Fri. 12/11 - How Our Homes Were Shaped By Epidemics + Hot Dr Pepper
The household features that were shaped by previous epidemics. An ethics committee has approved the French military to start making bionic soldiers. And hot Dr Pepper.
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Links:
The Curious History of Steam Heat and Pandemics (Bloomberg)
From Closets to Subway Tile: How Previous Epidemics Shaped Design (Architectural Digest)
French army gets ethical go-ahead for bionic soldiers (CNN)
US military closer to making cyborgs a reality…
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