As in so many MacGyver-style systems, it all comes down to paragliding robots. A new project to make dealing with humanitarian crises easier includes robot gliders that can deliver aid to cr... Read more
Prototype is due to be completed in early 2013 Thanks to their size, strength and ease of transport, shipping containers have been embraced by architects who have turned them into everything... Read more
Requiring only three days to build As we wrote recently, shipping containers are all the rage. They’ve been used to create a pretty diverse collection of buildings, including temporary housi... Read more
Studio H:T’s Shipping Container House is, unsurprisingly, a house made from shipping containers – at least partially. But perhaps most impressive about the design is that it oper... Read more
Currently Caribbean countries have a large surplus of unused shipping containers Aside from tragic loss of life and incomprehensible destruction, events like last week’s devastating earthqua... Read more
“You can’t just sweep in from outside and drop something in and say, ‘This is exactly what you need,’ ” A week ago, Elizabeth Sheehan, the founder of Containers to Clinics, a nonprofit organ... Read more