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Ibuku completes "unprecedented" bamboo building in the Balinese jungle

Ibuku completes "unprecedented" bamboo building in the Balinese jungle

Architecture studio Ibuku has completed The Arc gymnasium for a private school in Bali featuring a complex double-curved roof made entirely from bamboo. The Arc is the latest building to be completed on the site of the Green School – a private educational institution that promotes sustainability through learning in a natural environment. Top: The Ark is made from bamboo. Above: it is surrounded by a forest The building was designed by Green School founders John and Cynthia Hardy's daughter Elora Hardy and her studio Ibuku in collaboration with bamboo architect Jörg Stamm and structural engineering firm Atelier One. It forms a protective roof sheltering a multipurpose sports court with a floor area of...

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'Tesla' burgers arriving as Elon Musk's EV firm plans restaurant chain

'Tesla' burgers arriving as Elon Musk's EV firm plans restaurant chain

Elon Musk is gearing up to launch his own drive-in food chain at Supercharger locations as his electric car company Tesla has applied for a new trademark for its brand under restaurant services. According to a report in Electrek, the company has applied for three new trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office that will cover the categories of "Restaurant services, pop-up restaurant services, self-service restaurant services, take-out restaurant services". "The application is awaiting examination and will be reviewed by an attorney around August 27," the report said on Tuesday. Tesla's iconic 'T' logo is featured on the...

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This adorable robot buggy cleans beach butts

This adorable robot buggy cleans beach butts

A Little Robot That Cleans the Beach, One Butt at a Time An AI beach buggy named BeachBot has a very specific mission: cleaning up after smokers.     No, it's not Wall-E. Its name is BeachBot, and it's on a mission to make beaches cleaner, one butt at a time. Cigarette butt, that is. The BeachBot robot, or BB for short, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to focus its artificial eyes on one thing—cigarette butts. The beach rover, measuring about 2.5 feet wide, plucks cigarette butts out of the sand with its two gripper arms and deposits them into an on-board storage compartment...

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Supercharging My Tesla by Towing at 70MPH for 25 miles

Supercharging My Tesla by Towing at 70MPH for 25 miles

I tow my Tesla with another car while using full regenerative braking at 70 mph for 25 miles, at this speed the batteries are being charged at 65,000 Watts, I did not think this is going to work as well as it did but turns out this might be an option for a lot of Tesla owners if they get stranded.    

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VASIMR VX-200SS Plasma Rocket Completes Record 88-hour High-power Endurance Test

VASIMR VX-200SS Plasma Rocket Completes Record 88-hour High-power Endurance Test

Ad  Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR® VX-200SS  Plasma Rocket has completed 88 hours of  continuous operation at 80 kW at the company’s  Texas laboratory near Houston. In doing so, the  company establishes a new high-power world endurance record in electric propulsion. The test  also demonstrates the maturity of the VASIMR® engine technology as a competitive option for  high-power in-space electric propulsion with  either solar or nuclear electric power. Electric  rockets operating above 50 kW/thruster are  considered “high-power.”  The test began at 12:50 pm (CST) last Monday  July 12 and ended Friday, July 16 at 4:55 am (CST). The firing stopped only...

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