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Container Architecture Exhibit

Greg — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:55:32 +0000

Very nifty stuff – click the main image for a slideshow. Although the bridge itself is provacative.

The response was overwhelming. Submissions included not only existing container buildings, but also new designs that were created specially for the exhibition: original, practicable, fictitious, sensible, fantastic, minimalist, exotic, pragmatic, futuristic—the breadth of submissions was very wide. Two dozen of these designs have been reconstructed as models on a scale of 1:5 for the ‘Container Architecture’ exhibition; the highest of the models breaks through the ceiling of the museum. Over 100 designs were submitted for consideration and every one of them will be included in a frieze of pictures running around the walls of the exhibition space. A catalogue of the exhibition will be published.

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Cheap catalyst made easy

Greg — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:51:17 +0000

(Case Western Reserve University) Catalysts made of carbon nanotubes dipped in a polymer solution equal the energy output and otherwise outperform platinum catalysts in fuel cells, a team of Case Western Reserve University engineers has found.

‎”But already they’ve proved the simple technique can knock down one of the major roadblocks to fuel cell use: cost.

Platinum, which represents at least a quarter of the cost of fuel cells, currently sells for about $65,000 per kilogram. These researchers say their activated carbon nanotubes cost about $100 per kilogram.”

Sourced from: EurekAlert! – Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences

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‘Decon green’ isn’t a color

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:20:05 +0000

The main ingredients in each Decon Green formula are peroxides, the same substances that are in many household cleaners and whitening toothpaste. To bolster their effectiveness, the peroxides are mixed with bicarbonates or other non-toxic bases.

via Military develops multi-purpose ‘green’ decontaminants for terrorist attack sites.

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Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:06:02 +0000

Including sound energy and running water…. pair this with a lowhead water turbine and things might get very interesting.

“This study provides a simple and cost-effective technology for direct water splitting that may generate hydrogen fuels by scavenging energy wastes such as noise or stray vibrations from the environment,”

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U.S. Sitting on Mother Lode of Rare Tech-Crucial Minerals – Yahoo! News

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:45 +0000

So they’re sitting on a deposit about 100 times the size of annual global production. The “possible shortage” isn’t from lack of ore – it’s because no one wants to build out the processing. Oh, and wait to see if what they really want to do is stripmine for it.

If developed, such deposits could help the U.S. avoid a possibly crippling rare earth shortage in the next decade. China has warned that its own industrial demands could compel it to stop exporting rare earths within the next five or 10 years.

via U.S. Sitting on Mother Lode of Rare Tech-Crucial Minerals – Yahoo! News.

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CNC vs 3D – one take on the “revoluion”

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:01:42 +0000

“We may not see millions of new factories in the short run, but I would bet we will see thousands.”

I don’t necessarily agree with everything he’s saying, but a lot of it makes great sense.

http://replicatorinc.com/blog/2010/03/web-souveniers-turning-the-web-into-physical-products/

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