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Researchers at MIT have discovered a way to turn plants into sources of light and are imagining a new conception of architecture revolving around them. By Drew Zeiba Could the solution to more sustainable buildings be what’s planted in and around them? Researchers at MIT have...

A Smart Forest City in Mexico, next steps for Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto Waterfront, and more design-tech news from this week. By Katharine Keane Elon Musk–led Tesla has unveiled new designs for its residential solar roofing tiles. The updated tempered glass tiles will be...

cement is the world’s leading construction material — but did you know producing it is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions accounting for about 8 percent of all such releases? this means that if cement production were a country, it would be the world’s...

Consumers could change the colour of their cars, shoes, clothes or other belongings at will, using a new light-responsive ink from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rima Sabina Aouf Consumers could change the colour of their cars, shoes, clothes or other belongings at...

CAMBRIDGE, MA–Caitlin Mueller is an associate professor in the Building Technology Program at MIT, where she leads the Digital Structures research group. By Boston Real Estate Times Her goal is to employ machine learning to support the design process from both an architectural...

How can cities collect the urban data they need to make decisions? MIT’s Senseable City Lab affixed sensors to taxis to collect that information. By Drew Zeiba Big data and its purported utility comes with the attendant need to actually collect that data in the first place,...

Growing Islands harness natural wave forces to build underwater sand buffers By Liz Stinson As our environmental prognosis grows increasingly grim, designers have started to think about ways to mitigate what feels like an an inevitable crash course with nature. Cities along the...

Researchers at MIT and in the Maldives have come up with a solution to help coastal communities threatened by climate change: submersible objects carefully placed to promote the growth of beaches and islands. Rima Sabina Aouf Researchers at MIT and in the Maldives have come up...

kieron marchese cambridge-based firm matter design has unveiled research on seemingly ‘weightless’ concrete forms that can be easily moved. realised in collaboration with construction-research company CEMEX global R&D, the pair have discovered a way of rotating mammoth stones...

Self-driving cars should swerve to protect young people over the elderly and humans over animals, according to a global survey of more than two million people conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rima Sabina Aouf Self-driving cars should swerve...