Category: Build
Y2Y.
Project that builds overpasses and underpasses specially designed to lure wildlife into safely crossing highways. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006.
Nrangheta.
Italian mafia plans to smuggle cocaine in from Colombia were foiled when they were caught trying to build a submarine.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Autopia Ampere.
German architect wants to use the process of mineral accretion to build a self-assembling city from the sea. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
DNA bridge.
Singapore to build a bridge in the double-helix shape of DNA.
Post date: Tuesday, March 7th, 2006.
Moonrakers.
Russia is planning to build a mine on the moon to harvest helium-3.
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Eternal City.
Plans discovered for Berlin to be rebuilt in the likeness of St. Peter’s Square after Hitler conquered the world. (via)
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Viganella.
Italian town is building a giant mirror to give itself some sunlight. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006.
Square Kilometre Array.
Europe is building a radio telescope so sensitive that it could ‘pick up tv broadcasts coming from the nearest stars‘. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 24th, 2006.
Hydropolis.
The world’s first luxury underwater hotel. (via)
Post date: Saturday, January 21st, 2006.
Genesis all over again.
Dutch businessman is building a scaled-down version of Noah’s Ark.
Post date: Thursday, December 22nd, 2005.
King Abdullah Economic City.
Saudi Arabia to build new $26.6 billion city. (via)
Post date: Thursday, December 22nd, 2005.
Darwin VII.
Scientists have built a robot with brain cells. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
Shanghai moon.
China to send taikonauts to the moon to build an observatory. (via)
Post date: Friday, November 4th, 2005.
Nanocar.
Scientists have built a single-molecule car that is ‘slightly wider than a strand of DNA‘. (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 20th, 2005.
College try.
MIT students recreate Archimedes‘ Death Ray and successfully burn a hole in a ship. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, October 12th, 2005.
All talk.
The poorly-designed Norwegian Sound and Braille Library ‘is less suited for the visually impaired’ than most other buildings.
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
Murata Boy.
Japanese company has created a robot that can ride a bike.
Post date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2005.
Cold one.
Bar in London has been built entirely out of ice.
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
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