Advancements In 3D Printing Is Helping Reboot The Construction Industry
How 3D Printing is Helping Reboot the Construction Industry Not too long ago, 3D printing was a nascent technology that often resulted in nothing more than the production of rudimentary toys akin to what we used to receive as a reward at the dentist’s office for...
Researchers At Virginia Tech Developed Portable Tuned Mass Damper
A New Twist on a Weighty Matter When most people think of tuned mass dampers, they immediately call to mind the variants installed within the stunning Taipei 101 in Taiwan or near the top of the slope-roofed Citigroup Center in NYC. In fact, when the latter opened...
The Erie Canal
Before Planes, Before Trains, there was … the Erie Canal Connoisseurs of civil engineering projects often credit the Panama Canal as mankind’s pivotal triumph over nature. Yet, an equally ambitious project predated it by almost a century and was done without the...
Google Eyes The Binoculars Building In Los Angeles
Talk About an “Eye” For Design Although it may look like someone took an outrageously kitsch movie prop from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and placed it between two buildings in the middle of Venice, CA, the reality is that the Binoculars Building was anything...
Our Nation’s Bridges And Tunnels Are In Dire Need Of Repair
Disconcerting News for Gephyrophobics Gephyrophobics, individuals that suffer anxiety with respect to crossing bridges or going through tunnels, often reveal their fears manifested from traumatic experiences at some point in their lives. Rather disconcertingly,...
