Controlling room temperatures with body heat…

[caption id="attachment_102" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Credit: Courtesy Joon-Ho Choi"][/caption] While he was a university student, Joon-Ho Choi worked in a hospital, where he noticed that patients—especially those in intensive care—rarely have much control over their environments. “They are subjected to temperature and lighting conditions that are set...

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The strangest and most unusual homes for sale

[caption id="attachment_105" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rich Testa of RE/MAX Advance"][/caption] When Robert and Marguerite Antell told architect James Johnson they wanted to build a fun, artistic home, he handed the couple a coke bottle with a flowering sprig of Queen Anne’s lace. “This is your new home,”...

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The Green Schoolhouse

Throughout the United States, thousands of students are spending the majority of the day in unhealthy and aging portable classrooms. Not only is their presence required, students are expected to thrive and flourish educationally in such environments. “The aging infrastructure of K–12 schools throughout the...

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