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Holographic home decoration trends; house robots that patrol your property and clean the living room; novel home building trends with next-gen appliances built in—this page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of the home.
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http://www.thetowner.com/squatting-in-london
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The Towner
Is There a Future For Alternative Living in London?
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46880468
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BBC
How 3D software supercharged with real-time data can simulate complex designs before they're built.
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https://medium.com/@BJ_Murphy/3-reasons-why-the-future-will-be-minimal-71fe0fcaca6d
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Medium
As a result of certain emerging technologies, I believe minimalist living and minimalist homes will likely take over a majority of peoples’ lives.
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https://theconversation.com/vr-technology-gives-new-meaning-to-holidaying-at-home-but-is-it-really-a-substitute-for-travel-101258
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The Conversation
Mind wandering engages the same neural pathways used to receive stimuli from the real world, evoking emotions similar to real life. VR can elicit these same feelings.
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https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/future-of-commercial-real-estate-talent.html
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Deloitte
Explore steps leaders can take to transform talent processes and prepare for the future of commercial real estate.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielrunde/2015/02/24/urbanization-development-opportunity/#19f2b4036277
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Forbes
For the first time in history more than half the world’s population resides in cities. The world’s urban population now stands at 3.7 billion people, and this number is expected to double by 2050. The trend towards urbanization is only accelerating and 96 percent of all urbanization by 2030 will [...]
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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/solar-panel-windows-made-possible-by-quantum-dot-breakthrough-1445213
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International Business Times
Researchers create transparent solar cells that could be used to replace windows and power homes in the future.
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http://www.snapmunk.com/went-700-home-laundry-folding-machine/
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Snapmunk
It was hard to brag about technological progress when you were forced to manually fold your laundry, wasn't it? Well those days are over.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601107/data-mining-reveals-the-four-urban-conditions-that-create-vibrant-city-life/
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MIT Technology Review
Back in 1961, the gradual decline of many city centers in the U.S. began to puzzle urban planners and activists alike. One of them, the urban sociologist Jane Jacobs, began a widespread and detailed investigation of the causes and published her conclusions in The Death and Life of Great American Cities, a controversial book that proposed…
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3167922/The-end-urban-sprawl-Ambitious-plan-fit-entire-CITY-inside-single-bee-hive-skyscraper-house-25-000.html
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Daily Mail
The 'Vertical City' project, overseen by Luca Curci, an architect based in Bari, Italy, features a slick-looking tower, which would be population-dense and able to hold 2,500 people at any time.
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https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-high-tech-toilets-not-require-hands-paper-article-1.1710437
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New York Daily News
A new generation of toilets may one day make toilet paper - and the need to put one’s hands anywhere near the unspeakable - seem like chamber pots and outhouses: outdated and somewhat messy throwbacks reserved for camping trips.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-18/robotronica-natural-language-programming-next-step-home-robots/6686974
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ABC
Having a robot understand and act upon a set of instructions similar to the ones you would give a child is not such a far-fetched idea anymore, robotic experts say.
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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-wants-use-holograms-turn-your-living-room-into-augmented-reality-1531681
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International Business Times
Amazon has patented a hologram projector system that can beam virtual objects onto tables and walls.
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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20191017000818
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The Korea Herald
An aging dog gets acupuncture treatment for its aching joints. A young puppy attends a “dog kindergarten” two to three days a week to nurture social skills. With nearly 1 in 5 Korean households owning pets and many treating them as full-fledged members of the family, a pampered pooch is no longer restricted to Hollywood celebrities. Korea’s fast evolving pet scene is churnin
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http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/10/31/how-big-data-and-the-sims-are-helping-us-to-build-the-cities-of-the-future
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The Next Web
By 2050, the United Nations predicts that around 66 percent of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. It is expected that the greatest expansion will take place in developing regions such as Africa and Asia. Cities in these parts will be challenged to meet the needs of their residents, and provide sufficient […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZsGFCcf2U
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Vice News
Detroit’s seen a staggering 140,000 foreclosures in the last decade. Tens of thousands of homes have been left abandoned, turning entire neighborhoods into a...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2014/07/30/smartthings-smart-home-services/#42c81f8d507a
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Forbes
The real money in the booming smart-home
industry isn't in selling hardware. It's in
selling your data.
industry isn't in selling hardware. It's in
selling your data.
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https://howwegettonext.com/could-the-cities-of-the-future-take-the-form-of-a-digital-swarm-5531a3931760#989d.jluck8t89
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How We Get to Next
Each time we move to a new city, we make memories as the city slowly takes shape in our minds. Every new place we locate — the closest grocery store, the post office, rendezvous points with friends —…
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/amazon-launches-home-insurance-comparison-website-in-britain/articleshow/94987698.cms
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The Economic Times
Ageas UK, Co-op, and LV= General Insurance, a unit of German insurer Allianz, will provide third-party services initially, Amazon said on Wednesday, and it hopes to add more insurers "early next year".
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https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/cities-and-their-rising-impacts-biodiversity-global-overview-303253
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McGill
Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity versity. To gain a clearer picture of the situation, an international group of scientists, including Professor Andrew Gonzalez from McGill’s Biology Department, surveyed over 600 studies on the impacts of urban growth on biodiversity. They published their findings today in Nature Sustainability. “Our understanding of the rising impacts of cities
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http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/24/how-amazon-could-drive-blended-reality-into-the-living-room/
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Techcrunch
Amazon has been amassing computer vision expertise for a long time. And continues to do so. A LinkedIn search for computer vision jobs at the company currently returns more than 50 posts -- mostly split across research and software engineering roles. But is there more than meets the eye to the ecommerce giant's interest in technologies that can sense the world around them?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWjGGvY65jk
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Bloomberg
Berlin is becoming a "Sponge City" designed to tackle two issues - heat and flooding - by imitating nature. Video by Gloria Kurnik https://www.bloomberg.com/...