For Tokyo’s 2017 Design Touch event, a design studio called PARTY developed a functional greenhouse that created a symphony of vegetables.
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This Futuristic Library in China Makes Reading Cool Again
A new, futuristic library in northeastern China holds 1.2 million books and offers several areas for people to converge, read, and relax. Although print is unquestionably in the decline in favor of digital content, the sun hasn’t set on the medium just yet. And if...
Flying Cars are Coming, and Cities Need to Prepare
There are several companies and organizations around the world working on flying cars, and if they succeed cities will need to adapt.
The Key to Building on Mars Might be Simpler Than We Thought
The key to living and building on Mars may be found in the soil of the Red Planet, meaning the creation of habitats could be easier than thought.
The Roads of the Future May be Interactive in Order to Save Your Life
A London firm is working on ways to create the roads of the future, featuring interactive displays for pedestrians. Following an increase in the number of pedestrian deaths recorded annually, a software firm in London decided that it needed to do something about the...
Hyperloop, the Transportation of Tomorrow, is One Step Closer Reality
There may soon be a big jump in technology that leads to the transportation of tomorrow, including high-speed trains that offer very fast trains.
The Next Space Station May Start With a Recycled Cargo Container
NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently working on the next space station, known as the Deep Space Gateway, built using a recycled cargo container.
AI Will Bring Smart Buildings to Life
In the near future, artificial intelligence will help to create smart buildings capable of predicting our needs and reacting accordingly. If you follow technology news, you know that sooner or later artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize… well, pretty much...
Underwater Cities May be a Reality in 2030 – If Not Sooner
Several groups are already working toward underwater cities within the next 15 years – if not sooner, depending on how you look at it.
Forget Skyscrapers, Earthscrapers and Underground Cities May be the Future
With space in many urban areas at a premium, one idea that is gaining traction is to build down instead of up, creating underground cities.