You’ll soon be able to rent the “home of the future” on Airbnb.
The project, announcedย today at MakerCon by Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi, is a collaboration between the open-source microcontroller makersย and futurist Bruce Sterling. Located in Arduino’sย Turin, Italy headquarters (a former FIAT car factory), the apartmentย will serve as a test ground for the latest developments fromย the open source community, being outfitted with furniture from OpenDesk and a variety of hardware creations.
Unlike the usual concept homes of the future, however, thisย apartmentย will be more than a showcase โ it will be a livable space that is available for anyone to rent on Airbnb. The inhabitants’ responses to the elementsย inside will be registered forย the project’s research.
Weย caughtย up with Banzi after his announcementย to get the details and hear about other endeavors coming soon from Arduino.
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