UK architecture studio The Manser Practice has outlined how hotels could be adapted to allow social distancing when they reopen, and how future designs will be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Post-pandemic hotels will have no receptionists and will adopt touchless access, one-way systems and larger rooms with inbuilt gyms according to The Manser Practice, which has designed numerous hotels including […]
Envisioning The Post Pandemic Hotel
Fujifilm’s New App Turns Mirrorless Camera Into Webcam
Standalone webcams have become somewhat difficult to find since the worldwide lockdown in response to COVID-19 has forced many to communicate with loved ones through video conferencing apps. Last month Canon announced software that allowed certain EOS and PowerShot cameras to be used as webcams. And now Fujifilm has followed suit Like the Canon effort, the X Webcam app for […]
Electricity Powered By Bacteria
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany are developing “microbial cyborgs” that generate usable electricity by combining Shewanella oneidensis bacteria with a nanocomposite material. Today, all electric devices are lifeless lumps of technology powered by equally lifeless batteries and other energy sources. However, if the KIT concept is brought to a practical stage, we could see biosensors […]
FORGO Plastic Packaging With Powdered Hand Wash
Plastic containers line nearly every shelf of any health and beauty aisle. To tackle this earth-endangering practice, Stockholm-based design studio Form Us With Love set out to make personal care more sustainable with their first product in this endeavor, FORGO powdered hand soap. Although the design company has launched other product campaigns, including furniture in conjunction with notable icon IKEA, FORGO […]
Good Algorithm For Those Trapped At Seas
The ocean can be a ferociously wild place, which makes locating lost people and objects a tall order for first responders. Researchers at MIT have developed a new algorithm that takes stock of ocean conditions to determine in real-time where these missing items and people are likely to appear, which could give the efficiency of search and rescue operations a […]
Get Snapchat Filters In Zoom
If you’re looking to add a little spice to your seemingly endless stream of Zoom meetings, or you just like to stand out from the crowd, you can add Snapchat filters, backgrounds, and lenses to your session. From turning yourself into a pickle, to walking in space, to trying on crazy hats, you’ll have a lot of fun with the […]
Help NASA Save Endangered Coral
The Neural Multi-Modal Observation and Training Network, also known as NeMO-Net, is a new gaming app. Players use 3D images to identify and classify coral while virtually cruising the seas on a research vessel called the Nautilus. The end goal is for all the players’ input to be pooled together, producing the highest resolution global map of coral reefs. Scientists […]
Synthetic Version of Natural Antifreeze
As readers who live in cold climates will likely already know, winter is not kind to concrete. That could be about to change, though, thanks to a polymer additive that mimics natural antifreeze. The problem with concrete and fluctuating temperatures occurs when snow melts into liquid water, which permeates into the porous concrete and then freezes again as temperatures drop. […]
Honor By Huawei Entering Smart Home Market
Honor, a brand owned by Huawei that’s known best for its smartphones, has now entered the smart home space. Honor makes a wide range of products in a variety of fields, including a MacBook equivalent called the MagicBook Pro and an iPad equivalent known as the ViewPad 6. What sets them apart is their price point. Honor’s products, like those […]
Timber & Rattan Adds Warmth To Eatery
Australian studio Alexander & Co has added wooden furnishings and a caged rattan ceiling to the formerly austere interior of this Italian restaurant in Sydney. Glorietta occupies a ground-level unit of a recently completed tower in the bustling business district of North Sydney. The 220-cover restaurant has been designed by Alexander & Co to feature an array of inviting materials […]