New home constructed with flexible partition walls can transform to meet resident needs
The project invites visitors to step into a home constructed around principles of affordability, sustainability, flexibility and adaptation.
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JJ Shavit
- May 19
Breakthrough technology can power homes for days using half the water needed to flush the toilet
Developed more quickly and cheaply than once thought possible, the AEM electrolyser already fuels cars and planes, and heats homes.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 18
Cut your energy bills in half with groundbreaking home climate control technology
New start-up developed a technology capable of utilizing humidity fluctuations to cool and heat buildings at half the current cost.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 19
You can power your home for days using half the water you need to flush the toilet
I wanted to replace all the diesel generators in New Caledonia and all the remote areas that didn't need to rely on dirty diesel.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 28
Overnight car charging at home is wrong, Stanford researchers find
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We’re doing it wrong, study finds.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 19
Groundbreaking technology can power your home for days using half the water needed to flush a toilet
Emission-free hydrogen could, one day, entirely replace fossil fuels - and a start up believes it has the key ingredient to make it work.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 29, 2022
Charging cars at home at night is wrong, Stanford research finds
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight are doing it wrong according to study.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 29, 2022
Charging cars at home at night is wrong, according to Stanford research
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We’re doing it wrong, according to study
JJ Shavit
- Jun 1, 2022
Teen creates fire suppression extinguisher to combat wildfires
A teen in the San Francisco Bay Area has parlayed the tragedy of a 2018 wildfire to hopefully prevent the spread of future fire disasters.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 17, 2022
Living near green areas reduces the risk of suffering a stroke by 16%
The risk of suffering an ischaemic stroke is 16% less in people who have green spaces less than 300 metres from their homes.
Joshua Shavit
- Dec 20, 2021
The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic -- for a good reason
The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic and sending it to a different destination.
Joshua Shavit
- Oct 1, 2021
There’s no place like home…to track blood pressure
According to the American Heart Association, about 1 of every 2 of U.S. adults has high blood pressure, or hypertension. 1 in 3 don't know.
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