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Two London-based designers gave the moka pot a welcome 21st-century makeover

Two London-based designers teamed up with the houseware company Stelton to give the decades-old moka pot a welcome injection of 21st-century style.
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A line of housewares made from recycled materials will soon be offered by Ikea

Beginning in 2017, the massive housing goods company Ikea plans on selling furniture made exclusively out of recycled plastic and recycled wood.
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Samsung makes teens earn their gaming time at LANdry video game laundromat

In an effort to get teenagers excited about household chores, Samsung has opened the world's first PC gaming laundromat in Sweden called LANdry.
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Step inside the ultimate smart home, decked out with $1.2 million in tech

A $1.2 million smart home system, basement bowling alley, and 13,000 sq. ft. of luxury highlight this Las Vegas, Nevada home known as the J2 Residence.
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Apple enlists the help of home builders to preinstall its HomeKit in new homes

Employing the help of three nationwide home builders, Apple announced at this year's WWDC that its HomeKit system will be built-in to newly built homes.
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SaltedEats lets you take a crack at cooking your favorite chef’s signature dish

Launched this month in the Los Angeles area, SaltedEats is the on-demand ingredients service bringing signature recipes right to its users' kitchens.
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The Voltaire smart coffee grinder aims to bring Starbucks-level coffee to your kitchen

Launched this past week on the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter, the Voltaire smart coffee grinder makes it easy to brew quality coffee anywhere.
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Weekend Workshop: How to turn your old laptop into an LED wall lamp

Broken laptops collecting dust in a closet are as common as anything, so why not turn that old piece of hardware into an LED wall lamp? Here's how.
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Colorado's mini wood cabins are a minimalist's dream

Located on a hillside in Leadville, Colorado, these miniature wooden cabins are minimalist living at its best and an avid outdoorsman's dream.
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Expertly craft the perfect cup of coffee with the Invergo pour-over system

Built to give owners complete control over the brewing of their coffee, the Invergo system is an efficient, customizable alternative to automated machines.
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Amazon’s Alexa teams with Nutritionix to help users keep track of calories

Amazon has partnered with Nutritionix to bring the popular food-tracking service to all Amazon Alexa users and compatible devices.
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With StoneCycling, your next home could be made out of your last one

Two Dutch architects have developed a method for using waste building material to make sustainable bricks capable of being used to build structures.
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Trailer or tiny home? The Tiny Drop is the best of both for off-the-grid living

Essentially a modified camping trailer, Tend Building's Tiny Drop is a sustainable off-grid house on wheels that any avid camper would drool over.
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Nest CEO to step down, nestle into role as adviser to Alphabet

Nest founder and CEO Tony Fadell has announced via the company's blog that he will no longer serve as CEO and will instead be an advisor to Alphabet.
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3D printing using stem cells? Israeli company runs successful lab tests

Nano Dimensions and stem cell researcher Accellta have reportedly run successful lab tests on a 3D-printing prototype that would print using stem cells.
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Microsoft’s Project Florence turns a plant’s electrical impulses into messages

Developed by post-doc researcher Helene Steiner, Microsoft's Project Florence transmits a plant's chemical and electrical output into readable messages.
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The Tetrahedron Superyacht defies gravity and looks like a Star Destroyer

London-based designer Jonathan Schwinge recently unveiled renderings of a superyacht he designed that looks like a pyramid that's levitating on water.
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Sustainability the focus of Danish architecture firm’s villages

Developed at Stanford University by James Ehrlich and designed by the Danish firm EFFEKT, ReGen Villages would essentially produce its own food and energy.
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Tired of folding laundry? Bring this robotic machine into the fold

Since no one on the planet likes folding their own laundry, a San Francisco-based company has developed the Foldimate — a robotic laundry-folding machine.
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Grush gaming toothbrush cleans up with grand prize at America’s Greatest Makers

Designed to allow kids to play video games while brushing, the Grush gaming toothbrush took home the grand prize at the first America's Greatest Makers.
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CEO says rent-bidding service is the future of renting apartments

As rent prices soar, a service allowing tenants to bid on rent is a bad idea, right? According to Rentberry CEO Alex Lubinsky, it's the future of renting.
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The Philips Hue collection expands, white ambiance lights now available

Adding to its already impressive collection of Hue light bulbs, Philips has added a line of white ambiance bulbs which can mimic the movement of the sun.
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Cirrent will connect your smart home devices to the internet right out of the box

Launching this week at Connections in San Francisco, Cirrent's new service allows for easier and safer Wi-Fi connections for smart home products.
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London’s Flood House imagines a world covered entirely by water

Designed by London-based architect Matthew Butcher, Flood House navigates the Thames Estuary in an effort to reunite architecture with the environment.
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Weekend Workshop: Tear up your driveway with this Raspberry Pi-powered RC car

Drones are great, sure, but who wouldn't enjoy ripping a DIY RC car around their neighborhood? Here's how to easily construct one in a matter of hours.
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ONVI’s smart toothbrush features a live video feed of your mouth while you brush

Founded by Chicago-based dentist Dr. Craig Kohler, ONVI has officially launched the first smart toothbrush outfit with a built-in, live streaming camera.
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Thanks to Konami, an amputee gamer will soon sport a Metal Gear Solid-themed prosthetic

To help an amputee gamer get back to gaming, Konami teamed with renowned robotics experts to create a prosthetic arm based on the Metal Gear Solid series.
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Black & Decker charges into the 21st Century with the Smartech Battery line

Capable of being used with any of its products, Black & Decker's Smartech Battery lineup gives users innovative control and flexibility over their batteries.
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Africa’s Gota Dam Residence is the perfect spot for plotting world domination

Located in an undisclosed area of Africa, the Gota Dam Residence may scream "evil lair," but it was actually designed for recording musicians.
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Ring’s Doorbell Pro accidentally sent video of other homes to unsuspecting users

For a short time, a small number of Ring Doorbell Pro users were accidentally sent live video of other users' homes via Ring's smartphone application.
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The Hyperloop is real, and we watched the first test in the Nevada desert

To get a glimpse of the future, we traveled to the desert outside of Las Vegas to see Hyperloop One conduct the world's first-ever open-air Hyperloop propulsion test.
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Weekend Workshop: Caffeinate in style with this DIY cold-brew coffee drip tower

Who doesn't love cold-brew coffee? Build your own Arduino-powered cold-brew drip tower in a matter of hours with this simple, comprehensive walk-through.
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Acanvas streaming picture frame will recharge itself to keep your photos on display

Forget the awfully poor digital photo frames of old, the Acanvas cord-free streaming platform is the last interactive picture frame you'll ever need.
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How to find out if there’s lead in your home water supply

With the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, bubbling over, concerns over lead poisoning are sky high. Here's how to easily check your home water supply for lead.
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Smart home camera gives Canadian man front-row seat to fiery demise of his house

While evacuating the Fort McMurray wildfire, town resident James O'Reilly and his wife watched as their home burned down via a smart home security camera.
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Could this massive, wind-powered skyscraper solve global warming?

Paolo Venturella Architecture says the key to cooling the globe is to build a skyscraper that extends toward the sun and guides hot air away from Earth.
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Apple may be elbowing its way into the smoke detector industry, because why not?

According to newly published patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple appears to be readying its devices to start detecting smoke.
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Weekend Workshop: Play the ultimate skill game with this one-hole elliptical pool table

Traditional six-hole billiards tables are excellent tests of talent, no doubt, but this one-hole elliptical pool table is truly a game of incredible skill.