation. You can even use smartphone apps, virtual reality solutions and digital devices as a form ...
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Around 40 percent of food goes to waste in America yearly, which costs the average family of four about $2,000 a year. Luckily, Chicago startup Ovie has an answer to this problem: Smarterware. Ovie’s Smart Tags, which keep track of food items’ freshness, can be clipped ...
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There’s another side to the serene, cherry blossom-filled nature scene in Tokyo and that’s the eclectic, sensory-overload district of Akihabara, where creative collective BnA STUDIO has just opened a new art-centric hotel with a vibe that matches the neon scenes from the streets. Following ...
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The Hotel at Midtown in Chicago fits modern inclinations surrounding fitness and luxury. Photos of the rooms a the Hotel at Midtown show a lot of finesse. It’s easy to tell that these are luxury accommodations. But unlike others of its ilk, ...
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Airbus has revealed a series of designs that would transform aircraft cargo compartments into passenger sleeping quarters, complete with bunk-beds and meeting rooms. Created alongside French company Zodiac Aerospace, the concepts would see the lower decks of planes – more commonly used ...
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ROME: First it was a supermarket aisle free of plastics, now the Netherlands has notched up another novel solution in its fight against waste and pollution – products made with food that otherwise would be chucked in the bin. Soups and ...