Engineering

Construction on Bridge Inspired by Chinese Folk Art to Begin Next Year

Dutch architecture firm NEXT has won an international competition to design a pedestrian bridge over Changsha’s Meixi Lake in the Hunan province. This 492 feet (150 meter) long and 79 feet (24 meter) high bridge…

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Can We Learn from Small Countries’ New Models Of Sustainability?

IndustryTap has been covering small countries such as Estonia, population 1.3 million, the world’s most connected and networked society. Another lilliputian world leader, population 9.5 million, is Sweden. In Stockholm’s Kista or “science city”, a…

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Live with 1 Million People in a Futuristic Pyramid City

Dubai is building one of the wonders of the world, inspired by incredible feats of architecture of Mayans and Egyptians. They built the pyramids to weather the test of time, but masterpiece structure ‘Ziggurat’ will…

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125 Year Old Peak Tram Still the Best Way to See Hong Kong

Now that Hong Kong’s old airport is gone, it’s no longer possible to see the city “up close and personal.” Word is you could see people showering or identify the food people were eating at…

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Vacation Under the Sea in the Water Discus

Deep Ocean Technology, a company based in the Polish seaport city of Gdynia, is developing an underwater hotel in what it intends to be the most luxurious accommodations imaginable. The company, which also develops underwater…

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Hacker Turns Hijacked Drones into “Zombies”

Will there be any blue skies and white puffy clouds to see in our future or will the view be muddled with a traffic jam of drones? We’ve been hearing a lot of talk lately…

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How Sustainable are Supertall Structures? Burj Khalifa’s Chief Architect Knows.

Which architect would you hire if you wanted to build the tallest building in the world? Every architect alive today has his or her own version of the tallest building in the world if not…

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Engineering Wonder Taizhou Bridge Sets Multiple World Records

Ranked as No. 1 and presented with the Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence by the institution of Structural Engineers, the Taizhou Bridge is recognized as the finest example of structural engineering. This US$1.5-billion (RMB$9.35-billion)…

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North America Fuel Cell Market to Reach $667 Million by 2018

According to a recent report by “Markets And Markets”, the North American fuel cell market is expected to increase from $157 million in 2013 to $667 million in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of…

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Bladeless Turbine Harvests Wind Energy 2.3X More Efficiently Than Bladed Turbines

We have more than enough wind energy to power the whole world. But conventional wind turbines don’t do that great of a job of harnessing it. Saphon Energy introduced a radical innovation in wind technology…

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