Baluchon is usually known for designing small tiny homes, however, the Ivy Tiny House is blessed with spaciousness and a unique upside-down layout which places the living room upstairs, and a bedroom downstairs. It is founded on a double-axle trailer with a maximum length of 26 feet. It is larger than the typical 20-foot-long French tiny homes we usually see. It is finished using heat-treated pine and black aluminum and features a timber terrace area that will be installed when the home is delivered.Designer: BaluchonThe tiny house offers two points of entry: a set of double glass doors and an adjacent single glass door. While the proximity of these entrances might initially seem unconventional, it is intended to be a strategic design choice to support the planned terrace once it is completed. This will improve the flow between indoor and outdoor spaces.Upon entering the home, visitors are greeted by a spacious, light-filled kitchen situated at the heart of the house. The well-designed kitchen features modern amenities, including an oven and a three-burner stove powered by propane, catering to a variety of cooking needs. It includes a fridge and freezer, as well as a dishwasher which is a rare yet luxurious inclusion for a tiny home in France. Adjacent to the kitchen area is a compact wood-burning stove designed to efficiently heat the entire home, ensuring a cozy and warm environment during colder months.The Ivy Tiny Homes living room is raised to the space where you usually see a bedroom. It can be accessed via a small staircase, and holds a sofa bed as well as a projection system, in place of a traditional TV. The ground floor accommodates the bathroom which spans over two rooms. You have the W.C. and the bathroom proper with a shower and a sink. A washer/dryer has been added as well. The bedroom is quite unusual as well. The childs bedroom is placed underneath the living room, and the entrance seems like a tight fit.The bedroom is like most lofts found in tiny homes. It features a low ceiling which creates a cozy and intimate space. The room features a comfortable double bed and some wardrobe space. The loft bedroom is designed to showcase the clever use of limited space, thereby balancing comfort and functionality to form a welcoming retreat for the parents. It serves as a comfortable and safe haven for the parents, offering them a space of their own.The post This Spacious Tiny Home Features An Unusual Upside-Down Layout first appeared on Yanko Design.

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MacworldLong-time readers of his column will know that the Macalope is not above grazing on low-hanging fruit. Far from it. First of all, who doesnt like a nice piece of fruit? Second, its right there. At mouth level.Cmon.So, you might think hes going to chomp into a mouthful of Mark Zuckerbergs comments about Apple on Joe Rogans podcast. Yes, the guy who acquired Instagram and acquired Oculus and acquired WhatsApp and acquired Messenger thinks Apple doesnt invent anything anymore.Okay.No, the Macalope is going to eschew Zuckerbergs bitter barbs and instead take a look at, well, some other low-hanging fruit: Dells rebranding effort. (Look, the Macalopes not made of stone. If they dont want the Macalope to graze on it, stop hanging it so low.)For a company that doesnt make anything anymore, Apple sure gets copied a lot. This time, however, its names.Dell announced that it is ditching names like Inspiron and Latitude in favor of some it totally came up with on its own, what are you even talking about, they resent the suggestion: Dell, Dell Pro, and, um, Dell Pro Max.Any similarity to existing product names, living or dead, is purely coincidental.Michael Dell even got into a huff when called out on it: I asked CEO Michael Dell a simple question: What does Dell gain by copying Apple? Needless to say, he didnt look pleased.Devindra Hardawar, EngadgetHe always looks like that. Hes got resting Michael Dell face.This got the Macalope thinking about companies copying Apple, from smartphones to laptop designs to even product naming conventions. We laugh about it, but it really does a disservice to the industry as a whole.And, to be clear, its not just other companies copying Apple, although they certainly take their cues from Apple. Lets be generous and call it more of a herd mentality. The market is supposed to give us choice, but very often it settles on a particular type of product and everyone makes small variations of it. (Companies even herd on how much to donate to incoming U.S. presidential administrations that have said theyll put tariffs on companies that dont play ball.)IDGLets talk about small phones.Yes, again.No, you get over it.Not only does Apple not make a small phone anymore, but it continues to bump its existing screen sizes every couple of years. Reportedly, the size of the base iPhone 17the current one, at a not-insubstantial 6.1 inches, having been ranked by Marques Brownlee as the best small phone of 2024will increase to 6.3 inches.The Macalope might be tempted to huff dramatically and suggest that he will simply take his business elsewhere (like he would really do that other than as a stunt), but he simply cant. There arent any. All of these companies making smartphones and you cant get a small one.Well, thats not completely true. You cant get a name-brand small phone. Some somewhat fly-by-night companies sell phones with screens as small as 4 inches, but they have slower processors, lower quality materials, and poor to no support.Android Authority helpfully provides lists of the best small smartphones of whatever year of our Lord it happens to be. The problem is, the definition of small has become so warped by the current obsession with making aircraft carrier-sized phones that all the phones on the list have screens that are 6.1 inches or larger.That is not a small phone.Living in the Apple ecosystem has always meant dealing with fewer choices, but all of the name-brand smartphone manufacturers have simply decided that every phone should be large. As Apple came relatively late to larger phones, we could say this was an instance of the company copying others. But however you chicken-and-egg this, no one is targeting people who might want smaller phones. The Macalope bit the bullet and upgraded to the 6.1-inch iPhone 16 this past fall, now hes hearing he needs to go a 6.3-inch phone if he wants to upgrade again?Ungulates are usually all for herding, but this is getting ridiculous.

