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“What might a child-friendly airport look like?”

October 4, 2018 Christine Murray 0

Now that millennial families are the fastest growing demographic in travel, airport design needs a radical shake-up, says Christine Murray. If flying economy is hell, flying as a family is worse, from coaxing your frightened toddler through the metal detector, to the anxiety of tethering your two-year-old in an adult seatbelt proven unsafe for kids.

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Japanese Robot Capable of Installing Drywall by Itself

October 4, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute have created HRP-5P, a humanoid robot that can perform common construction tasks, including installing drywall. As TechCrunch reports, HRP-5P uses environmental measurement, object detection and motion planning to perform various tasks. The robot may help in Japan’s rapidly aging society where declining birth rates meets a lack of skilled construction workers.

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mix architects transforms old chinese country house into library and teahouse

October 4, 2018 macnadusa 0

located in gaochun of nanjing, china, a small fishing village called jiangshan commissioned mix architects to meet the basic needs of indigenous people for modern functions and cultural life. the renewal plan proposed by the studio consisted of two parts, namely the renovation of the vacant old homes and the construction of new rural public facilities […]

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The Residences at Prince / Marvel Architects

October 4, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

The Residences at Prince, at the corner of Prince Street and Mott Street in Nolita, was once New York’s first and oldest parochial school and part of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral Campus. It is uniquely designated as an NYC Individual Landmark, and a Nationally Registered Historic Place. In 2014, the development partnership of Time Equities Inc and Hamlin Ventures tapped leading design firm Marvel Architects to oversee Prince’s conversion into modern residential units. The result is a site-sensitive adaptive reuse of the former school, turning it into seven condominiums and two townhouses. The project also maintains a multipurpose space for Old St. Patrick’s, a community anchor for 200 years.

AI-controlled robotic ceiling furniture creates extra space for tiny homes

October 4, 2018 India Block 0

Tech startup Bumblebee Spaces is freeing up floorspace in small apartments with robotic furniture that drops from the ceiling and is controlled by an AI “butler”. Bumblebee Spaces has designed a range of modular furniture and storage that can descend from and retract into the ceiling to change a room’s function, or create more floorspace. An artificial intelligence

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