Tag: Building

BIM, Beautiful BIM: Elegant Building Information Models

Building Information Modelling, otherwise known as BIM, is the latest technology to turn the construction world on its head. BIM can model a building’s entire life cycle, from construction all the way through to demolition; the process digitally generates a realistic, accurate model of a facility, and removes the need for the constant re-entering of… Continue reading BIM, Beautiful BIM: Elegant Building Information Models

Developing An AI That Can Build Video Games

Michael Cook, a PhD student with the Computational Creativity Group at Imperial College in London, aims to bring his PhD project “Games By Angelina” to the masses! He wants to answer one simple question that no one seems to have answered yet: Can we evolve entire arcade games from nothing? The basic concept is that… Continue reading Developing An AI That Can Build Video Games

10 Crazy House Designs

If you’re thinking of designing and building your own pad – or you’re looking to move somewhere more adventurous than the average two up two down – then you’re probably quite keen to own somewhere distinctive. In the age-old battle to be different, the quest for individuality has even made its way into the housing… Continue reading 10 Crazy House Designs

5 Questions To Ask Yourself When Building A Customer Service Plan

When it comes down to small business customer service, some people would rather talk to another human being, without having to swim through layers of thick, impersonal technology to get there. Others may just have a quick question that an FAQ or chat session can answer in about a minute. How do you decide then,… Continue reading 5 Questions To Ask Yourself When Building A Customer Service Plan

How Does My Business Become BS25999 Certified?

Becoming BS25999 certified can build your business’ reputation. First steps The first thing you need to do is to identify which bodies are registered to certify you as BS25999 compliant. There are numerous organisations that can do this, check out their portfolio of current clients and think about how you feel about each of those… Continue reading How Does My Business Become BS25999 Certified?

The Perfect Components To Building A Popular App

There are over 500,000 apps for your iPhone or Android! These apps encompass everything, from helping you track your stocks, to tuning your favorite instrument. But not every app is downloaded. What accounts for the huge void between “must have” apps and apps below 1,000 downloads? … As demonstrated by furniture retail giant IKEA, it’s… Continue reading The Perfect Components To Building A Popular App

Building The New World Trade Centre

On 11 September 2001 the skyline of Manhattan was transformed forever with the destruction of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre along with other outlying buildings. However, in May 2006 the construction of a new World Trade Centre complex began. The new World Trade Centre complex, scheduled for completion in 2013, will feature… Continue reading Building The New World Trade Centre

Farming In The Urban Landscape

There is a strange dichotomy between tech and farming. We tend to think that the high tech world is the polar opposite of the rural farming lifestyle, where you’re living off the fruit of your labours. But the truth is that modern farming owes quite a bit to technology advances over the years, from as… Continue reading Farming In The Urban Landscape

Why Blog Commenting is Now Mostly a Useless Technique

Blog commenting used to be an extremely popular search engine optimization technique. As the importance of links to one’s website became the world’s worst guarded secret, blog commenting was inevitably seen as one of the best methods of obtaining links from various websites. As this information become more widespread, every webmaster soon embarked on a… Continue reading Why Blog Commenting is Now Mostly a Useless Technique