Boris Johnson eyes overhaul of Britain’s planning laws for new homes to be built

Boris Johnson eyes biggest overhaul of Britain’s planning laws for 70 years in bid to ease system for new homes to be built Boris Johnson is moving to relax planning rules in biggest shake-up in 70 years A planning bill will expand property ownership in areas where Tories have won It will reportedly make it … Read more

Boris Johnson eyes overhaul of Britain’s planning laws for new homes to be built

Boris Johnson eyes biggest overhaul of Britain’s planning laws for 70 years in bid to ease system for new homes to be built Boris Johnson is moving to relax planning rules in biggest shake-up in 70 years A planning bill will expand property ownership in areas where Tories have won It will reportedly make it … Read more

Dutch couple move into Europe’s first 3D-printed home which can be built in just FIVE days

A Dutch couple have moved into Europe’s first 3D-printed home – which developers claim can be built from scratch in just five days. Retired Elize Lutz, 70, and 67-year-old Harrie Dekkers’ new home in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, is a 94-square metre two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows. Despite the curving lines of its grey concrete … Read more

A look inside the modern five-story house built on a tiny 195sqm block

Now THAT’S how you utilise a space: Inside the VERY modern five-story home built on a tiny 195sqm block – complete with sweeping city views, a kitchen island that seats 20 and a dreamy outdoor retreat A five-story house sitting on a tiny 195sqm block is being described as ‘one of Melbourne’s finest homes’  The Melbourne … Read more

Met Office to receive new £1.2bn supercomputer built by Microsoft

The only predictable thing about the British weather appears to be its unpredictability. Now the Met Office is hoping to improve its chances of getting forecasts correct with a supercomputer worth £1.2 billion.    Built by Microsoft and funded by the UK government, the ‘world-leading supercomputer’ will provide experts more accurate warnings of severe weather. It is … Read more

Met Office to receive new £1.2bn supercomputer built by Microsoft

The only predictable thing about the British weather appears to be its unpredictability. Now the Met Office is hoping to improve its chances of getting forecasts correct with a supercomputer worth £1.2 billion.    Built by Microsoft and funded by the UK government, the ‘world-leading supercomputer’ will provide experts more accurate warnings of severe weather. It is … Read more

‘Safety nets’ built by army ants could help engineers design self-healing robot swarms 

 Teamwork isn’t just a human characteristic: Colonies of army ants will form living ‘scaffolding’ to protect members from falling. The insects are blind and have no designated leader but, according to new research, they’re able to use simple behavioral rules to develop these safety structures without the need for direct communication. Once a scaffold was … Read more