Affordable shipping container village can pop up anywhere

CPH-Shelter-2-1020x610 CHICAGO: Copenhagen is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most liveable cities, but unfortunately not all can afford to live there. Luckily, CPH Shelter is bringing affordable housing to the city in the form of a modular cargotecture village. Built with organic materials and Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime LOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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Wristband detects and alerts for seizures/monitors stress

e4-bike DALLAS: People with epilepsy suffer from recurrent, unprovoked seizures that can cause injury and even death from “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” (SUDEP), a condition that occurs minutes after a seizure ends.

Now Empatica, co-founded by MIT professor and wearables pioneer Rosalind Picard, has developed Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The one hundred and seventy-second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

According to a staff report received by council, the units are the first of their kind for the area, secured under the affordable housing policies approved in the Read More »

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