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Sidewalk Disco: Wayfinding Lights to Dance Down Streets

Can you control a crowd with nothing more than an optical illusion? A group of researchers at Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications think so. They are developing a lenticular lens sidewalk ...

7 Man-Made Architectural Wonders of the Ancient World

The Colosseum, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Great Wall of China and Machu Picchu are world-famous ancient architectural wonders, but they're hardly the only man-made structures worthy of ...

Upgrading the Future: Reusable Green DIY Building System

How many exciting design ideas have been put off indefinitely or discarded altogether due to the fear of failure? It's not only the mental and emotional tolls of failure that hold designers back ...

Bridges That Babble On: 15 Amazing Roman Aqueducts

Aqueducts, those most triumphal examples of Roman arched architecture, have been displaying the engineering genius of the ancients for tens of centuries. These spectacular monuments not only ...

Megaprojects: 7 Engineering Wonders of Today & Tomorrow

Megaproject... even the word sounds big! As technology evolves to meet the demands of our dreams, more and more wondrous feats of engineering will transform our world; and us with it. These 7 ...

Moving Architecture: 12 Unbelievable Buildings in Motion

You may have heard about the impressive and flashy new moving skyscraper set to be erected in Dubai. However, did you know that one man is single-handedly rebuilding his own stone henge (without ...

True Costs: The Making of 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering

Even today modern wonders of engineering like the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge inspire awe (and songs and works of art). A quick look at their origins, however, can turn awe to ...

7 Record-Setting Engineering Wonders of the Modern World

Would you believe that the tallest bridge in France reaches higher than the Eiffel tower, or that a single dam in China can hold back 1.4 trillion cubic feet or water? Each of the projects ...

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