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Posted by on Sep 27th, 2006 | 5 comments

2006 Visualization Challenge

This year’s winners have been announced by Science magazine for the best information visualization of the year and there has evidently been fierce competition across all the subcategories this time around. Check out the winners including some representation from the National Research Council of Canada who scored second place in Informational Graphics. Congratulations to everyone involved. This looks like it...
Posted by on Jun 26th, 2006 | 0 comments

30 Years of the CN Tower

30 Years of the CN Tower
Happy Birthday CN Tower! Can you believe it has been thirty years already? You’re still our favorite free standing structure and the world’s tallest, not to mention our favorite antenna of all time. We love you CN Tower. Rock on.
Posted by on Mar 14th, 2006 | 0 comments

Xtreme concrete for Xtreme architX!

Yo! The radical dudes and dudettes down at Meld USA are utilizing 3D2 reinforcement to distribute multidirectional fibrous concrete reinforcement to the max. This creates a new construction material they call extremeconcrete all up in your grill. Word to your mother!
Posted by on Feb 15th, 2006 | 0 comments

Aeroscraft

Aeroscraft
Taking a cue from S.H.I.E.L.D, this flying fortress luxury hotel by the Worldwide Aeros Corporation will be complete in 2010. You may ask why, to which they clearly respond without hesitation or stutter that it is for “long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the...
Posted by on Feb 7th, 2006 | 0 comments

In Soviet Russia, bathroom clean YOU!

Soviet Russia and New South Wales have more in common than you might initially suspect. Researchers at the University of New South Wales led by Professor Rose Amal and Professor Michael Brungs of the ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials are projecting that in the land of tomorrow, bathrooms will be self cleaning. Their time line indicates that in about year they can start practical industrial testing of their...
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