Smart Aid Kit uses AI to remotely diagnose and manage health conditions Design studios Map Project Office and Modem have developed a concept for a diagnostics kit backed by artificial intelligence that would allow patients to perform basic triage on themselves. The Smart Aid Kit offers a vision for how generative artificial intelligence (AI) could help to provide universal healthcare with the help of four different sensors The post Smart Aid Kit uses AI to remotely diagnose and manage health conditions appeared first on Dezeen. https://www.dezeen.com/2023/11/29/smart-aid-kit-map-project-office-modem/

Local cedar forms snow-cooled rice warehouse in Niigata Prefecture Japanese studio Kei Kaihoh Architects has completed a timber-framed storage facility in Joetsu City that offers rice farmers a way to refrigerate their harvest without relying on gas or electricity. Instead, the Yukinohako facility is naturally cooled using snow – an abundant local material in this mountainous part of Niigata Prefecture, surrounded by ski resorts The post Local cedar forms snow-cooled rice warehouse in Niigata Prefecture appeared first on Dezeen. https://www.dezeen.com/2023/11/25/kei-kaihoh-architects-yukinohako-snow-storage/

Stanaćev Granados divides levels of Chilean beach house with cargo-net floor Chilean architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created a seaside house with a concrete and wood-clad exterior and a cargo net in the floor in Chorrillos, Chile. Known as the Primeriza House, the 2,750-square foot (256-square metre) residence was completed in 2020 in a small clearing in a cypress-filled hill that slopes steeply down to the The post Stanaćev Granados divides levels of Chilean beach house with cargo-net floor appeared first on Dezeen. https://www.dezeen.com/2023/11/16/stanacev-granados-chilean-beach-house-cargo-net-floor/

Heirloom opens first large-scale carbon capture plant in US Climate technology company Heirloom has opened the first commercial Direct Air Capture plant in the US, which will sequester atmospheric carbon for permanent storage using energy-efficient kilns. Located in Tracy, California, the Heirloom facility will use a limestone filtration process to capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year, which will be then stored permanently. The post Heirloom opens first large-scale carbon capture plant in US appeared first on Dezeen. https://www.dezeen.com/2023/11/15/heirloom-opens-first-large-scale-commercial-carbon-capture-plant-in-us/