Designing the future

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  A small community of 3D-printed concrete houses is coming to the Netherlands

  CNN - Gianluca Mezzofiore

  (CNN) — Living in a community of 3D-printed homes will soon be reality in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. In what is considered a world first, a single-floor, three-room house made of 3D-printed concrete will be ready for occupation in 2019. More than 20 people have already registered their interest in …

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  World's largest single-domed tropical greenhouse is coming to France

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  (CNN) — Designs have been unveiled for the largest single-dome greenhouse on the planet, set to spring up in France's Pas-de-Calais. Tropicalia will span a colossal 215,000 square feet, and is designed by French architecture practice Coldefy & Associates. It will feature a double-insulated, …

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  Festo's fantastical robots inspired by animals and insects

  CNN - Jacopo Prisco

  (CNN) — German robotics company Festo's new robo-spider looks menacing enough when it's just sitting there. But let it engage its special ability -- curling up into a ball and rolling around -- and it will look ready to chase after you in your nightmares. But despite its looks, this robot means no …

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  What will the office look like in 10 years? 6 experts predict the future

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  (CNN) — It happens every few years: a seismic shift in the way we live our lives fuels a change in human behavior so significant, it blows the concept of the office as we know it out of the water. Modern technology is no exception. Fast becoming the catalyst behind one of the biggest shake-ups the …

• These are the images that show what will soon be known as the world's next tallest building rising from the desert. When the 3,280-feet-tall (1,000-meter-tall) Jeddah Tower, in Saudi Arabia, opens in …

  

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  Jeddah Tower: What does the world's next tallest skyscraper look like now?

  CNN - Andrea Lo

  (CNN) — These are the images that show what will soon be known as the world's next tallest building rising from the desert. When the 3,280-feet-tall (1,000-meter-tall) Jeddah Tower, in Saudi Arabia, opens in 2020, it will knock Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa off its throne as the tallest skyscraper in …

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  When chemistry meets couture: Clothes that change color with the climate

  CNN - Allyssia Alleyne

  (CNN) — Entering The Unseen Emporium at London's Somerset House is like walking into an alchemist's workshop. The room smells strongly of burning sage, and there are old books stacked high on wooden shelves. An antique distillation kit sits in the disused fireplace with tiny glass bottles of oil, …

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  Eyes off: The 3-D printed cape that warns you when you're being watched

  CNN - Allyssia Alleyne

  (CNN) — Behnaz Farahi is an architect obsessed with cyborgs. "I've been reading a lot of British philosopher Andy Clark, and his theories about how we have already become cyborgs. "Our iPads, our iPhones, our laptops have already made us cyborgs. I'm interested to explore that further," she …