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A settlement has been reached in a dispute over the removal of land artist Mary Miss Greenwood Pond: Double Site at the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa. The Art Center will pay the artist $900,000 for a breach of contract for its planned demolition of the 29-year-old outdoor sculpture last spring despite a court injunction.At her victory, Miss stated: I hope the resurrection and reconsideration of this project will lead to further reflections on the relationships between artists, environmental issues, communities and our public cultural institutions. I trust this experience can help to develop stronger bonds moving forward.

Horror fans and Switch owners, rejoice. Some of the genres best modern offerings are making their way over to Nintendos platform. Specifically, Abylight and Frictional Games have announced that the former will bring the latters acclaimed horror trio of Amnesia: The Bunker, Amnesia: Rebirth,andSOMAto the Nintendo Switch.Theres currently no word on when the three titles will be available for the platform, but Abylight has confirmed all three will get both physical and digital releases. Additionally, the company will also bringAmnesia Collectionphysically to the Nintendo Switch. The collection includesAmnesia: The Dark DescentandAmnesia: A Machine for Bigs, both of which have been individually available on the Switch since 2019.Amnesia: Rebirth, Amnesia: The Bunker,andSOMAare all available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The former two are also available on Xbox Series X/S, and are also playable on PS5 via backward compatibility.We can proudly announce our agreement with Frictional Games to bring horror masterpieces to #NintendoSwitch- SOMA- Amnesia The Bunker- Amnesia Rebirth- Amnesia CollectionWill be released both digital and physical. More info at Abylight Shop:abylight.shop/en/ Abylight (@abylight.bsky.social) 2025-01-14T13:53:06.819Z

