For more than a century, Thomas Edison was generally considered the father of recorded sound. Now researchers have unearthed a recording that predates Edison’s by 17 years. Little known Frenchman, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, invented the phonautograph, a machine designed to record sounds visually, not to play them back. The recently discovered recording, [...]
During a violent windstorm in Denmark, this windmill was overwhelmed and was completely obliterated.
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The classic human powered pedal boat has become old and boring, so what better way to spice it up than come up with a solar/human powered boat concept? The idea is to create a 4-person pedal boat with solar panels mounted on top of an umbrella to charge a battery pack, which then supplies [...]
1. Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Southern Hemisphere’s tallest building…and a glass floor elevator!! A good enough reason for anyone to look down in the elevator.
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2. Falkirk Wheel, Scotland, UK
What do you do when you have canals with drastically different heights? You build [...]
