In with the new: Emerging technologies continue to change the face of architecture as we know it. Here we look at some of the latest opportunities for the built environment

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The improvement in sensor technology and computing power becoming cheaper, Lord Corporation is employing magneto-rheological (MR) fluids to reduce vibrations in lorries and washing machines. A patent application is filed for an MR or electro-rheological (ER) prosthetic penile implant to treat erectile dysfunction.

Technology application, Technology, Technology in education

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Solutions that stack up

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Bluebase (Clerkenwell, UK), an architectural practice, has created the Modular Accommodation System (MAS), an inexpensive way of placing many residential dwellings in a small area. Each residential customized box is about as large as a standard-sized freight container. MAS is detachable and can be moved.

Residential Building Construction, Product introduction, New Products/Services, Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing, Prefabricated wood buildings, Housing incl Mobile Homes, Residential Modular Building Pkgs, Housing, Modular houses, Prefabricated houses, Mobile homes, Bluebase

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Hot topics

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The AJ Burning Issues conference at the RIBA gave an exposition of fire risks, ways to avoid them and insure against them. A new version of LPC design guide highlights risk assessment, management and good design practices.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Royal Institute of British Architects

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