This House Produces More Electricity Than It Uses!

This narrow rental home, nestled in Oberaudorf — a village in Bavaria, Germany — is the perfect place to refuel and find inspiration. Architect Markus Eck designed the house, named Gut Feeling, as a green vacation home suitable for two people. With solar panels, which produce more electricity than the home uses, and a heat recovery system that circulates fresh air, […]

Green Towers In Hangzhou

Paris-based studio XTU Architects recently unveiled designs for a futuristic high-rise in Hangzhou that blends sustainable technologies into an organic, sculptural design. Cloaked in a “bio facade” of micro algae-covered panels, the curvaceous towers can produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Dubbed French Dream Towers, the mixed-use complex would also incorporate rainwater harvesting, a greenhouse, and an aquaponics system. Currently […]

Turn Your Phone Camera Into A Virtual Assistant

Retana, an AI-powered camera application, today announces the launch of its iOS appwhich allows users to easily search and extract information from their digital camera rolls. The app recognizes text, objects, phone numbers and email addresses in photos, giving users the power to transform visual information into searchable and actionable objects. Retana works like a camera app, maintaining its own […]

Potential Cocaine Detection Only Takes A Few Minutes

Researchers from the University at Buffalo, New York, and Fudan University in China have developed a low-cost chip which can reportedly detect the presence of cocaine in only a few minutes. If all goes according to plan, they hope that it will lead to the development of a portable breathalyzer-style device which could be used by law enforcement to reveal […]

This Smart Eye Will Snitch On You

China’s mass surveillance operation has a new target: distracted high school students. In March, Hangzhou Number 11 High School in east China installed a “smart classroom behavior management system” (or “smart eye”) in one of its classrooms. The smart eye uses facial recognition technology to monitor students, and by this summer, administrators plan to install the Big Brother-esque system in […]

Make An Opened Bottle Of Wine Last Longer

Have you ever gone to pour yourself a glass of wine from a bottle that tasted perfectly good a few days ago, only to find the taste is now completely different — a little sour and even acidic? Or perhaps you’ve experienced the feeling of wanting to open up a bottle of wine, but you hesitate because you know you’ll […]

Use A Robot To Dress You

Chalk it up to a misspent youth watching The Jetsons if you want, but we’ve always kind of liked the idea of a home robot that can dress you in the morning. Forgot the mundane chore of pulling on our own pants and shirt; this is one job we’d happily hand over to machines without a second thought. Sadly, while […]

Online Business Ideas That Are Blooming in 2018

Starting your own business has never been as easy as today. These days, you don’t need to have a brick-and-mortar store or physical office to put up your own company, and some can even be done in the comforts of your own home. If you’re planning on taking profit through online channels, let this guide on top online business ideas […]

How to Find and Hire Freelancers on FreelanceMyWay

With talented freelancers from all over the world – each one having passed our thorough screening process – FreelanceMyWay is the perfect place to find a freelancer for your next project. In order to ensure that you find the best freelancer for the job, though, there are a few tips to help you make the most of FreelanceMyWay. In this […]

Belgium To Build Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

Belgium has officially started building their massive offshore wind farm that’s expected to be operational by the end of next year. The Norther project, valued at over $1.4 billion USD, will have a capacity of 370 megawatts when fully completed. It’ll spread out with 44 wind turbines in total, and it’s expected to satisfy 10 percent of Belgium’s needs by […]