SMART BUILDINGS INTRODUCTION We have been used to create better and better ambients from the very beginning of humanity‚ first adapting caves‚ then building structures up to modern skyscrapers and dwellings. As technology has increased we have learnt to shape ambient to better fit our needs and lately we have started to pay more attention to their efficiency‚ like better insulation for lower energy consumption. HISTORY Arne Olander in 1930‚discovered a phenomenon of SME(Shape
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used as a kitchen or butcher knife intended for hacking through bone. The knife’s broad side can also be used for crushing in food preparation (such as garlic). grater Cheese grater" redirects here. For the industrial tool‚ see surform. For the skyscraper in London‚ see 122 Leadenhall Street. For the building at Leicester University‚ see Attenborough Building Nutmeg grater The nutmeg grater is an implement for grating nutmeg used principally during the period 1780-1840. There were two types: portable
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world‚ are shot. I want to see New York‚ the biggest city of the world. I want to the huge rush of traffic in its bazars and streets and on its roads‚ hours. I want to see its big shops‚ warehouses‚ its lofty buildings kissing the sky and its skyscrapers. I want to study the private life 0f Americans‚ how they eat‚ what they eat‚ how they cook their food‚ who cooks it and how the Americans treat strangers to their houses. I want to see whether Americans who are said to be at the highest rung of
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waves up to 24 feet on Wednesday. An unexpected 13 foot mountain of seawater gushed into Gotham‚ inundating tunnels‚ subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street‚ and sent hospital patients and tourists scrambling for safety. Skyscrapers swayed and creaked in winds that partially toppled a crane
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people. That’s why researchers‚ inventors‚ and engineers must be more creative today than ever before. Computers as medical assistants‚ robots as household servants‚ sensory organs for electric cars‚ buildings as energy traders‚ farms in skyscrapers‚ ceilings made of light‚ power plants in deserts and on the high seas‚ supercomputers the size of peas‚ virtual universities‚ online factories — these are not visions but almost tangible realities in laboratories worldwide. For ten years
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1. What is the ultimate cause of movement within the earth’s crust? ANSWERS: Radioactive decay generates the heat energy that powers movements of plates. 2. What causes earthquakes? ANSWERS: Friction between the rough edges of slowly moving segments or plates of the earth’s lithosphere result in a series of jerky starts and stops which is the direct cause of most earthquakes. 3. What is a fault? ANSWERS: Faults are fractures in rocks along which displacement has taken place 4
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(1968) th Norman MacCaig Hotel Room‚ 12th Floor by Norman MacCaig This morning I watched from here a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect the Empire State building‚ that jumbo size dentist’s drill‚ and landing on the roof of the PanAm skyscraper. But now Midnight has come in from foreign places. Its uncivilised darkness is shot at by a million lit windows‚ all ups and acrosses. But midnight is not so easily defeated. I lie in bed‚ between a radio and a television set‚ and hear the
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Yale University‚ School of Architecture Critical Architecture: Between Culture and Form Author(s): K. Michael Hays Source: Perspecta‚ Vol. 21 (1984)‚ pp. 14-29 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of Perspecta. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1567078 . Accessed: 07/04/2013 21:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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environmental concern - pollution. Pollution is so widespread throughout our world that it is overwhelming. Drinking water supplies are contaminated with runoff from nearby factories and even with pollutants from our own backyards. Demands of skyscrapers and condominiums wipe out our decreasing rainforests. This drudges wildlife from its natural home and into the havoc that is ours. Millions of acres of beautiful land are destroyed daily to satisfy the needs of mankind. But has anyone contemplated
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their talent. Some of Ukrainians dance so light on their feet‚ they seem to hover on air. In addition‚ the scenic backdrop at a picnic in the Ukraine is one a guest will never forget. Pine trees that surround the picnic area seem as tall as skyscrapers. The aroma of fresh cut hay brings a sense of peacefulness to the picnicker’s body. The colorful blankets which people sit on are so bright‚ they’re like flowers covering a field. Next to the picnic area is a crystal clear pond with large fish jumping
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