Get inside the famous House of Porsche and see how they create the Porsche 911, one of the most influential and recognizable vehicles in the world. Every distinctive element is manufactured at the Zuffenhausen factory in Stuttgart, Germany, a historical industrial monument. We’ll examine the Porsche factory’s innovative system of lifts, elevators and bridges, which conveys car bodies 50 feet above a public highway. Check below for the video. via National Geographic
If you haven’t noticed yet, I have been recently researching solar technology for a job we are working on at the office. I came across Nanosolar which has come up with a method of making solar cells cheap and efficient. The video attached is incredible view into the making of this technology. Aside from the very bad sound track and verbal description from random employees, its a very well done video. Via:treehugger
Melissa Woolford, a friend of core.from-ula, has organized a workshop dealing with digital design and fabrication. They have managed to organize an event that I feel is the most productive way to teach digital design methods in just a few days. The past couple of years, I have seen many workshops focus a great deal on the software development, but lack in the fabrication end. For those of you looking to particiapate in an intense making workshop-this is the one for you. read more
Rice concrete can cut greenhouse emissions
Researchers find way to make nearly carbon-free rice husk ash for concrete
(Via:www.msnbc.msn.com)
By Michael Reilly
updated 3:47 p.m. ET, Tues., July 7, 2009
A new way of processing rice husks for use in concrete could lead to a boom in green construction.
Rice husks form small cases around edible kernels of rice and are rich in silicon dioxide, an essential ingredient in concrete. Scientists have recognized the potential value of rice husks as a building material for decades, but past attempts to burn it produced an ash too contaminated with carbon to be useful as a cement substitute.
The world’s penchant for consuming concrete is a huge problem for climate change. Every ton of cement manufactured for use in concrete emits a ton of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. Worldwide, cement production accounts for about 5 percent of all CO2 emissions related to human activity.
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