The Building That Steals Your Body Heat
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2019
More than a quarter million commuters pass through the Stockholm Central Station everyday, unaware that their bodies are being tapped for e...
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Water Powered Funiculars
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2019
Funiculars are an odd mode of transport, but at the same time, they are one of the most energy-efficient one. The system consist of two coun...
The Tide Barriers of Venice
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
Flooding has been a part of Venice since ancient times. Between autumn and spring, the city is affected by bouts of periodic flooding known ...
China’s ‘Transit Elevated Bus’ Drives Above Traffic Jams
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 4, 2016
China has unveiled a futuristic ‘straddling bus’ that’s capable of driving over other cars stuck in nightmarish traffic jams which has becom...
Paternoster: This Elevator Never Stops
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2016
The paternoster is kind of elevator that consist of a chain of open compartments that move up and down continuously through the vertical sha...
Robot Monk in China’s Buddhist Temple
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2016
A new monk has joined services at a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Beijing. He moves around the temple, chanting Buddhist mantras, and ...
The Defence Line of Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2016
The immense firepower of modern artillery witnessed during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 caused great concern among the Dutch, because ...
Plane With Detachable Cabin Makes Surviving Air Crash Possible
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Russian Ukrainian aviation engineer Tatarenko Vladimir Nikolaevich has unveiled a new design for an airplane that might just make surviving...
Musical Roads That Play Melodies When Cars Drive Over
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 16, 2015
A Japanese engineer by the name of Shizuo Shinoda was digging with a bulldozer when he accidentally scraped some markings into a road with i...
Guided Busways
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2015
Between Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives in the English county of Cambridgeshire, runs a special bus service over a special route that cons...
Old Semiconductor Factories Turned Into High-Tech Farms
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2015
What is Toshiba’s latest product? A laptop? A TV? How about lettuce? The Japanese electronics manufacturer, that has a lineage dating back ...
Gravity Train as Energy Storage
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2015
Energy grids running on renewable energy sources need storage. The most common way to store energy on a grid scale is through “pumped” hydro...
How The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Survived The 2002 Denali Earthquake
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2014
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is one of the largest pipeline systems in the world. It starts at Prudhoe Bay on the Alaskan North Slope an...
The 728-Ton Tuned Mass Damper of Taipei 101
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 7, 2014
Taipei 101 is an iconic skyscraper located in the city of Taipei, in Taiwan. It rises to 509 meters and consist of exactly 101 floors. At th...
Gee Bee Model R: A Cute But Dangerous Airplane
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2014
The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster is a classic airplane designed by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, and built s...
Thames Flood Barrier
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2014
The Thames Barrier is located downstream of central London, on the river Thames on the eastern side of the capital at Woolwich. It is the wo...
Towing Icebergs Away From Oil Platforms
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2014
Every year 20,000 to 40,000 icebergs are born out of glaciers in Greenland and carried away by the currents and into the North Atlantic wher...
Long Distance Conveyor Belts
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2014
Employed in nearly all kinds of industries, conveyor belts provide an excellent mean for moving cargo and materials from one place to anothe...
The Netherland’s Impressive Storm Surge Barriers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2014
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level. As much...
Transporter Bridges
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2013
A transporter bridge is a type of movable bridge that carries a gondola across a river. The bridge usually consists of a framework of steel ...
