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UK Introduces Law Making Gigabit Internet Access Mandatory for New Houses!
The UK government currently has rather lofty goals in terms of high-speed internet access. Put simply, by 2025 (at least under current plans) 85% of UK households should have access to Gigabit broadband. What exactly is Gigabyte though? Well, officially speaking, it should be representative of a download connection of…
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Latin America to see Worlds First 3D-Printed Village
3D-Printed Village It’s pretty clear that throughout most of the world, we have something of a housing crisis at the moment. Put simply, there are too many of us and even then, houses are not exactly cheap. The problem, however, is that it’s not exactly easy to build houses. Not…
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Smart Meters Will Only Cut Bills By Around £11
Smart Meters Will Only Cut Bills By Around £11 There has definitely been a drive across all factors to try and be as energy efficient as possible. This is perhaps, at least for consumers, to their benefit. At least in terms of their homes where the less you spend on…
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3D Printed Houses Start Construction In Texas
3d Printed Houses Arrive 3D printers have come a long way in the last 5 years. Some would argue that they still have a long way to go, but the process the technology has made is truly remarkable. One such development could solve a significant and real problem practically the…
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Would You Live in a Habitat From NASA?
When it comes to space travel, we are constantly looking at new engines and ways to reach the stars with a little more time for ourselves. The problem is, have we really looked at what we are going to do when we get there? NASA has started looking at this…
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Mandatory EV Charging Station for Every New House in Quebec
Cars are expected to change in a big way when it comes to technology in the next few years. Firstly you self-driving vehicles, with Tesla’s autopilot system avoiding a collision and even large heavy good vehicles self-driving their way around Europe. The next step is the use of electric vehicles (or EV’s…
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Instant Shelters For When Times Are Bad
We’ve all seen the news, sometimes they just seem to be filled with doom and gloom telling us how climate change is going to flood our homes and the beaches that we love to spread our toes on when it gets sunny. To combat this threat technology has created some…
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Sky Mile Tower Aims To Reinvent The Skyscraper
The evolution of the humble skyscraper has been nothing short of amazing over the last half a century, from the US and its range of towering buildings that have included the “Trump international Tower” which stands at an eye- watering 423 metres tall (1,389ft) to the current king which is…
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Architects Crowdfunding for £1.85 Billion to Build Minas Tirith
The UK is in the grip of a housing crisis and few new homes are being built. Existing council houses are being sold off at the expense of low-income families. What to do? Incite a public movement to build social housing, or spend close to £2 billion on a life-size…
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Wales Has First ‘Energy Positive’ House in Britain
Wales has become home to Britain’s first ‘energy positive’ house, so-called because it can generate a surplus of electricity which its owner can then sell on. The three-bedroom detached property in Cenin, South Wales, cost £125,000 to build, according to its designers from Cardiff University. The house is lined with…
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