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Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine.

In the context of technology the only way out is through. Global society is dependent on artificially inflated energy resources-i.e. oil-that are directly leading us toward total collapse. Technology is being used to most efficiently maximize wealth of the largest corporate conglomerates at the expense of the social fabric and a living environment. The biosphere is in fact collapsing. The technology exists to solve our technical problems but the solutions do not seem like they will be effectively put to use. The power structures concentrating money off the status quo are too entrenched. Each human is called on to become more aware.

Lighting experts LumiGroup create bespoke ambience for Artopex flagship, combating the almost total absence of natural light… Read here and leave us your views...

A studied play of custom-designed artificial lighting flirts with an optimized use of natural available light in the remodelling of this courthouse. Check out the feature and leave us your views...

The Internet has radically transformed the way we get around. Getting ready for a revolutionary breakthrough in vehicular navigation and safe driving especially for highways, @carlo-ratti-associati and Italian highway agency ANAS are all set to design a Smart Road system. Check out the story