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    Why use a razor when you could have a laser?

    Shavers frustrated with traditional razors may soon be able to shave using a “laser razor”, which promises to benefit users’ skin and wallets, and the environment. While traditional razors blades make contact with the user’s skin as well as their ...
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    An invisibility cloak – bending light

    Scientists at UC Berkeley have developed a foldable, incredibly thin invisibility cloak that can wrap around microscopic objects of any shape and make them undetectable in the visible spectrum. In its current form, the technology could be useful in optical ...
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    Plyscrapers will mark future skylines

    If the 20th century was the century of the skyscraper, then the 21st century is shaping up as the century of the “plyscaper.” Despite its historical reputation for great city fires — London in 1666, the Great Chicago fire of ...
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    Robotic arm restores a paralyzed man’s sense of touch

    In the last few years, experimental robotic limbs have made great advances, promising people who are paralyzed or have lost a limb the return of some sorely missed freedom. In 2012, a man with one leg took the stairs all ...
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    This New Children’s Play Space Is Filled With Fun Colorful Areas

    Design firm Crossboundaries, have recently completed the Family Box, a two-level children’s play facility, located in Qingdao, China.   The designer’s description As early childhood education progresses rapidly in China, Family Box recently opened its 6th branch in Qingdao, China. ...
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    4 Wearables That Give You Superpowers

    More wearable technology that can help enhance or control muscles or reflexes Helps researchers accumulate data on human reflexes and how to battle deterioration So, it finally happened — Apple created something straight out of a Dick Tracy comic. Apple is ...
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    Coolest Sleeping pods for some serious napping job

    People just love to isolate themselves from their environment during or after a tough day at work with lights, music and a relaxing posture to take pressure off the heart and troubled mind. Advocates, such as Winston Churchill, Leonardo Da ...
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    Asia Green Buildings

    Asia Green Buildings: China: Introduction Of WELL Building Standard Highlights Social Awareness. Today, the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) formally introduced the WELL Building Standard in China. WELL is a system that focuses on ...
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    Healthy Materials for Building

    Within the last decade, environmental health has become an increasingly important decision making factor for practitioners within the green building community. The USGBC with its LEED Green Building Rating System brought issues surrounding indoor environmental quality and material health to ...