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Build space elevators in fiction
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Build space elevators in fiction

Thoth Space Technology (Canada) has just been granted a patent for a space elevator design with a height of 20 km, inspired by an English writer's novel.

December 12, 2018
The largest floating device in the world
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The largest floating device in the world

The Prelude will receive natural gas and turn it into liquefied petroleum gas (LNG) for Shell. Then from the Prelude will transfer liquefied gas to the transport vessels.

December 11, 2018
Technology on the Tokyo Sky Tree TV Tower
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Technology on the Tokyo Sky Tree TV Tower

The world's tallest skyscraper and the world's second tallest skyscraper, equipped with the most advanced earthquake and storm technology, the Tokyo Sky Tree, ha…

December 11, 2018
The 'giant tower'
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The 'giant tower'

At present, the FRAC Center in Orleans, France, is hosting an exhibition on assembled flight robots, with the construction of a 6m high tower with 1500 pre-polished poly…

December 11, 2018
Create electricity from ... air
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Create electricity from ... air

An Australian entrepreneur has the idea of generating clean, hot gas for household use, with the primary aim of creating a clean, safe and carbon-free energy source for…

December 11, 2018
The biggest UFO hunting device in the world
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The biggest UFO hunting device in the world

Nestled inside a large dome of the Big Ben clock tower and armed with a huge mirror half-pitched in football pitch, it's hard to find a suitable name for E-ELT. It w…

December 11, 2018
Produce electricity by mirror
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Produce electricity by mirror

With 624 large portable mirrors, a solar park in Europe can produce 11 million kilowatts of electricity a year.

December 11, 2018