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    Vaulted retreat hall uses two different types of bamboo

    Known for his visionary work of building soaring structures with bamboo andgreenery-covered homes, Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia is at again, this time completing a conference hall with two types of locally sourced bamboo. Located near the central port city ...
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    This Designer Turned A Year’s Worth Of Emotions Into Colorful Spectrums

    Even after years of therapy and mindfulness, many of us have difficulties mastering the full spectrum of our emotions. Portuguese designer Giestas decided to turn it into a data visualization problem, He recorded his emotions every hour for 300 days, ...
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    Modern wood clad cabin in Spain harvests water & sun

    © DOM Arquitectura Proper solar orientation of a building on a site has been one of the core practices of passive solar design for decades. But as a number of green building observers have noted before, times have changed, techniques ...
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    Are cocktails the gateway to eating insects?

    Insects are a much touted solution to food shortages in a warmer, more crowded world. Although eating bugs is common and even a delicacy in many parts of the world, for many people in North America and Europe the concept ...
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    Futurist says to think big and ‘dangerously’

    Futurist, author and CEO of the innovation research group, Tomorrow, Mike Walsh was the keynote speaker at IFT15. He challenged the audience to think big and “dangerously” and ask questions about the direction the world is going within food technology, ...
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    Nanoleaf launches new smart hub that allows you to control your lighting using Siri

    We have seen major leaps and bounds in the past decade or so when it comes to efficient home lighting and the options available to the public keep getting better. The designers at Nanoleaf are at the forefront of this movement and ...
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    Scientists discover seaweed that tastes just like fried bacon

    Scientists have discovered a new strain of seaweed that tastes like bacon. Not even kidding. The strain is a type of dulse, which is actually a common sea vegetable popular in Asian cooking because of its high protein content and ...
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    Tailored for apartment dwellers, these magic carpets morph into chairs

    The challenge is as old as your pre-war, walk-up apartment: how do you squeeze a home’s worth of furniture into tiny quarters.Sam Linders, a recent graduate from the Design Academy Eindhoven, has a clever solution for seating in space-starved abodes: ...
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    Loon balloons to fill Internet gaps in Indonesia’s islands

    Earlier this year, it was revealed that Sri Lanka would become the first country in the world to receive universal Internet access via Google’s high altitude balloons. Now, the firm has announced that Indonesia will be the next country in ...