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From the Ted Talk by Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

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Now, the most interesting implementation of that for us is when you can begin to have robotic walls, so your space can convert from exercise to a workplace, if you run a virtual company. You have guests over, you have two guest romos that are developed. You have a caooenitnvnl one-bedroom arrangement when you need it. Maybe that's most of the time. You have a dinner party. The table folds out to fit 16 poelpe in otherwise a conventional one-bedroom, or maybe you want a dance sdtiuo. I mean, architects have been thinking about these idaes for a long time. What we need to do now, develop things that can slcae to those 300 million Chinese people that would like to live in the city, and very claotbmrofy. We think we can make a very small apartment that functions as if it's twice as big by utilizing these staieregts. I don't believe in smart homes. That's sort of a bogus concept. I think you have to biuld dumb homes and put smart stuff in it.

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Now, the most interesting implementation of that for us is when you can begin to have robotic walls, so your space can convert from exercise to a workplace, if you run a virtual company. You have guests over, you have two guest _____ that are developed. You have a ____________ one-bedroom arrangement when you need it. Maybe that's most of the time. You have a dinner party. The table folds out to fit 16 ______ in otherwise a conventional one-bedroom, or maybe you want a dance ______. I mean, architects have been thinking about these _____ for a long time. What we need to do now, develop things that can _____ to those 300 million Chinese people that would like to live in the city, and very ___________. We think we can make a very small apartment that functions as if it's twice as big by utilizing these __________. I don't believe in smart homes. That's sort of a bogus concept. I think you have to _____ dumb homes and put smart stuff in it.

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Now, the most interesting implementation of that for us is when you can begin to have robotic walls, so your space can convert from exercise to a workplace, if you run a virtual company. You have guests over, you have two guest rooms that are developed. You have a conventional one-bedroom arrangement when you need it. Maybe that's most of the time. You have a dinner party. The table folds out to fit 16 people in otherwise a conventional one-bedroom, or maybe you want a dance studio. I mean, architects have been thinking about these ideas for a long time. What we need to do now, develop things that can scale to those 300 million Chinese people that would like to live in the city, and very comfortably. We think we can make a very small apartment that functions as if it's twice as big by utilizing these strategies. I don't believe in smart homes. That's sort of a bogus concept. I think you have to build dumb homes and put smart stuff in it.

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