Nov 30, 2017
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Companies and college students are testing ways to move people between cities by shooting them through giant tubes. Sound crazy? This concept illustration shows how the Hyperloop might appear as it transports passengers cross country. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—The future of ultrafast tubular travel may be partly shaped in this room on the third floor of MIT’s […]
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Nov 01, 2017
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Brief: Tesla’s new solar roof tiles recently received a Class A roofing product classification from Underwriters Laboratories, according to Electrek, which stands to speed up the permitting process and, in turn, application in the market. The tiles contain two solar cells with a maximum power of 6 watts each for a maximum power level of […]
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Nov 01, 2017
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Listen to your gut. When we first start out as entrepreneurs, we have a lot of passion, and we think we know what we are doing. But let’s face it, we are bound to make some mistakes along the way. But the great thing about mistakes is that when you learn from them, you gain […]
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Nov 01, 2017
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Here we thought swim-up bars were something only seen at resorts featured on MTV Spring Break. It turns out, we just aren’t hanging out with the right crowd. Apparently, lots of people like to have bars nestled right up to their outdoor swimming pools. Why shiver when getting a refill on your beer, when you […]
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Oct 25, 2017
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The newly built home with the see-through pool cantilevered above the living space hit the market this month. It has 10,168 square feet, six bedrooms and seven bathrooms. (Photo by Blake Richards) As you sip your premium wine in the lounge, a swimmer glides through the water directly above you, encased in an infinity-edge pool […]
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Oct 20, 2017
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So far this summer, the United States has seen what many would consider to be more than its fair share of natural disasters. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston on August 25 causing an estimated $198 billion in property damage. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Irma made its way through Florida and into the […]
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Oct 05, 2017
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Brief: Engineers have come up with a potential solution, priced between $100 million and $150 million, that could stop San Francisco’s 58-story Millennium Tower from sinking and bring it upright again, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. LERA and DeSimone Consulting Engineers have proposed drilling up to 100 new piles into the bedrock 200 feet underneath […]
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Sep 28, 2017
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A construction worker walks around the site of the new Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. The hospital is being built on a earthquake protection system, being the world’s first 3D seismically isolated hospital building. (Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) If Southern California was a state by itself, it […]
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Sep 20, 2017
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The $64 billion plan to bring 800 miles of track up and down the Golden State You’ve probably heard that California is trying to build its own shiny and speedy bullet train. After voters approved a 2008 ballot proposition that kicked off one of the nation’s largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects, the state’s High […]
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Aug 25, 2017
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After a few legal fits and starts, as well as extra time for review and input, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new silica standard for construction is scheduled to go into effect about a month from now, on Sept. 23. What that means is contractors who engage in activities that create silica dust — […]
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