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How to create absolute silence? Anechoic rooms

Can we absorb reverberation? How does an echo appear? What’s the purpose of an anechoic room? Answers to all these questions in 12 minutes! 0:00 – Introduction 2:48 – Building an anechoic room 5:37 – The 3 rooms of the … Continue reading

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From ‘chandeliers’ to entangled qubits, here’s what happens inside a quantum computer | Aeon Videos

From ‘chandeliers’ to entangled qubits – an animated explainer of quantum computing and its revolutionary potential If the words ‘quantum’ and ‘computing’ seem complicated enough without smushing them together, fear not! This animated explainer will teach you how to build … Continue reading

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DIGGING A SECRET TUNNEL Part 8 HOUSE to SHED DONE

[…] Get yourself the New Colin Furze Tunnel Tees’s and loads more at the Merch shop here. colinfurzeshop.com Follow me on Social Media. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realcolinfu… Twitter https://twitter.com/colin_furze Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Colin-furze-… TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/JJ8wSTs/ Music Track 1 is a track from “Look Mum … Continue reading

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How Europe can wean itself off Russian gas

Europe has to get its energy from somewhere. If not from Russia, where? Sign up to Morning Brew for free today: https://bit.ly/mbsimonclark As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, western countries have economically cut off Russia, perhaps most significantly … Continue reading

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How China Plans to Win the Future of Energy

China, the world’s biggest polluter, has committed to reach net zero emissions by 2060, an ambitious goal matched by enormous investments that are reshaping the nation’s energy system. #China2030 #Asia #BloombergQuicktake […]

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Sodium-ion battery breakthrough. Safer, cheaper and cleaner than Lithium-ion

Sodium-ion batteries have been overshadowed by lithium-ion for decades, but there’s a thousand times more sodium in the earth’s crust than there is lithium. And now the battery chemistry has been mastered so that sodium-ion batteries have as much energy … Continue reading

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Why are Circuit Boards Green?

[…] Sources: Zheng, Carmen, Why are Printed Circuit Boards Usually Green in Color? Seed Studio, 2017, https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2017… Why Are Printed Circuit Boards Usually Green? Quora, https://www.quora.com/Why-are-printed… D, Chris, How Did Printed Circuit Boards Become the Standard Green That They Are … Continue reading

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Japan is NOT as high-tech as you think…

[…] Hello everyone! Why does everyone think Japan is so high-tech and advanced? I mean, yes, it’s true that we have very advanced technology like high speed trains that can travel up to 200 miles an hour; hotels that are … Continue reading

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What if Women Built the World They Want to See? | Emily Pilloton-Lam | TED

Only four percent of construction workers are female — that’s totally unacceptable, but it’s also a huge opportunity both for women and for the trades, says youth educator and builder Emily Pilloton-Lam. She makes the case for putting power (and … Continue reading

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Notpla salvages seaweed by-product to make paper | Dezeen

Jane Englefield | 1 March 2022 Sustainable packaging brand Notpla has used seaweed leftover from its own production processes to create paper that can be turned into envelopes and boxes. Notpla introduced its eponymous product Notpla Paper in collaboration with … Continue reading

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