smartercities: Arizona Utility To Pay Consumers For Rooftop Space For Solar Michael Kanellos, forbes.com Will con­sumers let util­i­ties use their roof for $30 a month? Ari­zona Pub­lic Ser­vice, the dom­i­nant util­i­ty in the state, has filed for per­mis­sion to...

civilengineeringworld: World’s largest earthquake damperA tuned mass damper, also known as a harmonic absorber, is a device mounted in structures to reduce the amplitude of mechanical vibrations. Their application can prevent discomfort, damage, or outright structural...

wildcat2030: Human brain cut into 7,400 slices, then reconstructed digitally in 3-D – Scientists have finely sliced a human brain into 7,400 wafer-thin sheets and then digitally reconstructed it to create the world’s most detailed map of the brain in three...

prostheticknowledge: Polyscape Prototype projection mapping installation by Shunsaku Ishinabe displays geographic landscape maps onto a stretch screen which alters its shape for height / depth relief – video embedded below: This is an prototype for the...