Astronauts Anticipating Interior Designed Room in Spacecrafts in the Name of Health

DESIGN 04.23.2019 17:50 PM

Scientists are lobbying the idea that spacecraft designers should look into improving the interior design of the astronauts' home away from home.

New Personalized Deep Learning Tool Recommends Routes By Estimating Runners’ Heart Rates

04.23.2019 08:19 AM

A tool capable of identifying essential features that affect workout performance like whether a route has hills and the user’s level of fitness

Peru 2017 Housing Proposal Gets Another Wave of Attention from Dezeen Two Years Later

04.23.2019 08:13 AM

Will this second wave of attention set the wheels of the project in motion? (Photo : Dezeen)Belen, Peru Housing Proposal (Screenshot was taken from video "Modular expandable housing concept for Peru | Architecture | Dezeen" A team of designers from Peru has come up with a concept that allows home users to convert their adjoining terrace space and two additional rooms.

A New Vapor Capture System Inspired by Spiders

04.22.2019 10:07 AM

Taking a cue from spider webs, researchers capture fresh water with a vapor capture system. A team of UCLA engineers and mathematicians were inspired by the formation of dew drops on spider webs that they were able to create a quite simple yet unique and effective way to capture water vapor producing clean, fresh water, or to recycle industrial water that would otherwise be wasted.

Meet the Fontanillas and Their $45K Off-Grid Trailer House in Hawaii

04.22.2019 09:59 AM

In Hawaii, a family that has chosen to go tiny has built their 360-square-foot home on a gooseneck trailer that the family has constructed themselves.

New 25-Tonne Building Blocks Can be Walked and Pivoted into Place By Hand

04.19.2019 10:42 AM

Matter Design has come up with a masonry building block design that can be moved even by only one person without the use of any tools.

3D Models Now Available for Public Access and Virtual Tours

04.19.2019 09:45 AM

The digital models and the data behind them were released by CyArk in partnership with Google Art and Culture platform.

Scientists Design a Robot Hand That Can Segregate Recyclable Waste

04.18.2019 11:44 AM

A team of researchers has developed a robotic hand that will aid in the recycling process. (Photo : MITCSAIL)RoCycle, the recycling robot (Screenshot taken from video "A Recycling Robot") An estimated 68,000,000 tons of garbage is sifted through recycling companies every year.

Game of Thrones: Why Language Technology cannot handle it (Yet)

04.18.2019 08:52 AM

There is still work to do before the computer can fully understand the text The evaluation researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Humanities Cluster of Dutch Royal Academy was done on four state-of-the-art tools for recognizing names in the text, to assess and improve their performance on popular fiction.

22ft Giant Baby "Birthed" in Halifax for Daughters of Fortune Project

04.17.2019 15:49 PM

A giant Mechanical baby has been installed ahead of Mind the Gap theatre company's first performance of Zara at the Piece Hall in Halifax. It is billed as a unique theatrical experience including a cast of more than 100 and 3D projection mapping.

Historian's Hobby Plus Famous Game's 3D Model Could Help Rebuild Notre Dame

04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Plans to rebuild the Notre Dame followed the recent tragedy that befell the historic landmark. (Photo : National Geographic)3D Model of Notre Dame Cathedral (Screenshot taken from video "Laser Scanning Reveals Cathedral’s Mysteries | National Geographic" On Monday, April 16, the whole world lamented a huge loss as Paris' famed historic cathedral, Notre Dame was engulfed in flames.

Get Answers to the World’s Most Fascinating Questions with This New Software Tool

04.17.2019 09:16 AM

The tool can classify viruses and customize the treatment of a particular patient depending on the specific strain of the virus that affects them

The First Chair Made by Artificial Intelligence Debuts in Milan’s Design Week

04.16.2019 10:04 AM

A team of designers was tasked to design a chair that would comfortably sit a person while demanding the least possible amount of materials in production.

Milan Fair Tests to See If Quality of Interior Design Affects Health

04.15.2019 23:06 PM

There are some things that might be seen as unimportant or insignificant could actually have a great impact on the people that inhabit the space.

Furniture can Now Be Downloaded and Printed, Thanks to Opendesk

04.12.2019 22:12 PM

Open-source furniture is increasingly getting more popular as another option when it comes to getting furniture for your house, although CNC machines are essential to this method.