The Personal Airplane Is Taking Off
While this may sound improbable, it isn’t completely outlandish, thanks to a newish class of diminutive, two-seat aircraft known as light-sport planes.
Reversible Concrete and Temporary Architecture
At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Self-Assembly Lab at MIT and Gramazio Kohler Research showed off a process that might finally one-up concrete, using only a 3D printing extruder, rocks, string, and smart design.
Africa’s largest windfarm set to connect remote Kenya to the grid
Lake Turkana’s fierce winds have plagued villagers for generations, now they have inspired plans for Kenya’s most ambitious infrastructure project in 50 years – a 310MW windfarm, that they said was an impossible dream
How Uber Beat The Las Vegas Taxi Industry
But tonight, for the first time, there were Uber cars among the limos and cabs. One picked up a fare at Caesars Palace and embarked on what would have been one of the first Uber rides in Vegas. But before it could leave the hotel roundabout, the Uber was cut off by two unmarked cars, sirens blaring. Two men burst out, ordered everyone out of the Uber, and told the driver to put his hands on the car’s hood. They were masked and wearing bulletproof vests.
Why Japanese Kids Can Walk to School Alone
What accounts for this unusual degree of independence? Not self-sufficiency, in fact, but “group reliance,” according to Dwayne Dixon, a cultural anthropologist who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Japanese youth. “[Japanese] kids learn early on that, ideally, any member of the community can be called on to serve or help others,” he says.