Engineer Toby McCartney explains how his Scottish start-up MacRebur is persuading councils to use local waste plastic to build roads. Two English councils have already started building roads this way. A smartphone film for BBC World Hacks by Dougal Shaw..

Eindhoven in the Netherlands is set to become the first district in the world to have habitable homes, made with a 3D printer. Houses have been made with 3D printers before but none has been fit for people to live in.

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Construction is difficult to automate because of the complex, individualized and customized work it requires. But a company called Construction Robotics has developed a one-of-a-kind robot that can lay bricks six times faster than a human. READ MORE: http://mashable.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mashable/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/mashable INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mashable/

An Arizona State University spin-off company, Zero Mass Water, is creating access to water for all, just like the air we breathe. Their special solar panels pull vaporize the air, condense it into water and then filter it using minerals. READ MORE: http://mashable.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mashable/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/mashable INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mashable/

USC School of Architecture ARCH 599 - Physical Computing Dynamic building facade design

Cornish wildlife company Green&Blue design innovative products for wildlife and for nature. Award winning products like the Bee Brick could play a massive part in biodiversity and a step change in the way we look at construction materials.

Good video explaining the Innovation by #HenkJonkers at #TUDelft of BioConcrete - "That's concrete that heals itself using bacteria"

400 is a lot of money to drop on a shower, but the Nebia isn't just any shower. The unique shower system uses atomizing technology, originally developed for jet engines, to turn water into a fine mist. The shower wets more thoroughly and in a larger area, while using 70% less water than a typical shower.

Flight Assembled Architecture was the first architectural installation assembled by flying robots, without human hands. It took place at the FRAC Centre Orléans in France in 2011-2012. The architectural design was by Gramazio and Kohler and the visionary robotic system was provided by Raffaello D'Andrea, also of the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.

While VR may be the big trend at this year's Consumer Electronic Show, augmented reality is not far behind. When Microsoft unveiled its Hololens headset last year, people were amazed by its potential. Now other companies like DAQRI are taking AR to the next level.

Greg Foot visits London company Growing Underground to see how they are using a Hydroponic system to grow salad leaves and micro herbs 100 feet under the streets of London. Subscribe to Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab Best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreInTheHouse Best Of Earth Unplugged Videos http://bit.ly/BestOfEarthUnpluggedVideos Welcome to BBC Earth Lab!

Cross Laminated Timber - also known as CLT - is a structural material that can be cheaper, faster, quieter and more sustainable than concrete and steel.

These moulds make ugly looking concrete look like masonry design. Concrete stamping is a method of decorating concrete, replicating the look of bricks, tiles, and slates, and at a lower cost. The process can be applied to walls as well as floors too, making it quite versatile and quickly growing method of choice when decorating concrete.