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Scrap Tires and Concrete Transformed Into Ecological Building Blocks

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:52:20 +0000

Concrete is one of the best materials the world has ever seen - you can see it everywhere. The problem is that when you want to dispose it, you suddenly have a problem - a big one. The same story goes with scrap tires - once used, they can hardly be dispensed of, or, in the best of cases - recycled.

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Taipei's Financial Center Corp to Become World's Tallest Green Building

Cristi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:30:43 +0000

The tallest building between 2004-2007 Taipei's Financial Center Corp (TFC) is now also looking to become the world's tallest green building. The 101 floors structure will get its new looks in the next 18-month with a $1,9 million investment. TFC will primarily get new heating, cooling and ventilation system upgrades.

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The Tesla Oscillator (aka Earthquake Machine)

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:28:27 +0000

Nikola Tesla is primarily thought of as an electrical genius, but he also was responsible for a number of mechanical devices. One of the most notorious of these was his “Earthquake Machine” otherwise known as the Tesla Oscillator. The machine which Tesla tested was small, around seven inches long, and weighing only one or two […]

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How to Build a Tesla Coil

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:48:10 +0000

In many aspects, Nikola Tesla changed the way we consume electricity, transport and produce it. He even influenced the way we move and start our cars, hear or understand electricity laws. Here’s how to make a Tesla coil, one of his most famous inventions that can catch one’s eye easily and one of Tesla’s most […]

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5 steps to building a backyard fuel cell

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:58:15 +0000

Stephen Friend has the first hand-built fuel cell-powered house in the US. No, not another hopeful boil-your-own-yogurt demo for an impractical technology, but a real, sustainable achievement that makes its own hydrogen in a cedar shed out back. And it has a huge advantage over electric systems favored by his neighbors on Stuart Island, an […]

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