China is Building the World’s First Pollution-Eating ‘Forest City’
Most of us who live in big cities are aware of the problems associated with big cities like polluted air, the gritty tap water, noise pollution, and so on. But we are not able to…
Architecture
Tiny Homes Craze Allows Senior Citizens to Enjoy Their Golden Years Off the Grid
More and more senior citizens are shifting to tiny house RVs. This new trend allows seniors to invest in smaller spaces to spend their retired life off-grid and burden-free. Tiny homes let seniors lead a…
Japan’s Luxurious Shiki-Shima Sleeper Train Recently Launched and is Sold Out Until 2018
Trains are one of the best ways to travel around Japan. Japan is famous for its trains, whether it be the super-fast maglev bullet trains or the ultra-luxurious overnight sightseeing trains like Cruise Train Seven…
Sustainable Design in Architecture More Affordable & Energy Efficient
Reducing Energy Footprints Today’s designers, architects, and building sciences engineers are working like never before to design heating, cooling, and lighting systems to make buildings more sustainable. The fields of sustainable design and architecture are…
Self-Healing Roads Could Also Charge Your Electric Car in the Future!
Roads are always subject to wear and tear depending on traffic and weather. Each year tons of money is spent on repair of these potholes. However, potholes could soon become a relic of the past…
A Robot Can 3D-Print This Autonomous Mobile House in Just 8 Hours
Building a house is a very time consuming, tedious, and expensive job. To make this job easier, a Ukranian startup called PassivDom has developed a 3D-printing robot that can build a smart house in just…
Improving Bridge Design with New Technologies & Automated Seismic Analysis
With the Trump administration expected to spend up to $1 trillion fixing US infrastructure, especially bridges, new tools are helping engineers analyze, repair, and design bridges. In reality, today’s bridges are structurally pretty simple. But…
Plans Unveiled for Unbelievable Skyscraper That Hangs From Orbiting Asteroid
Guess what? A New York architecture firm has unveiled its plans for an incredible skyscraper that hangs from an orbiting asteroid. The brains behind this terrific skyscraper are Clouds Architecture Office, which is also the…
Martian Soil Can Be Turned Into Bricks Stronger Than Steel-Reinforced Concrete
NASA is putting in the best of its efforts to pave the way for sending the first humans to Mars by the 2030s. Programs like Mars One are already ramping up plans for Mars colonization.…
The Gorgeous, Eco-Friendly Hemp House Pulls CO2 From the Air!
As per estimates by the U.S. Green Building Council, buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S. Considering the requirement of carbon neutral building material, U.K.-based Lhoist Group has created Hemcrete®,…
