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Sun Powered Home H.O.U.S.E designed by Nottingham University



The University of Nottingham in the UK has unveiled a sun-powered house, H.O.U.S.E. (House Optimizing the Use of Solar Energy), for the 2010 European Solar Decathlon, to be held from June 18-27, 2010 in Madrid, Spain.



The house features an L-shaped design. Designed for small families, the two-story prefabricated modular home can be integrated into a large housing development. The design plans emphasized on the acoustics and visual…

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Added by Anthony Walker on June 22, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

i, Phantom: Robots Cast in The Phantom of the Opera

Taiwan's National University of Science and Technology is putting on a very special performance of The Phantom of the Opera on December 27. The two leads - presumably Erik the Phantom and Christine, will be played by a male robot named Thomas and a female robot named Janet, who can walk and are equipped with silicon facial muscles that enable them to mimic the facial expressions and lip motions of a human being. There will be two additional robotic thespians - Ringo, a jazz… Continue

Added by PANDA JU on December 12, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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