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The secrets of the Palace of Versailles
24/04/2024
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World's fastest hypersonic wind tunnel
From designing return capsules for lunar missions to venturing into unknown atmospheres with interstellar exploration spacecraft, the journey of aerospace innovation is marked by a common thread: thousands of tests conducted in hypersonic wind tunnels.
12/03/2024
Tungsteno
The mother of modern office furniture
Florence Knoll claimed that she never set out to design furniture. She said she designed "the fill-in pieces that no one else was doing." This philosophy, born of necessity and innovation, led her to create some of the most iconic pieces of modern office furniture.
05/03/2024
Tungsteno
An artificial island in the sea for a greener future?
Belgium has a solution for making the most of the energy from offshore wind farms: building the world's first artificial energy island. The country wants to connect offshore wind farms to the mainland with a pioneering hub in the sea.
28/02/2024
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The dream of solar farms in space
The idea of putting solar farms in space has been around since at least the late 1960s. So far it has not gained sufficient traction due to cost and technological hurdles. But is it now technologically feasible?
21/02/2024
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The Japanese architect who designs shelters out of paper
Shigeru Ban will go down in history for his innovative use of paper and cardboard tubes as an economical and sustainable building material. We explore the life and work of this Japanese architect, winner of the prestigious 2014 Pritzker Prize.
14/02/2024