Bose launches Frames sunglasses that are also headphones
American audio brand Bose’s latest product is a pair of sunglasses that let the wearer listen to music, make calls and access augmented-reality experiences. Read more
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Bose launches Frames sunglasses that are also headphones
American audio brand Bose’s latest product is a pair of sunglasses that let the wearer listen to music, make calls and access augmented-reality experiences. Read more
Energy-storing concrete bricks could be key to proliferation of renewables
Renewable energy could reliably power the grid at peak times using an eco-friendly and cost-effective storage solution designed by Swiss start-up Energy Vault. Read more
“Post-digital architecture will be rough, provisional and crafted by robots”
In the post-digital age, architects will be designing in code and robots will constructing our buildings, says Owen Hopkins. We’ve now entered the post-digital age. Given you’re reading these words on a digital screen, this obviously doesn’t mean we’ve somehow moved beyond the digital. No, the post-digital describes the blurring of the digital and analogue worlds,
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Archi-Union uses “cyborg fabrication” to build Venue B conference centre in 100 days
Archi-Union Architects has completed a conference centre on Shanghai’s West Bund in just 100 days, using robot-assisted design and construction. Called Venue B, the centre was built to host an AI (artificial intelligence) conference. Because of this, Archi-Union felt it was appropriate to use innovative digital construction techniques in the building’s creation. This follows the ethos
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Photovoltaic concrete facade uses sunlight to generate energy
Concrete facades could soon capture solar energy to power buildings, using a prototype photovoltaic cladding developed by materials company LafargeHolcim and electronics manufacturer Heliatek. The product combines LafargeHolcim’s concrete with a top layer of Heliatek’s HeliaFilm — a flexible solar film that is just one millimetre thick. The companies recently tested the hybrid product in
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Arup and CLS Architetti’s 3D-printed house was built in a week
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video investigates a 3D-printed house, which was built in a week, onsite in a Milan square, using recycled concrete. Engineering firm Arup and architecture studio CLS Architetti collaborated on the project, which was exhibited during Milan design week this year. Named 3D Housing 05, the structure was printed within Milan’s
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“Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised” says Silicon States author Lucie Greene
Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. In her book Silicon States, author Lucie Greene argues that these glamorous, fast-moving “big tech” firms are now competing against
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Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich debut concrete pavilion with 3D-knitted formwork
A double-curved concrete shelled pavilion, constructed using a 3D-knitted formwork developed by Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich, has gone on display in Mexico City. The pavilion named KnitCandela, was built using KnitCrete – a new 3D-knitted textile technology for creating curving concrete structures, without the need for expensive and time-consuming moulds. The colourful pavilion is
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World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge unveiled at Dutch Design Week
Dutch robotics company MX3D has completed the 3D printing of a steel bridge, which will be installed across a canal in Amsterdam next year. Designer Joris Laarman worked with the robotic manufacturing technology start-up to build the 12-metre-long pedestrian bridge, which is being previewed at Dutch Design Week between 20 and 28 October. First proposed in 2015, the structure has been
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