Posts Tagged ‘energy’
Children’s Discovery Museum, San Jose, California, US
The Children’s Discovery Museum is a brilliant find for parents looking for educational ways to amuse their children. [Read More]
PROMES Solar Furnace, Odeillo, France
The PROMES solar furnace is incredibly simple and incredibly effective — an enormous parabolic reflector that concentrates the region’s ample sunlight into a 1000 kW flux. [Read More]
Scienceworks, Melbourne, Australia
Scienceworks bridges the gap between the old and the new, housed on a purpose-built site next to the historic Spotswood Pumping Station in Melbourne. [Read More]
The Geysers, California, United States
The Geysers power plant is an awesome example of science meeting innovation for a great cause – a huge geothermal power plant that generates electricity in an environmentally-responsible way. [Read More]
The Beckton Alps, London, United Kingdom
The Beckton Gas Works were once the largest gas works in the world — and they left an unusual legacy. [Read More]
Limehouse Accumulator Tower, London, United Kingdom
The Limehouse Accumulator Tower is an example of the engineering genius that was at work in Victorian Britain — and for long afterwards. [Read More]
London Teleport, London, United Kingdom
London’s first teleport was built by British Telecom and is still visible and functioning, although it’s now owned by another firm. [Read More]
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, United States
Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is one of the largest such museums in the world — its collection spans 35,000 artifacts and 14 acres of hands-on exhibits. [Read More]
Strata SE1, London, United Kingdom
At first glance, this modern-looking block is just a funny shaped building in the middle of an unglamorous area — but peer closer at its razor-like design and you can see that some science and engineering ingenuity has gone into it. [Read More]
Battersea Power Station, London, United Kingdom
Battersea Power Station is one of London’s best known industrial and cultural landmarks. [Read More]
