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Building Blocks of Innovation: 11 Cutting Edge Materials Set to Shape the Future

Architecture has looked much the same since early humans first began constructing their own shelter, but that could change soon with the introduction of new materials and technologies producing ...

Augmented IKEA: Assembly App Shows Full-Scale 3D Building Instructions

Putting IKEA manuals into augmented reality, this phone app lets buyers scan their product's barcode, then swipe to follow steps in realtime against the actual backdrop of the room being used ...

Trashpresso: Solar-Powered Mobile Recycling Plant Turns Trash into Tiles

You know how China stopped taking our plastic recycling waste because Americans can’t seem to figure out how which items are actually recyclable and which ones clog up the machines and ...

Night Lights: Aerial Drones Illuminate Uncanny Long-Exposure Landscapes

Circling drones cast soft light on landscapes below (and create UFO-style patterns in the skies over) gorgeous natural settings in this series of surreal nature images by photographer Reuben ...

Cabin of Curiosities: 3D-Printed Building Covered in Tiny Succulent Planters

4,500 3D-printed ceramic tiles cover the facade of the ‘Cabin of Curiosities’ in Oakland, an experimental structure showing off how beautiful additive manufacturing can be. The facade ...

I’m Sorry Dave, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That: ‘Flying Brain’ Will Assist Astronauts

What would Stanley Kubrick think? With its nonthreatening, simplistic stick figure face set in a spheroid plastic housing, CIMON the ‘flying brain’ is probably more analogous to GERTY, the ...

Days after Gucci’s Severed Head Stunt, Drones Model Handbags at Milan Fashion Week

Robots: they took'r jerbs! Or at least, drones stood in for live models at Dolce & Gabbana’s runway during Milan fashion week, floating handbags above the heads of awed onlookers. The ...

Link Rot: ‘Social Decay’ Renders Tech Media Giants as Urban Abandonments

Physical businesses that fall on hard times often leave signs in the built environment, like the distinctive facades of deserted or adapted Pizza Huts, but what might social media sites look like ...

Jobs that Don’t Exist Yet: Art Based on World Economic Forum Predictions

The automation of many of our jobs - even those that have long seemed safe - is fully inevitable at this point. One study predicts that about 38 percent of American jobs will be at high risk of ...

Self-Parking Slippers: Nissan Surprises Hotel Guests with Unexpected Tech

Guests at a Japanese inn in Hakone were shocked when they removed their hotel-provided slippers only to watch them roll away and self-park in a neat row. Later, taking a seat at the traditional ...

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