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Webuild and Carlo Ratti propose replacement for Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge following tragedy

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Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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How electric-vehicle technology is changing car design

Deezen

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers tell Dezeen. Fossil-fuel-powered cars depend on a host of engineering components that has literally shaped them: the engine, the fuel tank, the radiator, the transmission, the exhaust pipe, etcetera.

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Solar cars will be "normal within 20 years" says Lightyear's head engineer

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According to Cornagliotti, who is Lightyear's lead solar engineer, solar-assisted cars like this will be "normal within 20 years" once mass production is scaled up and prices are brought down. The hope is that this fledging technology will help to close the efficiency gap between cars running on fuel and those running on electricity.

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Deep Dive: Unearthing the Potential of Underground Development

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Underground construction has traditionally been associated with transportation infrastructure, storage facilities and utility tunnels. Numerous countries across the globe are actively venturing into underground development beyond transportation and utility infrastructure. Architects: Want to have your project featured? Shanghai, China.

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Transformable flying AirCar awarded airworthiness certificate

Deezen

The Slovak Transport Authority awarded the AirCar by Klein Vision a Certificate of Airworthiness earlier this week, after the vehicle completed more than 70 hours of successful flight testing. The AirCar is a dual-mode vehicle with a petrol engine that can convert from a car to an aircraft at the push of a button.

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Migaloo aims to disrupt superyacht market with giant luxury submarine

Deezen

A helipad is included on the M5's aft deck To ensure feasibility and safety, the M5 utilises technologies borrowed from existing motor yachts and submersibles, such as its double-hull construction, multiple pressure hulls and diesel-electric propulsion augmented by air-independent propulsion.

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Aedas consortium win the Shenzhen Yulong District urban design competition

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Led by Aedas in consortium with Shenzhen Lay-out Planning Consultants and Shenzhen Comprehensive Transportation and Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, the urban design scheme for Shenzhen Yulong District has won the first prize.