In the future, all athletes may wear neck bands.
There will never be a concussion-proof helmet. While helmets are good at protecting the skull from fracturing, they don’t address the real cause of concussions: When your head suddenly stops from a hit, your brain—which is suspended in liquid—keeps moving and strikes the inside of your skull.
But they still won’t be biodegradable, pointing to the complexities of developing products that are truly gentle on the environment.
People around the world have swapped their jeans and khakis for comfy leggings and joggers—but activewear, which is largely made from petroleum-based materials like nylon and polyester, damages the planet. It does not biodegrade, but rather breaks into tiny fragments that end up in oceans and the food chain. And the process of extracting oil and manufacturing these fibers spews greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, fueling climate change.
The real problem of these Olympic games isn’t representation, but the fact that people in Japan don’t want them to happen.
In the weeks leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the BBC premiered its trailer for the games – an extravagant, 60-second romp through the recent imagery of Japan as a cute, colorful, anime and manga-inspired wonderland.
An Amazon warehouse exposé in the UK underscores a larger problem with how goods are treated as disposable.
A recent undercover investigation in an Amazon warehouse in Dunfermline, Scotland, reported the disposal of more than 130,000 “new or lightly used” objects in a single week in just that one location. Public outrage was clear. Questions were asked about how Amazon could be so wasteful and why weren’t the usable objects sent to those in need?
Rethinking processes and redesigning spaces won’t just prepare healthcare workers for another crisis. It will prioritize their mental and physical health.
Being asked to go to work when nearly everyone else was told to stay home. Seeing people healthy one day and clinging to life the next. Holding patients’ hands. Calling their family members. Stripping off our clothes before walking into the house and collapsing after another 12-hour shift. Wondering if there would still be a ventilator available for us? So much uncertainty. So much death.
And if Katerra couldn’t make it, can anyone?
One of the biggest and best-funded companies in prefabrication and industrialized construction is going out of business.
The Papilio lamps look like giant pinwheels but are actually energy-saving lights that are entirely off the grid.
We’re on the precipice of a full-blown energy crisis. The global population is growing, the climate is warming, and, no surprise, the demand for energy is steadily increasing. We need to use less energy in any way that we can.
In Detroit, one developer has turned Quonset huts—better known for their use on farms and military bases—into affordable, efficient housing.
On a half-vacant block a few miles outside of downtown Detroit sits an unabashed oddity. Nearly 200 feet long and 23 feet high, it’s a gleaming half-cylinder of metal surrounded by trees. Built out of a military-style Quonset hut and plopped into the dwindling remnants of a residential neighborhood, this alienlike arched steel structure may be the world’s most unexpected new apartment building.
Rugs from India, blankets from Jordan, bowls from Thailand: Ikea’s Lokalt collection used local artisans from around the world.
Ikea is known for its modern, simple designs. But for all the ease and affordability, they definitely read mass-produced more than handmade.
COVID-19 passports are imperfect solutions to a massive problem. And yes, the people building them are very aware.
In late March, New York announced the launch of the Excelsior Pass. Colloquially, it’s what is called a COVID-19 passport.
