How 'Chicks with Bricks' finds female solidarity (and humour) in the UK's building industry

2016-05-04T11:06:00-04:00

With an easy to remember name, an inclusive attitude and a pragmatic sense of duty, Chicks with Bricks has been holding networking events in London since 2005 with the aim of inspiring and connecting women in architecture and construction.

This augmented reality helmet could revolutionize the construction site

2016-01-26T12:46:00-05:00

Decades of sci-fi movies have made it hard to imagine a future without augmented reality. Yet besides the largely fizzled-out promise of Google Glass, little headway seems to have been made integrating digitally-enhanced vision into everyday life. That might be about to change, at least according to the folks over at Daqri, a Los Angeles-based “human-machine interface company.” Their recently-announced “Smart Helmet” is billed as the the “biggest makeover” the construction helmet has had in its history.

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How 'Chicks with Bricks' finds female solidarity (and humour) in the UK's building industry

This augmented reality helmet could revolutionize the construction site