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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Insect-like drones, clear nuclear fusion, cosmic collisions and more from around the web
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Art for Myanmar, concept aircraft, candy-colored basketball courts and more from around the web
Via vice.com
Ocean Radiation Could Predict Tsunamis
In an effort to better predict tsunamis, researchers at the University of Athens are working on underwater radiation-detecting drones as part of a project called RAMONES (RadioActivity Monitoring in Ocean EcoSystems). Understanding …
Via wired.com
Wired’s Guide to Surviving a Volcanic Eruption
Using the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its impact upon Pompeii as an example, Wired writer Cody Cassidy (author of Who Ate The First Oyster?) delves into the factual ways people survived the perils …
Via popularmechanics.com
Japan’s New Earthquake-Proof Bullet Train
Commissioned by the Central Japan Railway Company to offer support during the now-postponed 2020 Olympics, the new N700S (Supreme) bullet train runs the roughly 250-mile stretch between Tokyo and Osaka. Though it …
Via businessinsider.in
The UN’s Floating City Concept
Presented by a group of designers, architects and engineers at a United Nations roundtable last week, this floating city could be the future of sustainable (and affordable) living. Built in a lilypad-like …
Via dezeen.com
Hyundai’s Walking Concept Car, Elevate
Designed as a first responder for natural disasters, automaker Hyundai’s Elevate concept car sets wheels on robotic legs that can stretch to walk or climb across challenging terrain. Unveiled at CES (as …
Via dezeen.com
Nendo’s Self-Assembling Toilet for Natural Disasters
Nendo’s Minimilet project began after Japan’s Tōhoku and Kumamoto earthquakes—specifically the devastation and difficulties in the wake of each. Entirely collapsable, the disposable toilet can be assembled using found materials and then …