When earthquakes hit vulnerable population centres like Southern California, Istanbul in Turkey, or Kathmandu in Nepal, buildings suffer. It's a fact of life. Buildings are built to withstand vertical pressure from gravity, so when earthquakes apply massive horizontal or lateral loads on them, they can't cope. But what of the…...
First Look at Facebook’s New Building
In order to maybe distance himself from the ingrained image of the nerd/hacker hangout of a dank garage or over-stuffed dorm room, Facebook founder, chairman and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has had his new office space, that now overlooks San Francisco Bay, somewhat enlarged. Yet still designed with his…...
3D Printed Carbon-fibre Outperforms Balsa Wood
Across Europe and North America, turbines cover certain parts of the landscape and use ever more advanced technology to convert the abundant gales and breezes into electricity. These CAD-engineered and millimetre-precise fan blades of tremendous size are the latest thing in renewable energy, yet at their core they don't seem…...