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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. Out of Finland’s energy-related emissions, 82 percent come from heating domestic buildings (Ref. There is nothing special here!”

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What Happens When a Happening Place Becomes Too Hot

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Earsplitting volumes in once quiet residential neighborhoods long after midnight. When Milan’s authorities embarked years ago on plans to promote the city as a buzzy destination by building on its reputation as Italy’s hip fashion and design capital, the resulting noise and rowdy overcrowding were perhaps not quite what they had in mind.

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International collaboration develops progressive vision for urban production at the BMW Group; OMA and 3XN

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BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood. The new central building is envisaged as a hub at the heart of the plant, with open-plan work areas that link associates and the production technologies.

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

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The museum’s four-year renovation not only refreshed the nearly 100-year-old building, but also included an overhaul of the fossil mounts that research has proved to be inaccurate. Established to mentor underrepresented artists and curators, the organization focuses on community-building and a fellowship program. A fresh pose.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S. Gillespie is the current EPICS in IEEE chair.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by Indiana University in Bloomington. While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems. But Electro didn't act on his idea, so he left in 1957 to start his own venture, Holt Instrument Laboratories , in his hometown: Oconto, Wis.

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Pong Was Boring—And People Loved It

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Alcorn had majored in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, but had never played a video game before. At the time, video games were mostly the domain of research laboratories and universities. His house was the first in the neighborhood to have a home version of Pong.