A garden studio created using the U-Build system by Studio Bark with bespoke Western Red Cedar cladding. The words modular, self-build and adaptable often pose as challenges within the construction ...

A new and high tech set of building toys designed for kids and adults to build their own robotic creations has launched called Atoms. Atoms started off as a Kickstarter project and has now launched ...

Modular things are having a moment, even if Motorola’s plans for a modular smartphone look more pipe dream than practical reality. With modular robotics it’s a different story. Progress towards more ...

If you’re like me, you keep whole closets full of old stuff because you know it’d make a cool project (someday). The problem is that day doesn’t always come. Loose Joints, a kit designed by German ...

In recent years, researchers and companies have been exploring new ways to improve buildings through analytics software, prefabrication, connected devices, new materials and construction automation.

Modular building solutions are gaining popularity across all property sectors, including multifamily. Modular construction is a process in which components of a building are constructed off-site, ...

Robots are cool. That much goes without dispute, but part of their appeal lies in just how complex, intricate, and versatile such machines can be, which in turn also makes them rather difficult to ...

An engineering kit called SAM, recently funded at Kickstarter, is bringing building block, drag-and-drop Internet of Things development to the masses. With the Internet of Things poised for takeoff, ...

Americans throw away over 12 million tons of furniture every year, and most of it ends up in landfills. But are we atrociously wasteful beings, or is furniture just not durable enough? If you ask the ...