Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
imperial hover bike...
I bet that every single fan of Star Wars series will be glad to see this prototype. It is still in development phase so that the bike is not available for official usage. This is the reason why the vehicle is tied to the ground when testing: Chris Malloy states that his vehicle is stable enough, but nobody wants to break his head or the hover bike if something unexpected happens.
Driving and control of the hover bike is very similar to the common bikes. To go up, the pilot needs to increase the thrust using a throttle handle with the right hand just like on a motorbike. Moving forward includes an increase in thrust and redirection of the air flow from the front control vanes via twisting the left handle grip. To turn left or right rider has to push the handles down on the side he wants to turn.
The hover bike has two propellers powered by 80 kW (nearly 110 horsepower) engine with electronic intake pipe injection. Fuel tank can hold 30 liters of fuel (which could be burned for a half an hour considering that the engine burns 0.5 l/min) or 60 liters with additional tank. Body is made of carbon fibers with Kevlar reinforcements and foam core. Leading edges of the propellers are made of carbon fibers too, but the material for the rest of them is Tasmanian oak.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
doubleback vws sliding extension van
Volkswagen mostly began submiting “pop tops” on its camper vans. In the decades since, the soft-sided interior height-extenders suffer become a ubniquitous sight on VW vans parked in campgrounds all throughout the world. Now, Welsh organization Overlander Motorhomes is presenting how it sees as the rational compliment to the pop top – it is the DoubleBack, a sliding insulated pod so extends the interior length ofVolkwagen‘s T5 Transporter van.
The company starts investing in a supply 2.0TDI 140PS Long Wheelbase T5 van, later adds its patentedDoubleBack pod package. When on the road, the pod stays tucked up inside the coming back of the vehicle
Once the driver stops and decides they would covet to come to an agreement minimal someplace, however, it electrically extends out of the rear in beneath 45 seconds, inserting about two meters (6.5 feet) of useable interior space.
Two legs moreover fold out out of the ground of the pod, that make it easier for it to substantiation up 600 kilograms (1,323 lbs), and to self-level on uneven terrain.
T5 Transporters obtaining the DoubleBack treatment in addition insert an elevating roof, a fold-out dual bed in the pod itself, a kitchenette, and supplementary home-on-the-road features. It’s unclear how the interior of the van is affected when the pod is pulled in, while Overlander alleges the present one of its persuaded vans can accommodate either a driver and one passenger in captain’s seats, or a driver and two passengers if the bench seat opportunity is some by the buyer.
If the concept of an extending rear pod sounds at all familiar, that is because Nissan floated the thought on its NV200 thought cargo van, uni decades ago. The feature never assembled it with to the creation version of the vehicle, however.
The DoubleBack T5 Transporter van is accessible now, for GBP54,995 (US$86,988). For a appear at what else can be completed to craft a T5 a good amount accommodating, probe out the SpaceCamper. Featured providing two folded legs on the foot of the pod the current extends and becomes self-leveled on uneven terrain is able to support more than 600 kilograms of weight. T5 DoubleBack comes equipped amid a fold-out dual bed in the pod, an elevating roof and a kitchenette along in other residential structure arrangements essential on the road. The general sliding system is visually impressive, and it just recently takes 45 seconds. The firm performs customization to be your car just recently the way you ask for it.
However, it’s even unclear if the pod makes the interiors of the van, but the firm alleges so a driver and one passenger can be accommodated in captain’s seat, or a driver and two passengers can sit if the customer selects the bench seat option.
supertree-grove at gardens by bay
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore's premier urban outdoor recreation space right next to Mariana Bay Sands, unveiled a new attraction last month - a cutting-edge horticultural mega project featuring 18 towering solar-powered "supertrees" and climate-controlled biomes.
These tree-like structures that dominate the Gardens' landscape with heights ranging between 25 meters and 50 meters, are like vertical gardens that perform a multitude of functions, which include planting, shading and working as environmental engines for the gardens. The Supertrees are home to enclaves of unique and exotic ferns, vines, orchids and also a vast collection of bromeliads such as Tillandsia, amongst other plants. They are fitted with environmental technologies that mimic the ecological function of trees – photovoltaic cells that harness solar energy which can be used for some of the functions of the Supertrees, such as lighting, just like how trees photosynthesize; and collection of rainwater for use in irrigation and fountain displays, just like how trees absorb rainwater for growth. The Supertrees also serve air intake and exhaust functions as part of the conservatories' cooling systems.
There is an elevated walkway between two of the larger Supertrees for visitors to enjoy a breathtaking aerial view of the Gardens. A food and beverage outlet is planned atop the 50-meter Supertree. At night, the Supertrees come alive with a light and music show called the OCBC Garden Rhapsody.
The entire project is estimated to have cost more than $1 billion
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator....
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin-Mitte.The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.
The AquaDom was opened in 2004.It cost about 12.8 million euros.The overall construction of the aquarium was designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc.. The acrylic cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology. It is now the main attraction of the Berlin Sea Life Centre.
The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the
inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece.The Aquadom
is the largest acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world, with a
diameter of about 11 metres, built on a 9 metres tall foundation.Filled with 1,000,000 litres of water, it contains over 1,500 fish of 50 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by 3-4 divers.The fish need 8 kg fish food.
Aquaponics/Future Farm..
This is a really interesting sustainable method for food growth and production. It combines traditional aquacutlures (cultivation of water animals as clams, fish, crayfish, prawns and so on, in the current case – in tanks) with hydroponics
(rough explanation is plant cultivation in water) thus creating a
symbiotic environment. The aquatic organisms accumulate many waste
products that become toxic at one moment for the aquatic life, so these
waste materials are transferred to a hydroponic system using water pump.
At the hydroponic system the by-products are filtered out as vital
nutrients. After that cleansed water returns back to the aquatic
animals.
Aquaponic systems may vary greatly in size, you may assemble one in your
backyard or you may walk through large commercial units. However, they
use the same principle. It is interesting that this method has ancient
roots and is known that Aztec cultivated agricultural islands on the water surface, known as Chinampas.
It is considered by some people as the first form of aquaponics for
agricultural use. Poly-cultural farming systems also existed in South China and Thailand who cultivated rice in flooded fields in combination with fish.
Future Farm Food and Fuel is based in Baldwin Wisconsin and built the largest aquaponic system in North America. This system is spread over 27 000 ft. and produces tons of lettuce, other plants and tilapia (fish).
