Emerging Objects, frontrunners in the 3D printing industry, has developed a 3D-printed ceramic “Cool Brick” that uses nothing but water to cool homes in hot, dry climates. This is the first ...

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You don’t need an air conditioner if your whole house is keeping you cool. The idea of “evaporative cooling” goes back centuries. Now it’s seeing new life in the shape of a brick–the 3-D ...

Using bricks biologically engineered to grow themselves from plant waste and fungal cells, David Benjamin’s Hy-Fi will rise as a giant circular tower that creates a cool micro-climate for ...