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Giant Humanoid Robot Designed for Construction Purposes in Japan
Robotics startup Jinki Ittai has unveiled a giant humanoid robot designed for construction purposes in Japan. Whether it be building a...

Deen Gabriel
Sep 1, 20221 min read


South African Sisters turning plastic waste into bricks
The sisters, from Sasolburg in the Free State, cofounded Ramtsilo Manufacturing and Construction, South Africa’s first plastic bricks...

Deen Gabriel
Aug 29, 20221 min read


Scientists develop new material for wind turbine blades that could be recycled into sweet treats
Gummy bears that were wind turbines in their past life may not sound too appetizing. But, what if it's edible and tastes like ordinary...

Deen Gabriel
Aug 24, 20224 min read


Colour Theory and Architecture
The science and art of color theory is divided by a wheel or chart into three main categories: primary, secondary and tertiary. Color is...

Deen Gabriel
Aug 22, 20223 min read


A 3D Printed School In Madagascar
In April 2022, the city of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar opened Bougainvillea, a 65-square meter 3D printed school that can hold up to 30...

Deen Gabriel
Aug 11, 20222 min read


Turning unrecyclable plastic into building blocks
Only two types of plastic can be recycled, the rest, your pens, tooth brushes and bottle caps, to name just a few, usually end up in...

Deen Gabriel
Aug 5, 20221 min read


The world is running out of sand
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart. The world is in crisis yet again....

Deen Gabriel
Aug 1, 20223 min read


A 167 km long city will snake through the Saudi desert
A tall and narrow stripe of a city more than 105 miles long, teeming with 9 million residents and running entirely on renewable energy —...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 28, 20223 min read


Lighting tips to make you feel better
LED and CFLs (compact fluorescent light) are replacing the incandescent lightbulb in most new builds. While these new lighting...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 21, 20223 min read


Algae biopanel windows make power, oxygen and biomass, and suck up CO2
Energy-generating bio-panels that suck up carbon dioxide and pump out biomass for use as fuel or fertilizer – that's the idea behind...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 14, 20224 min read


A new breakthrough could turn windows into active solar panels
The dream of transforming windows into active power generators has just edged one step closer to realization. A semi-transparent...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 5, 20222 min read


Egyptian students develop glow-in-the-dark concrete
Menna Soliman, an undergraduate student and one of the researchers at the university’s Department of Construction Engineering, says that...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 28, 20221 min read


Upgrades that can lower your home’s value
Many homeowners look for ways to increase the value of their homes and a common and efficient way of doing so is through upgrades, which...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 24, 20224 min read


Maldives' floating city will soon unveil its first magnificent house
And the first residents can move in as soon as 2024. The Maldives Floating City (MFC) is an ambitious but need-of-the-hour project to...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 23, 20223 min read


Upcycled bricks filter pollution from rainwater runoff
AquiPor Technologies paver bricks absorb runoff water and pollution from rainwater runoff. Started in 2015, the Spokane, Washington-based...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 21, 20222 min read


Construction underway on the Eastern Cape's new Mega Bridge
Sanral's flagship infrastructure project in the province is the Msikaba Bridge, which forms part of the N2 Wild Coast Road Project that...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 15, 20221 min read


Top residential estate planning to build its own solar power plant
Val de Vie is planning to build its own solar power plant with 3,600 photovoltaic (PV) modules to generate 1 MV of electricity. Val de...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 13, 20222 min read


An office tower with 'solar skin' to save 77 tons of CO2 each year
At 550-558 Spencer Street in West Melbourne, Australia, an eight-story building will be the country's first office tower with a "solar...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 7, 20222 min read


University of Johannesburg 3D prints RDP house in just one day
Not enough houses are being built, and existing projects are not being completed fast enough, while budget constraints are a huge factor...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Tesla wants to turn homes into mini power plants
Tesla Inc. is hoping to turn some Texas homes into “virtual power plants” after tests showed its home batteries can be quickly tapped to...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 1, 20221 min read
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