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Peru 2017 Housing Proposal Gets Another Wave of Attention from Dezeen Two Years Later

Will this second wave of attention set the wheels of the project in motion? (Photo : Dezeen)Belen, Peru Housing Proposal (Screenshot was taken from video "Modular expandable housing concept for Peru | Architecture | Dezeen" A team of designers from Peru has come up with a concept that allows home users to convert their adjoining terrace space and two additional rooms.

A New Vapor Capture System Inspired by Spiders

Taking a cue from spider webs, researchers capture fresh water with a vapor capture system. A team of UCLA engineers and mathematicians were inspired by the formation of dew drops on spider webs that they were able to create a quite simple yet unique and effective way to capture water vapor producing clean, fresh water, or to recycle industrial water that would otherwise be wasted.

Scientists Design a Robot Hand That Can Segregate Recyclable Waste

A team of researchers has developed a robotic hand that will aid in the recycling process. (Photo : MITCSAIL)RoCycle, the recycling robot (Screenshot taken from video "A Recycling Robot") An estimated 68,000,000 tons of garbage is sifted through recycling companies every year.

Game of Thrones: Why Language Technology cannot handle it (Yet)

There is still work to do before the computer can fully understand the text The evaluation researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Humanities Cluster of Dutch Royal Academy was done on four state-of-the-art tools for recognizing names in the text, to assess and improve their performance on popular fiction.

Historian's Hobby Plus Famous Game's 3D Model Could Help Rebuild Notre Dame

Plans to rebuild the Notre Dame followed the recent tragedy that befell the historic landmark. (Photo : National Geographic)3D Model of Notre Dame Cathedral (Screenshot taken from video "Laser Scanning Reveals Cathedral’s Mysteries | National Geographic" On Monday, April 16, the whole world lamented a huge loss as Paris' famed historic cathedral, Notre Dame was engulfed in flames.

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