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Modern Elder Care: 15 Architectural & Tech Solutions for Aging Communities

With millions of discerning Baby Boomers approaching elderhood, the need for a variety of personalized approaches to senior care is more pressing than ever. Let’s be real - none of us really ...

As We Are: Giant 3D LED Screen Head Takes Selfies to the Next Level

Seeing what your face looks like 14 feet tall and enlarged hundreds of times in a public forum might sound like a nightmare to some people, but to others, it’s a fun way to interact with other ...

Paper Signals: DIY Sculptural Objects You Can Control With Your Voice

If you could build an origami-like paper object that can visualize information at your voice command, what would you ask it to tell you? Google’s new ‘Paper Signals’ project is a fun way to ...

3D Print the World: 12 Ways This Technology Will Soon Flourish in Cities

Ready or not, the 3D-printed future is coming, and the first examples are already arriving in cities around the world in the form of office buildings, small houses, public furniture, public art ...

Forget Mocktails: High-Tech Glass Makes Water Taste Like Anything You Want

If you’re sober, pregnant or otherwise unable or unwilling to consume alcohol, you can still enjoy whatever cocktails you crave with a high-tech drinking glass that simulates three layers of ...

Sheep View: Faroe Islands Captured for Google by Four-Legged Crew

There may be many paths along the remote, windswept Faroe Islands that Google’s street view vehicles can’t traverse, but that’s where the archipelago’s many four-legged residents come in. ...

Robot Who ‘Wants to Destroy Humans’ Granted Citizenship by Saudi Arabia

Sophia, a semi-realistic humanoid robot with a range of uncanny facial expressions, has been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia in a global first. Created by Hong Kong-based firm Hanson ...

Doing Our Dirty Work: Crows Trained to Clean Up Cigarette Butts

Should we really be training ultra-smart birds to do our dirty work for us, picking up cigarette butts all over our cities in exchange for treats? One Dutch start-up hopes their clever ...

Houses to Human Hearts: 13 Recent Breakthroughs in 3D-Printed Designs

When 3D printers are widely accessible and affordable, will we see another industrial revolution, enabling us to manufacture just about everything we need on demand? Progress made in 3D printing ...

3D-Printed Muscle Straight Out of ‘Westworld’ Makes Robots More Realistic

If you watched HBO’s ‘Westworld’ earlier this year, you probably remember the scenes where the nascent humanoid robots were strung up on circular frames like Leonardo da Vinci’s ...

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