An architect's wet-cement dream: Just as termites build castles on Earth, robots could erect skyscrapers on the moon

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French architect Francois Roche, owner of the firm R&Sie and a master of conceptual architecture, is exploiting an idea for a building called 'Node 1' where he imagines a programmable assembly device called 'viab', a construction robot capable of improvising as it assembles walls, ducts, cables and pipes. Roche imagines his viab as a busy termite with a body full of wet cement, producing structures that are not specific but impermanent and malleable.

United States, Design and construction, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architectural design, Skyscrapers, High rise buildings, Tall buildings, Roche, Francois

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Linux: the next generation

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LinEx, a local version of Debian GNU/Linux and translated into Spanish, contains word processor, graphics processor, spreadsheet, emailer, browser, chat client, MP3 player, and CD burner. The features of LinEx might be repetitive, but they add up to a patriotic regional operating system.

Spain, Usage, Technology application, Technology and state, Technology policy, Linux (Operating system)

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The ends of the Earth

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Five different reasons as to why the Earth will end or go to hell are discussed. Peculiar discoveries and their implications show that all the theories put forward in the past do not hold good now.

Environmental aspects, Earth, Earth sciences research

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