Bridging the gap For much of human history, almost every member of society was involved in the process of acquiring and preparing food. The increasing industrialisation of agriculture has created a wide gap between food production and consumption in the western world. We are increasingly alienated from our food, leading to a lack of understanding […]
Last November, I traveled to my parents’ house to spend Thanksgiving with family. During dinner, my aunt recounted how terrible a day she had when her son’s iPhone broke. How could he possibly go through an entire day without it?! How could she possibly get through the day without being able to call her son’s […]
Heading to the unknown, mankind is striving to protect its wealth of knowledge. A safe haven seems to lie in the simplest creatures on earth, microbes. The DNA of these organisms can last for millions of years as they brave the hot and cold. Our Bio-information group has explored the recent advances in this area, where […]
Plant support lattices. Currently many majors’ cities follow new trends in urbanization. One increasingly more common feature is including elements of vegetation into design patterns. We propose to create a set of modular components for use as a support structures for plants. These structures should provide lot of surface area, as one possible use is […]
It is a well-known fact that light is a necessity of life. Few ecosystems can exist free of light generated by the sun on Earth. Humans have generated several methods of generating light artificially, be it by fire, heat or electricity. Despite our total reliance on light, there exist places and societies where access to […]
We live in a planet with finite resources and a sensitive ecosystem. Yet, we keep producing waste of all sorts, and some of it will never degrade itself. While it is common knowledge that the situation is alarming, there are no palpable solutions in the forefront. In fact, just a few days ago, the […]
Building with a biological approach The estimated amount of concrete produced per person is around 1 ton per year and considering that the cement industry is responsible for up to 5% of the total carbon dioxide emissions generated by human it turns out to be a pretty contaminating industry. These CO2 emissions are distributed throughout […]
By 2030, the United Nations projects that urban areas will house 60 percent of people globally. It is undeniable that urbanization is progressing at a rapid pace. With new structures and cities erected left and right, humans as a species should also become more conscientious of how our growing habitat may in fact have drastic consequences […]
The Fashion industry is valued at 3 trillion dollars, which corresponds to 2% of the Gross Domestic product worldwide (Global Fashion Industry statistics. International Apparel). Moreover, is the second most polluting industry in the world, only after oils. To say nothing about the problems with the growing of cotton, poor working conditions for laborers and […]
The status quo of “information” Today’s computer science and informatics are booming as we can see. As before, we used the paper and book to record our information. With the increasing of the amount of information, we choose to use tape- or disk-based storage to manage our information. Having considered that the information security and capability, […]
In the history, human civilization progresses rapidly because of the invention of paper and digital information which help people to transform information more effectively and store more information. The digital information continues to accumulate higher density and the longer-term storage solution is necessary (Church et al, 2012, p1628). In the recent 5 years, the information explosion exceeded […]
Theory： The exploration of this bioluminescence has never stopped, from using luminescent organisms as the most primitive lighting tools to labeling intra-celelular component by green fluorescent protein. At the beginning, we want to use the energy created by the algae’s photosynthesis process to light the stress [1], or to use bioluminescence to make an interactive […]