And there are pros and cons to everything.

而任何事情都是有利有弊的。

Next, we're featuring some materials that could surround us in homes of the future.

接下來，我們將介紹一些未來家居中可能圍繞我們的材料。

Our homes of the future may not look different, but how they're built, maybe completely new building materials are getting a makeover and companies air rethinking how Holmes air designed.

我們未來的家園可能看起來並不一樣，但如何建造，也許全新的建築材料正在得到改造，公司空氣重新思考霍姆斯空氣設計的方式。

So right now, we are essentially in the penthouse.

所以現在，我們基本上是在頂樓。

Why isn't this a fancy apartment?

為什麼這裡不是高級公寓？

For bio Mason, innovation means redesigning one of constructions, most popular materials.

對於生物梅森來說，創新意味著重新設計一種建築，最流行的材料。

You're actually trying to then grow the cement, right?

其實你是想然後種植水泥吧？

That's right.

是的

How do you actually do that?

你到底是怎麼做的？

We take bacteria and we put it in our aggregate and grows around each grain of aggregate a submit components.

我們把細菌放在我們的骨料中，並在每一粒骨料周圍生長，提交組件。

It literally is just using the same organisms that are already doing things similar in the marine environment.

從字面上看，它只是利用已經在海洋環境中做類似事情的相同生物。

Exactly.

就是這樣

Building the homes of the future may mean planning for catastrophes.

建設未來的家園可能意味著要為災難做好規劃。

Hurricane Sandy devastated New York in 2012.

2012年，颶風 "桑迪 "摧毀了紐約。

A few weeks later, JDS Development started planning their newest high rise.

幾周後，JDS發展公司開始規劃他們最新的高層建築。

When we started designing this building right after Hurricane Sandy, Um, we were working with a group of 50 or 60 people that had all just lived through the problem.

颶風桑迪過後，我們開始設計這棟樓時，我們和五六十人一起工作，他們都剛剛經歷過這個問題。

And so we went around the room and we said, What happened to you?

於是我們在房間裡轉了一圈，我們說，你怎麼了？

They designed flood proofing measures below the building and installed a fleet of generators where the penthouse would be the most buildings, at least in Manhattan.

他們在樓房下面設計了防洪措施，並在頂層建築最多的地方安裝了一個發電機組，至少在曼哈頓是這樣。

Don't do this.

不要這樣做。

No, nobody does this. The notion that you can't leave or that you shouldn't leave or that it's safer in your building than outside,

不，沒有人這樣做，不能離開或者不該離開的觀念，或者說在自己的樓裡比外面更安全。

is a relatively new concept natural gas power generators means that residents will have power even if the rest of Manhattan is in the dark.

一個相對較新的概念天然氣發電機意味著，即使曼哈頓的其他地方處於黑暗之中，居民也能獲得電力。

In the future, smart tech won't be limited to inside your home.

未來，智能科技將不僅僅侷限於家庭內部。

How we're building is changing, even if you can't see it.

我們的建築方式正在發生變化，即使你看不到。