People favour expressive, communicative robots over efficient and effective ones
Science Daily
The aim of the study was to investigate how a robot may recover a users' trust when it makes a mistake and how it can communicate its erroneous behaviour to somebody who is working with it, either at home or at work. The study suggests that a …

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The Green Cars You Never Hear About
Popular Mechanics
You'd hardly know it as little as automakers talk about it, but you don't need to buy a car with an electrical plug or one that runs on home-brewed bio-diesel to drastically cut emissions. You can buy a normal car with a normal internal-combustion …

Coussée & Goris and RCR Arquitectes use iron-coloured concrete for Belgian crematorium
Dezeen
A+Awards: the next project in our collaboration with Architizer is a tinted concrete and steel crematorium in Holsbeek, Belgium, which was named as one of the winners in the religious buildings and memorials category at the 2016 A+Awards (+ slideshow).

Concrete provides indoor, outdoor spaces customizable options with little maintenance
Tulsa World
She hired BA Concrete Designs to refinish the first floor of her home with custom concrete floors from the entrance to the living area and kitchen. She worked with the company to create a stained look that could endure the wear and tear from her …

Central Green at The Navy Yard Receives Three Development and Design Awards
GlobeSt.com
PHILADELPHIA, PA—Liberty Property Trust, Synterra Partners and PIDC say that Central Green, the dynamic park located in the center of the revitalized and redeveloped Navy Yard, has received multiple awards for design and development, just as Liberty …

Michel Gondry Looks Back at 'The Green Hornet' and Forward to 'Microbe and Gasoline'
Yahoo Movies (blog)
Earlier this year, Marvel's “merc with a mouth,” Deadpool, made hundreds of millions of dollars (not to mention our Best of the Year So Far list) by merrily shattering the conventional rules of superhero movies. If you rewind the clock five years, you …

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