Video: A Superfly Dragonfly for NYC?
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by als
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Video: Dubai Raises World’s Tallest Building
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by als
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Bicycling in the Sky
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by jxh
Imagine a highway in the sky. Now imagine that you are riding a bike instead of driving a car. That is the idea behind the concept Kolelinia.
Kolelinia is a transportation system designed to allow bikers to pedal above street traffic on steel wire bicycle lanes, offering a different view than biking on the ground.
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Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by jxh
Thousands of lives have been lost in Haiti after a major earthquake struck the southern region of the island nation two days ago. The earthquake reached a magnitude of 7.0 and occurred near the boundary between two major tectonic plates, the Caribbean and North American plates. The catastrophe knocked over power lines and caused buildings to crumble.
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Dubai Raises World’s Tallest Building
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by axb
We’ve previously covered a few of Dubai’s many architectural excesses, which often stretch the limits of both the imagination and the wallet. Next to add to this list of extravagant, awe-inspiring projects is the Burj Khalifa, a building that stands 2,717 ft. – taller than any other man-made structure in the world (see a comparison chart below).
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