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Ocean Spiral is a conceptual city proposed beneath the surface of the ocean

Ocean Spiral is a conceptual city proposed beneath the surface of the ocean

Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video explores a proposal for an environmentally friendly underwater city, which Japanese engineering firm Shimizu Corporation claims could be a reality by 2030.   Called Ocean Spiral, the design envisions a habitable settlement at surface level, which harnesses the resources of the ocean to allow it be entirely self-sufficient. The conceptual metropolis consists of two main elements. The first is a 500-metre-diameter spherical city, within which a tower accommodates homes and workspaces for up to 5,000 people. The second is a spiral structure that connects this sphere with a base station on the ocean floor, 2.5...

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The nests cabins: Treehouse hotels designed by Veliz Arquitecto

The nests cabins: Treehouse hotels designed by Veliz Arquitecto

Veliz Arquitecto: Hotel complex located on the trees of a forest that are connected to each other by wooden suspension bridges and tensioners, all part of a central nucleus with a vestibule and a viewpoint restaurant that distributes the bedrooms with bathrooms, referring to a nest that welcomes us in the nature and elevates us to the heights of the trees, taking off our reality from the ground and recreating an amazing environment and a lot of relaxation, promoting wonderful views of an entire landscape that constantly welcomes us and takes us away from civilizations, it is a new tourist experience to be...

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RNA breakthrough leads to 50% higher growth in potatoes and rice

RNA breakthrough leads to 50% higher growth in potatoes and rice

Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, announced a group of scientists from the University of Chicago, Peking University and Guizhou University. In initial tests, adding a gene encoding for a protein called FTO to both rice and potato plants increased their yield by 50% in field tests. The plants grew significantly larger, produced longer root systems and were better able to tolerate drought stress. Analysis also showed that the plants had increased their rate of photosynthesis. "The change really is dramatic," said University of Chicago Prof. Chuan He, who together with Prof. Guifang Jia at...

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The world’s largest floating solar farm to be built in Indonesia

The world’s largest floating solar farm to be built in Indonesia

Singapore-based solar energy provider Sunseap will spend more than $2 billion to build the world’s largest floating solar farm and energy storage system on Indonesia’s Batam Island, which is across the Singapore Strait from Singapore.   AD   The floating solar farm is expected to have a capacity of 2.2 gigawatt-peak. It will float on the Duriangkang Reservoir on a southern area of Batam Island and span nearly 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares). The energy storage facility will have a capacity of more than 4,000 megawatts per hour. The project will offset more than 1.8 million metric tons of emissions annually – the...

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Toyota’s Woven Planet acquires Lyft’s Level 5 self-driving division

Toyota’s Woven Planet acquires Lyft’s Level 5 self-driving division

    Toyota Motor Group Subsidiary Woven Planet has announced the completed acquisition of Level 5, the self-driving division of rideshare veteran Lyft, Inc.   The completed transaction is one of several made by Toyota and its subsidiaries in 2021, specifically pertaining to autonomous software and other self-driving technologies.   AD   At this point in a world abundant with rideshare options, most people have heard of Lyft. Founded in 2012, it remains one of the largest networks of Transportation as a Service (TaaS) in the US and Canada. Level 5 is a division of Lyft formed in 2017, specifically dedicated to...

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