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    Wrists are so last summer

    Created for everyone from athletes to the elderly, Arc is an innovative twist on the fitness band that fits around the users neck to monitor vitals both internally and externally. It allows both users and medical professionals to track temperature ...
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    Stay warm longer with solar-harnessing jackets

    Wearable technology has been contested by fashion editors from its inception, with too gimmicky high-tech accessories not faring well with the latest styles. For these type of connected products to truly proliferate, they need to evolve to complement—or exist within—everyday apparel. Today, ...
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    Aging Simulation Suits

    While other robotic devices at CES 2016 are meant to make daily life easier and tasks streamlined, the R70i Aging Experience makes everyday activities more challenging by simulating the physical effects of old age. Insurance company, Genworth, collaborated with engineers ...
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    VR Relaxation Pods

    While there are a number of revolutionary VR applications in the works, one company is taking a unique approach by using the technology for mediation purposes. In short, traditional mindfulness may soon be accessible via a non-traditional medium. The new ...
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    Marcela Sapone: Hospitality Requires the New Human Interface

    The future of consumer tech is putting humans back in the computing loop and connecting the offline and online worlds in ways we have never seen. Technology is running us, and not the other way around. People walk around on ...
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    New Report Defines Six Strategies to Power 2017

    While most people are thinking about the year ahead, PSFK Labs focused our gaze a bit further into the future. In our 2017 Forecast, we outline the trends that will shape creative business not only in 2016, but for the ...
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    The Tepozcuautla House Makes It Feel as If You’re Living Amidst the Forest

    Nestled in the hills of Mexico City, the Tepozcuautla House consists of two concrete bodies — one for services and the other for the bulk of the house’s main areas — joined by steel bridges and a cantilevered staircase. The ...
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    Toy House in Brazil Features Fun on Every Floor

    Pascali Semerdjian Architects designed the Toy House in São Paulo, Brazil. The 2,659-square-foot play area was built next to the owner’s home especially for entertainment — of children and adults alike. “The project was conceived as a huge play place for a growing family, designed ...
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    World’s largest waste-to-energy plant proposed for Shenzhen

    Danish firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects have won a competition to design the world’s largest waste-to-energy power plant in China (+ movie). Proposed for the mountainous region on the outskirts of Shenzhen, the waste-to-energy plant is expected to incinerate 5,000 tonnes of rubbish per ...