Home Renovation Blog

If you really wanted to impress people with your home theater, what would you do? Perhaps model it after the Bat Cave, or show movies that were still in the cinemas? Well, now there’s another choice. If you’ve got the cash, you could build your own IMAX Private Theater.

The theater package is modeled after a screening room in Santa Monica, where film-makers (“such as Christopher Nolan, James Cameron and JJ Abrams,” so we’re told) go to experience their films in IMAX before they’re released to the public.

The home system includes a curved floor-to-ceiling/wall-to-wall screen, a 4K-resolution dual projection system that can handle both 2D and 3D formats, and an audio system that features laser-aligned 7.1-channel loudspeakers. That audio system also utilizes microphones that monitor each channel, allowing it to perform daily calibrations to ensure that the sound is properly tuned.

Not surprisingly, this isn’t something that you would just throw into your existing basement rec room.

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Designing a bathroom that does not look like a bathroom has become much easier with today’s innovations in interior design. It used to be that this room had a very simple décor that was mostly white on white with an occasional splash of colour here and there. When you consider it though, most of us start or end our day in this room bathing or taking a shower. So it seems only sensible that the room should be bright and cheery to set our mood for the rest of the day.

There are a few ways to go about making the bathroom more aesthetically pleasing. The first option is to get some new or different décor to add a bit more colour. This can be done by adding pictures, changing the towels and facecloths or something as simple as adding some colourful flowers. Read more…

If you thought only animals could be cloned and replicated and that science cannot still clone devices, think again.

Researchers in Germany have devised a way to replicate 3D printers with the help of a 3D printer. The self replicating 3D printer is also environmentally friendly, and uses sustainable products and recreates them as 3D printers. When the researchers discovered the self replicating 3D printer, they ended up filling their lab with several smaller 3D printers which continued to replicate further. The device has been called Ecophage and it comes with a jazzy sounding built-in material re-processor.

The material re-processor can convert all carbon-based substances into filaments so that it can be used for 3D printing. Dr Drexler von Neumann at the Doppelbock University was responsible for this ground-breaking technology and I am sure very soon we will not require conveyor belts and large scale factories any more.

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LG is making it easier for people to part with their cash from the comfort of their couches with the integration of PayPal into its Smart TV platform. The move is a first for a TV manufacturer and will allow viewers to purchase products, apps and games directly through the TV using the popular digital payment system.

Users can enter their details using a standard remote control keypad or by using LG’s Magic Remote to navigate the onscreen keyboard. Once entered, an opt-in “remember me” option saves the hassle of reentering the details every time a purchase is made.

The PayPal integration could see more developers embracing the Smart TV platform, with LG making a concerted effort to increase the number of titles on offer, including ones that take advantage of LG’s Dual Play technology.

PayPal is available now on LG’s 2013 Smart TV lineup in the U.S.

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In a ground breaking technological development, Swiss scientists have created a device that can test your blood and send out the results via Bluetooth.

You get up early, you get dressed and you make your way to your Doctor’s office. There, you sit and wait for what feels like eons for a a licensed medical professional to walk along and painfully jab a needle into your arm, attempting to get a reading from a barely visible vein. Then you wait 3 week long, tedious weeks for the results to come back.

What I’ve just described is the long and often painful process that most people go through to have a bloodtest, of which the results might be unhelpful or inconclusive. Now, a new, ground-breaking development in the world of science and nano-technology means that not only can you have the results hours before your doctor would have even gotten your blood to the lab, this new device could even save your life.

Designed by the EPFL Integrated Systems Laboratory, a team of scientists in Switzerland, the unnamed device works by detecting particular compounds in the body.

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Spa Bathrooms A New Trend in Modern Bathrooms

Purely utilitarian bathrooms are a thing of the past. Todays trend of bathroom renovations can add space, style, and comfort to what was once a small, cramped room, turning a bath into a spa-like retreat.

Bath renovations include expanding the size of the rooms or rearranging the fixtures to make the most of the floor plan. Pushing out walls and borrowing space from low-traffic areas of the home can add enough square footage to not only give you your own personal spa but to instantly increase your homes value.

Remodeling the bath can also include adding larger and additional fixtures. Separate showers, dual-sink countertops, garden or jetted tubs, and bathroom furniture create zones of comfort which allow more than one person to get ready for work or clean up after a day of gardening.

Decorative fixtures transform the space into a more comfortable and stylish area.

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