Sunday, August 12, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - 3D Printer Could Build A Custom House In 20 Hours

DailyMarkets.com - 3D Printer Could Build A Custom House In 20 Hours

3D Printer Could Build A Custom House In 20 Hours

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:31 PM PDT

Yahoo News — “An engineering professor, Behrokh Khoshnevis, at the University of Southern California, is really thinking big: He has figured out a way to build housing with a giant 3D printer. The apparatus, instead of being the size of your typical laser printer, would actually be somewhat bigger than the house it would build through a concrete layering system called Contour Crafting.

The professor explained the process in a speech at the TEDx conference, which you can watch. (Start at … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Two Mind-Blowing Illusions

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 07:41 PM PDT

Amazingly, the two tabletops above look like they are different shapes but are actually identical, and the two photographs below of the Leaning Tower of Pisa look different, but are actually identical.  You can find explanations, and more illusions … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Great Animated Video Of Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT

Here’s the technology driving our energy bonanza.

From Marathon Oil –”Safe, cost-effective refinements in hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking), horizontal drilling and other innovations now allow for the production of oil and natural gas from tight shale formations that previously were inaccessible. This animated video introduces you to the proven techniques used to extract resources from these shale formations in a safe, environmentally responsible manner.”

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