U.S. Dementia Cases Are Poised to Rise to One Million Each Year by 2060, According to New ProjectionsAs the American population ages, a new study finds the average lifetime risk of dementia for adults over 55 is around 42 percenta higher rate than previously thought Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Robert Alexander / Getty ImagesBy 2060, roughly one million Americans may develop dementia each yeararound double the current rateaccording to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.Researchers found adults over the age of 55 have a 42 percent average risk of developing dementia within their lifetime, which is much higher than previously thought. Past studies have put the risk at up to 14 percent for men and up to 23 percent for women.I knew the total lifetime risk would be higher than previous 20-year-old estimates, says study senior author Josef Coresh, an epidemiologist at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, to Scientific Americans Jocelyn Solis-Moreira. But I didnt expect that it would land at 42 percent.Dementia is an umbrella term for a variety of neurological conditions that hamper cognitive functioning and memory. Alzheimers disease is the most prevalent form of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases in the United States. An estimated 6.7 million Americans ages 65 and older have Alzheimers disease.The increased risk is largely due to the aging American populationand in the coming years, Baby Boomers will reach older age. By 2040, for instance, all members of that generation will be at least 75 years old, and the risk of developing dementia rises with age.Even if the actual rate of dementia cases ends up being lower than the new prediction, were still going to have a big increase in the number of people and the family and societal burden of dementia because of just the growth in the number of older people, both in the United States and around the world, says Kenneth Langa, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan who was not involved in the study, to the New York Times Pam Belluck.In addition to the aging population, researchers say the higher dementia risk can be partially explained by the studys inclusion of diverse participants. Past research on dementia has focused primarily on white participants, whereas the new study also included Black Americans.The study finds that Black Americans have a greater overall risk of developing dementia within their lifetime, though researchers havent fully figured out why. Black participants were also more likely than white participants to develop dementia at a younger age.The number of Black Americans suffering from dementia is expected to triple by 2060, in part because the proportion of that population living to old age is growing faster than among white adults, per the New York Times. The team expects the number of white Americans suffering from dementia to nearly double by 2060.Racial disparities in dementia may reflect the cumulative effects of structural racism and inequality throughout the life course, the researchers write in the paper. For instance, poor access to education and nutrition may contribute to earlier differences in cognitive reserve, and socioeconomic disparities and limited access to care may lead to a higher burden of vascular risk factors at midlife.Women also have a higher overall lifetime dementia risk than men: The study finds a 48 percent risk for women, compared to 35 percent for men. Thats largely because women tend to live longer, but researchers are investigating whether hormonal or genetic factors might also be at play.To conduct the research, scientists analyzed three decades of data from more than 15,000 people who had enrolled in a separate, long-term health study. They looked at participants between the ages of 45 and 64 who did not have dementia when they enrolled. Around 27 percent of participants identified as Black, and more than half of the participants were women.Even though the new numbers may seem daunting, less than half of people who make it to age 95 will have dementia, says Andrea Bozoki, a neurologist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine who was not involved with the new research, to NBC News Kaitlin Sullivan and Jessica Herzberg.Dementia is not an inevitable part of aging, no matter how old you are, Bozoki adds.Some factors that contribute to dementia risk are out of an individuals control, such as whether they inherit a genetic variant known as APOE4, which has been found to increase the risk of Alzheimers disease. The new study found that individuals with two copies of the APOE4 variant had a 59 percent lifetime risk of dementia, while participants with one copy of APOE4 had a 48 percent lifetime risk. Those without the variant had a 39 percent lifetime risk of dementia.Still, other risk factorsfor cognitive decline are more manageable. Doctors recommend wearing helmets to avoid head injuries, staying socially and cognitively engaged, eating a healthy diet, getting high-quality sleep and taking steps to control vascular conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes.All of the things that we know are good for health in general are good for preventing dementia, says Christine E. Kistler, a geriatric medicine expert at the University of Pittsburgh who was not involved with the new research, to the Washington Posts Marlene Cimons. Quitting smoking at any age is good for you. Starting to exercise at any age is good for you. We need to keep our brains working and that helps keep our brains healthy.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Aging, Brain, Cognition, Disease, Disease and Illnesses, Health, Medicine, New Research

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Building Multimodal RAG Application #8: Putting it All Together! Building Multimodal RAG Application 0 like January 14, 2025Share this postAuthor(s): Youssef Hosni Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium.Multimodal retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is transforming how AI applications handle complex information by merging retrieval and generation capabilities across diverse data types, such as text, images, and video.Unlike traditional RAG, which typically focuses on text-based retrieval and generation, multimodal RAG systems can pull in relevant content from both text and visual sources to generate more contextually rich, comprehensive responses.This article, the eighth and last part of our Building Multimodal RAG Applications series, wraps up all the modules we have built in the previous articles and puts them into one place.Well cover setting up the environment, preparing the data in the preprocessing module, retrieving the relevant video frames in the multimodal retrieval module, leveraging LVLMs across a variety of use cases in the LVLM inference and prompt processing modules, and finally putting all these modules together and building a multimodal RAG system with LangChain.This article is the eighth in the ongoing series of Building Multimodal RAG Application:Introduction to Multimodal RAG Applications (Published)Multimodal Embeddings (Published)Multimodal RAG Application Architecture (Published)Processing Videos for Multimodal RAG (Published)Multimodal Retrieval from Vector Stores (Published)Large Vision Language Models (LVLMs) (Published)Multimodal RAG with Multimodal LangChain (Published)Putting it All Read the full blog for free on Medium.Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming asponsor. Published via Towards AITowards AI - Medium Share this post