Choosing your career path can be one of the most important decisions you make; after all, if you choose wisely, you could find yourself working in that field for over 40 years. It can also be a difficult decision to make, so it’s important to evaluate just what you want to get out of your chosen career. Do you want […]
How a Career in Engineering Can Help You Make a Difference in the World
Things That Are Not Vegan Surprisingly
It’s hard to stick to a vegan lifestyle. It can be easy to be foiled by ingredients that just slip right by you, and these aren’t just in food. A surprising number of non-food items also contain animal-derived ingredients. What’s a wannabe vegan to do? Remember that drastically cutting down on animal consumption is good for the planet, even if […]
Smart Alliance Between The Smart Devices
Apple, Google, Amazon and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces to develop a smart-home standard that will mean new devices are likely to be compatible with any of their hubs and voice assistants. Overseen by the Zigbee Alliance, whose board members include representatives of IKEA, Legrand, NXP Semiconductors, Resideo, Samsung SmartThings, Schneider Electric, Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), Silicon Labs, Somfy […]
Muji’s Prefab Indoor-Outdoor Living
Muji has launched a single-storey prefabricated home called Y? no Ie that has a large outdoor deck to encourage indoor-outdoor living. Y? no Ie, or Plain House, is intended for use in rural settings and is the first stair-free dwelling in Muji‘s line of prefabricated timber homes that launched in 2004. The 74-square-metre structure responds to a growing demand for […]
Tacobell’s To Offer More Alternatives For Environment & Vegetarian
Taco Bell has been a longtime favorite spot for vegetarians and vegans to get a quick meal on-the-go — and the company plans to continue catering to eco-conscious consumers over the next five years and beyond. The fast food chain just announced a list of commitments for the near future, including goals to make packaging more sustainable and to “celebrate vegetarian.” Taco […]
Passive House Principles Inspires This Sustainable Home
Australian architecture firm POLYstudio has recently completed A House for All Seasons, a contemporary family home with an emphasis on energy efficiency. Designed for a young family, the sustainable new dwelling has a flexible layout to accommodate the clients’ evolving needs within a relatively compact footprint. The project’s adherence to the principles of the Passive House standard along with native, drought-tolerant […]
Auto Levelling Tripods
Here’s a quick cut from the full article we wrote about this gizmo earlier in the week. “Rather than using a small leveling bubble, the Platyball Elite uses an electronic leveling system — similar to the system inside some digital cameras that tells you when the horizon is crooked. That electronic design allows the leveling system to be accessed via […]
Planning A Sustainable Road Trip
When I was younger, it felt like we lived in the car — excuse me, van. We were a family of four, and still, we drove the heck out of an eight-passenger van. We’d leave for long trips to Pennsylvania (three-and-a-half hours from our home in New York) and Vermont (sometimes five or six hours from New York) and we […]
Augmented Reality T-Shirt
Swedish retailer Carlings has released its augmented-reality The Last Statement T-shirt, which can show a variety of political messages. Developed for the brand by creative agency Virtue, the T-shirt is nearly blank to the naked eye. Viewed through a phone, however, it sports a bold, animated design that comments on a political topic of the day. The wearer can choose from a […]
This Alarm Promises All In One Security Without Cameras
Swedish company Minut has created a smart-home security device for the camera-averse — an alarm that monitors movement, noise, temperature and humidity. The company wanted to create a comprehensive security device without using wi-fi-connected cameras, which are controversial but increasingly common thanks to product families like the Google-owned Nest and Amazon’s Ring. The wireless Minut alarm instead uses several sensors […]