Thoses floating homes are hurricane-proof Dutch architect Koen Olthuis and Miami-based livable yact company Arkup collaborated to build a 4,350-suqare-foot home that floats on the water. It’s completely off the grid, and is capable of withstanding a category 4 hurricane. According to Inhabitat, Olthuis — with his studio Waterstudio — collaborated with “avant-garde life on…
Residents move into crowfunded tiny house community for a pilot project Last July 21, fourteen residents moved into their new community. Denver’s crowdfunded tiny home project has run into more than a few road blocks, but those home are now disponible. Eleven 8-foot by 12-foot homes and a bathing house fill the Urban Land Conservancy-owned…
These greens bins will create manure out of your household waste Manufactued by Greenrich Grow India, a Chennai-based organisation, India, the green bin consist of fibre that composts organic waste generated in a household with the help of microbes. The waste is converted into dry manure that can be extracted after 80 days, while the…
Coffee helps you live longer, says study Higher coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of early death, according to new research. The observational study in nearly 20,000 participants suggests that coffee can be part of a healthy diet in healthy people, Indy100 reports. The ten year long study found that regular coffee drinkers had a 64…
Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of peanut allergy in children. A small clinical trial conducted at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has led to two-thirds of children treated with an experimental immunotherapy treatment being cured of their allergy. Importantly, this desensitisation…
Daily exposure to greenery may extend your lifespan A new study suggests having daily exposure to trees and other greenery can extend your life. Dan Crouse of the University of New Brunswick, along with other researchers across Canada and the United States, studied 1.3 million Canadians in 30 cities over an 11-year period. “We found that…
Company creates $45,000 flat pack ‘surf shacks’ that can be assembled in a week A company has created off-grid dwellings that can be assembled in a week like ‘Ikea furniture’. Backcountry Hut Company says their Surf Shack model can be built almost anywhere with materials dropped in by helicopter. The pre-fab structures starting at $45,000…
Virtual Healthcare Vans Are Taking High-Quality Medical Technology to Rural Areas India has a dismal doctor-to-patient ratio – around 1:1,900, against the UN-prescribed 1:1,000. The disparity is especially high in rural areas, with about 70 per cent of the country’s population living there. The situation is especially worrisome as bad infrastructure and lack of facilities…
More people in the UK are successfully quitting smoking than ever E-cigarettes, legislation and cultural changes have led to record numbers of people successfully kicking the smoking habit in the UK, say UCL researchers Those trying to quit smoking in the UK are having more success than ever before, research by University College London has…
Magic’ fridge to fight food wastage & hunger with dignity One of the paradoxes of India is the simultaneous existence of plenty and poverty. According to a report by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, every third malnourished child is Indian, yet hundreds of tons of food is wasted across India every…