Category: Cognitive Science

  • House of windows

    Couple Leave Their Jobs to Build a Recycled Windows Love Nest Ana Lisa Alperovich, inhabitat.com To make their dreamlike home and watch the sun set over the mountains, the romantic duo came up with the idea of building the whole facade from windows. That way they will get… http://flip.it/RUBwm

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  • A house of windows

    A Couple Leaves their Jobs to Build a House of Windows in the Mountains of West Virginia Christopher Jobson, thisiscolossal.com For their very first date, photographer Nick Olson took designer Lilah Horwitz on a walk in the mountains of West Virginia. While chatting and getting to know each other during a particularly scenic sunset the…

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  • 3-D Printing On Demand Is Now Available

    3-D Printing On Demand Is Now Available From Your Friendly Neighborhood Geek fastcoexist.com Do you ever say to yourself: “Gosh, I really need to 3-D print this thing right now?” Well, now that 3D hubs is bringing the sharing economy to the technology, you can probably get it done just down the street. For most…

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  • How To Design A Better Office For Both Introverts And Extroverts

    How To Design A Better Office For Both Introverts And Extroverts BY CHRIS CONGDON, fastcompany.com Could a “palette of place” give workers control and choice over where and how they work? One company goes deep into work space. Ask work­ers what bugs them most about the office, and chances are they’ll tell you they can’t…

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  • Anxious people prefer more personal space

    Anxious People Prefer More Personal Space By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Because they perceive threats as closer, according to a new study. How close can some­thing get to your face before you blink? That’s basi­cal­ly the method sci­en­tists use to deter­mine “defen­sive periper­son­al space,” the safe­ty bub­ble of… http://flip.it/9mGZW

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  • Morphocode wants to put studio lofts on top of offshore wind turbines

    Morphocode wants to put studio lofts on top of offshore wind turbines. Related articles Morphocode wants to put studio lofts on top of offshore wind turbines (gizmag.com) Morphocode Designs a Secluded Retreat Atop an Offshore Wind Turbine (inhabitat.com) Offshore Wind Turbine As A Lofty Abode (earthtechling.com) Offshore wind turbine concept includes a loft apartment at…

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  • You GREW a House?! (Yes… and so can you!)

    You GREW a House?! (Yes… and so can you!) | Mushroom Tiny House. Related articles “A tiny house mostly made of mushrooms” (transitiontotiny.wordpress.com) Mushroom House: The Tiny Home Stuffed With Mushrooms (creativecloseup.com) Mushroom Tiny House (ecovative.wordpress.com)

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  • Architect Michael Green Calls Wood “The Most Technologically Advanced Building Material In The World.”

    TreeHugger. Related articles Michael Green and the case for wooden skyscrapers [Video] (mnn.com) INDEX Award winner: Rasperry Pi (treehugger.com) Scaffolding and shipping containers used to build temporary restaurant (treehugger.com)

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  • Why you should own a truly personal domain name

    Why you should own a truly personal domain name, and how to make the most of it – The Next Web. Related articles The Rise of .io Domain Names for APIs (programmableweb.com) What is this new domain name scam? (domainnamewire.com)

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  • Architects turn to crowd for FOUNDhouse micro-house funding

    Architects turn to crowd for FOUNDhouse micro-house funding. Related articles A Portable, Plywood Micro House That’s Perfect For Two (earthtechling.com) Stackable Micro-house incorporates multi-functional living zones (gizmag.com) Micro-house by Studio Liu Lubin (karmatrendz.wordpress.com) Downsizing? How about to…65 square feet? (holykaw.alltop.com) Micro Housing Makes a Comeback (archdaily.com) Interview with Jay Shafer on “Micro-Homes” (makezine.com)

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  • Nourishmat takes some of the guesswork out of gardening

    Nourishmat takes some of the guesswork out of gardening. Related articles The Nourishmat Starts Your Gardening Adventure with Ease! (geardiary.com) Nourishmat: Growing Your Own Food Just Got Super Easy (design-milk.com) Innovative Garden System Lets You Grow Wherever You Go (livescience.com) Gardening by numbers: Nourishmat offers big yields, minimal guesswork (mnn.com) How Does Your Garden Grow?…

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  • Mushroom Tiny House: The part-grown portable home

    Mushroom Tiny House: The part-grown portable home. Related articles Mushroom House: The Tiny Home Stuffed With Mushrooms (creativecloseup.com) Chinese Man Lives in Portable House He Carries on his Back Like a Snail (inhabitat.com)

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