Engineering

Turning Deserts into Inhabitable Oases

Turning Deserts into Inhabitable Oases

Shimizu, a major player in the international construction industry, has been studying how to turn deserts into inhabitable oases. Shimizu’s plan, still in the simulation stage, would locate multiple manmade lakes in naturally low-lying areas…

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Solar Powered Floating Homes

Solar Powered Floating Homes

Life is reported to have started in the oceans with the first creatures coming ashore about 3 billion years ago. With 71% of the Earth’s surface made up of ocean water humans may spend the…

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Standing Treadmill Desks Improving Productivity

Standing Treadmill Desks Improving Productivity

In his groundbreaking work called “Pain Free” author Pete Egoscue, creator of the Egoscue Method, has helped thousands of people avoid surgery and rehabilitate joints and muscles through simple exercises called “E-cises”.  According to Egoscue,…

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USA Top Oil Producer by 2016

USA Top Oil Producer by 2016

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) the United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world’s top oil producer by 2016. What’s more Canada is believed to have more natural resources than…

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Self Sufficient Sea City of the Future

Self Sufficient Sea City of the Future

Currently approximately 71% of the earth’s surface is ocean and if global warming projections are accurate, and so far they have been, more of the earth’s surface will be submerged.  With the threat of rising…

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Next Generation Construct Platform, Makeblock

Next Generation Construct Platform, Makeblock

Makeblock has just made creativity even simpler. The extrusion based construct platform allows for creative designs of machines, robots and artware, and anything else in between. Using mostly aluminium, Makeblock’s key is its simplicity, requiring…

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