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Self-Healing Technology for High-Performance Coatings

SW Oregon Architect

president and CEO of Autonomic Materials explains the concepts underlying the technology of self-healing high-performance coatings. The latest edition featured a fascinating presentation on self-healing technology for coatings by Gerald Wilson , Ph.D, Gerald Wilson , Ph.D president and CEO of Autonomic Materials, Inc.

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buckle up – here’s an elevator that can transport travelers and cargo from ocean to space

designboom

jordan william hughes, foster + partners’ concept artist and architect, designs project ascensio, a space elevator combining an ocean-based platform with mixed-use space stations.

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Toothbrush pops open for recycling in Seymourpowell's Un-Made disassembly concept

Deezen

As part of the project, Seymourpowell devised four automated disassembly mechanism concepts using an electric toothbrush as an example for their animated graphics. Un-Made suggests automated disassembly mechanisms for an electric toothbrush The first Un-Made concept is a pin mechanism. The second concept is a vacuum mechanism.

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The Future of Urban Planning: How AI Technology is Impacting Smart Cities

Architizer

It requires the collaboration of several disciplines: architects, urban planners, sociologists, anthropologists, environmentalists and transportation planners, and the coordination of many bureaucratic governing bodies. These two examples of AI-driven practices push the boundaries of traditional urban planning.

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BMW launches concept car that changes into 32 different colours

Deezen

BMW has unveiled an updated version of its colour-changing car technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, expanding the concept from black and white to a full colour palette. The German auto brand presented the technology as part of its latest concept car, the BMW i Vision Dee, which is on display at CES 2023.

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How electric-vehicle technology is changing car design

Deezen

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers tell Dezeen. EV battery technology remains fairly rudimentary, meaning the cars' aesthetics are still heavily at the mercy of the wind tunnel. Nowadays, cars transport 1.2

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Considering the Quayside failure as proof futuristic Smart Cities may be a thing of the past

Archinect

Smart city technology should do things like shorten commute times, speed the construction of affordable housing, improve the efficiency of public transit, and reduce carbon emissions by making building technology more efficient and providing less polluting transportation alternatives to the car.

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