A combination of AI, a wild 1970s plan to build underwater cities, and a designer creating furniture on the seabed around the Bahamas might be the solution to the widespread destruction of coral reefs. It could even save the world from coastal erosion. Industrial designer Tom Dixon and technologist Suhair Khan, founder of AI incubator … Read more
In 2020, with the world locked at home, consumer sales of office chairs in the U.S. jumped by 75%. Podcasts, articles, how-tos and buying guides sprouted up seemingly overnight in response to the troubling reality that many white-collar workers now faced: The chairs they had at home were terrible. Those of us with desk jobs … Read more
NEW DELHI: How much weight should a wooden table at workstations or at home, or a bed be able to bear? The Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), which issues ISI marks and sets qualitynorms for imported and domestically produced goods, wants beds and such tables to be able to take a load of 110 kg … Read more