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Inspired by the nation’s arresting natural wonders, Canadian designers are creating homes that meld with the landscape—and the people who live there.     Fold House begins with a fire. This undulating guesthouse forged from steel and local cedar is folded into a hillside, giving the impression that it emerges directly out of the Southern Ontario landscape. In 2017 the owner of the house was having dinner with his family in the guesthouse of their rambling, historic property. Mid-meal, a fire erupted from the furnace room. The family ran for safety before they watched the house burn. “Every great architecture...

Supercluster funding supports world first end-to-end robotic harvesting platform July 07, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)    HAMILTON, Ontario, July 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), the industry-led organization behind Canada’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster, has announced almost $4.2 million in collaborative funding for a multi-partner project, led by Mycionics, that will deploy advanced robotic solutions to revolutionize the mushroom harvesting processes. Mycionics, in partnership with Whitecrest Mushrooms Ltd. and Piccioni Brothers Mushroom Farm Ltd. will deploy and demonstrate the commercial viability of the Mycionics robotic harvesting system.   The Mycionics system will fully automate mushroom harvesting using novel advanced robotics and automation....