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Hive takes its classy Home View security camera outdoors
Hive’s new home monitoring camera isn’t bound to its base
American military backs an entirely new kind of processor
A Buzzworthy Beehive
The Local Bee service brings people closer to their local bee keeper and, in essence, their honey too! After getting up close and personal with a beekeeper and the bees themselves, designer Will Jordan saw opportunities to improve the artificial hive which has gone largely unchanged for many years. The result is a hive that’s not only more functional but aesthetically friendly!
First, the hive is elevated to mimic that of a natural hive. Placed 2 meters above the ground it protects the bees from critters and invaders that may want to steal honey or cause distress to the bees. It also allows for the bees to enter the hive from the bottom, which allows them to create comb with gravity as they would naturally.
Second, the new hive’s material composition promotes a healthy climate while also keeping external sound disturbance to a minimum. It consists of cork, wood and mycelium (a material made from mushrooms). Drastic temperature can cause shock and result in bee death. In between the cork and the mycelium there are pockets that trap air to prevent dramatic changes in temperature. This, in combination with the cork and mycelium as insulating materials, keeps the hive’s temperature consistent. Additionally, the cork also acts as an acoustic dampener to prevent noise disturbance.
Designer: Will Jordan
Hive takes on Hue with colour-changing light bulbs
Hive’s smart thermostat gets IFTTT’s recipe-based automation
Hive adds smart lightbulbs to its connected home lineup
And we’ll call it The Droneycomb
You may have noticed the ever rising love for drones our world has had over the past two years. Drones are pretty awesome robots, but they come with a set of complications. Drone laws are the latest set of regulations to enter the constitutions of many countries, with some countries (Denmark) training birds of prey to take down these flying gizmos. The Hive, provides a solution to most of the drone related problems faced by us and the government…the largest, by far, being regulation. The Hive is a massive skyscraper that uses its entire outer facade as a docking zone for drones. Commercial as well as personal drones of all shapes and sizes can dock on the facade at different points, giving it a sort of shape-shifting beauty that makes it look like a honeycomb with bees around it. The Hive not only docks the drones, but also charges them, giving people all the more reason to have their drones resting on the Hive, and providing the Hive with all the necessary means to keep track on the drones in the vicinity.
The Hive: Drone Skyscraper won the 2nd Prize at the Evolo Skyscraper Competition in 2016.
Designers: Hadeel Ayed Mohammad, Yifeng Zhao & Chengda Zhu.