Forward Thinking Architecture has imagined 'Smart Floating Farms,’ which are giant farms that would float on the ocean and house hydroponic farms above water and fish farms below. These practically self-sustaining farms would be powered by solar panels, wind turbines, and wave energy converters. Apart from the plant and fish farms, there would also be water-access points and desalination processes carried out.
Do ‘Smart Floating Farms’ sound like a good way to create food sustainability?
Google has revealed its new logo and the changes include a new font and an animation that moves and changes in response to certain actions. The font change to a sans serif typeface increases legibility on small screens. Do you think that with this logo change, Google has sniffed out the next big way to keep itself current?
Frog Principle Designer Michael McDaniel has proposed a new system of transportation for the city of Austin: gondolas. These lifts would propose advantages such as being detachable and offering shortcuts over areas of traffic. What do you think of this idea?
Amazon has produced the Dash Button, a tiny device with a button on one end, which Prime customers can simply tap once to order more goods. There will be 29 available button types, each for a specific brand. Prime users can customize their button orders by going on the Amazon app. Do you think these buttons will be a success or a flop?