Walking Into The Clouds?

Milan Design Week is in full force for 2018, and many of the installations are connecting new technology to old ways of experiencing the city. One sculpture by artist Takehiro Ikeda called “Transitions” is using air-purifying technology from Panasonic to bring a cloud down to Earth. The giant pod is in the center of the Brera Design District, Inhabitat reports, […]

Sock Sorter

ERGONOMIC DESIGN: SockSync is lightweight and ergonomically designed to perfectly fit into your laundry day routine. It features a combination of a laundry basket and a spinning top, aka Spinner. The Spinner houses eight cylindrical openings, the SockSync Cups, that are designed to perfectly fold a pair of socks and positioned to drop them right into the basket. Sock Sorter […]

New Way To Mass Produce Graphene In Long Rolls

Scientists used to make graphene-based membranes in small batches in a laboratory. But a new breakthrough at MIT enables researchers to spool out long rolls of high-quality graphene. The continuous manufacturing process can produce five centimeters of high-quality graphene per minute. The longest run was nearly four hours, and it generated around 10 meters of continuous graphene. MIT is calling […]

Glampervan Doubles As Office & Observation Deck

It may be called “Glampervan,” but this San Francisco company doesn’t build the most luxurious camper van out there. Its Promaster MUV (multi-use vehicle) is all about getting the most fun out of both the ride and the destination, and what it lacks in full-blown glamping amenities it makes up for in smart, compact multipurpose design. Switch gears between weekends […]

New York Welcomes 1st Vegan Supermarket

Up near Niagara Falls an enterprise that caters to vegans has opened called The Vegan Grocery Store. It is what it sounds like: a supermarket devoted entirely to vegan products. Veg News reports that the story has taken the research out of shopping for vegans, with a tagline that reads, “No need to read ingredient lists here, we’ve already done […]

Trees Growing On The Roofs Of This Houses

Vo Trong Nghia Architects puts a fresh spin on the ancient art of rammed earth construction in the Dong Anh house, a modern dwelling topped with living fruit trees. Taking advantage of the property’s secure and isolated location in Hanoi, the architects applied an “open garden design” that embraces nature in, around, and even on top of the home. The […]

Zaha Hadid Architects Designs Special Classrooms For China

Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled designs for Lushan Primary School that blends forward-thinking construction techniques with deference to ancient Chinese culture. Located in the remote and beautiful countryside 160 kilometers northwest of Jiangxi’s capital Nanchang, Lushan Primary School will serve 12 local villages and offer a curriculum that focuses on the creative arts and STEM subjects. To reduce construction time and […]

DNA Playground Starter Kit For Your Kids

Nurture your children’s love of science. Learning genetic engineering doesn’t have to be complicated … Our biotechnology education tools are specifically designed for to inspire future scientists, innovators, and beginners aged 12 & up! Start with colour-changing bacteria and move onto smells, sensors and other apps in 2018! The DNA Playground Starter Set comes with everything you need to start […]

Can We Sue Robots In The Future?

If a robot, acting autonomously, injures or otherwise wrongs a human, who will be held responsible? Some European lawmakers think that the best way to resolve this question will be to give robots “electronic personalities,” a form of legal personhood. Proposed in a 2017 report from the European Union, this form of robot rights wouldn’t give them status like that […]