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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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A new technology that enables motion detection through software updates.
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Retrofitting old homes may be an essential tactic in reducing global carbon dioxide emissions.
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Home service bots can now take care of most of consumers’ household chores and security requirements.
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http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/04/dynaflash-1000fps-projector/
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Engadget
Projection mapping theoretically adds a Holodeck-like level of immersion to simulations, but current projectors are simply too slow to keep up with fast-moving people. That won't be an issue if University of Tokyo researchers have their way. They've developed DynaFlash, a 1,000 frames per second projector that can keep up with just about any moving object. It can't beam images into thin air, li
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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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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.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-create-holograms-you-can-touch
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A scientist flicks on a switch. Like magic, a small, delicate image of a fairy appears, suspended in the air. The scientist then reaches out to touch the f
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http://www.wired.com/2014/11/end-throw-away-appliance/
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Wired
Right now, it's probably cheaper and easier to buy a new appliance than to have one repaired. This won't always be the case. Here are three things that will bring about the return of the appliance repair and end the age of the throw away appliance.
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https://newatlas.com/around-the-home/julia-autonomous-cooking-system-kitchen-recipe-help-ces/
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New Atlas
A lot of people these days consider cooking a chore and wouldn't know a paring knife from a boning knife. Julia is an autonomous cooking system from CookingPal that is designed to appeal to just that market.
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https://www.consumerreports.org/water-heaters/tankless-water-heaters-vs-storage-tank-water-heaters/
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Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports tested a batch of tankless water heaters to see if they work as well and efficiently as storage tank water heaters. Here's what its engineers discovered.
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18171441/foldimate-laundry-folding-robot-ces-2019
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The Verge
Foldimate brought a fully working prototype of its laundry-folding machine to CES this year, and we tried it out. The machine still requires users to clip each item individually, but the device worked as advertised, presenting a neatly folded T-shirt in about 5 seconds.
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/rf-cooking-could-be-the-wave-of-the-future/
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Digital Trends
RF cooking could change the way you use microwaves and ovens in the very near future.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38047950
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BBC
The Japanese startup behind the world's first laundry robot is getting a big vote of confidence from Panasonic, which has invested $60m (£49m) into the invention.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/in-the-future-zero-emission-hydrogen-boilers-could-heat-your-home.html
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CNBC
In Italy, one business is looking to use hydrogen to help heat properties.
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https://fortune.com/longform/single-family-home-ai-algorithms/
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Fortune
Data science helped Amherst Holdings CEO Sean Dobson make a fortune in the housing crash. Now he's deploying A.I. to profit from properties that most investors wouldn’t touch.
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https://medium.com/swlh/by-2021-most-real-estate-crowdfunding-platforms-will-leverage-tokenization-3101ea4f028f
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Business Insider
As the early crowdfunded investment deals from 2013–14 come to maturity (7–10 year lock-up periods), the industry will need to adopt new strategies to retain customers/investors and reach desired…
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/new-york-city-shows-future-american-retail/577114/
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The Atlantic
Manhattan’s shuttered storefronts tell a larger American story: Only Amazon-proof businesses can now survive in brick and mortar.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-york-retail-vacancy/572911/
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New York’s empty storefronts are a dark omen for the future of cities.
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https://digiday.com/media/contextual-shopping-publishers-using-model-homes-retail-experiences/
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Digiday
Publications like Real Simple, Hunker and Domino are using model homes to drive affiliate commerce and branded content revenue to complement sponsorships.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/climate/wildfires-insurance.html
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The New York Times
Insurers, facing huge losses, have been pulling back from fire-prone areas across California. “The marketplace has largely collapsed,” an advocate for counties in the state said.
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http://theweek.com/articles/790653/how-design-human-homes-alien-planets
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The week
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