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An interesting size comparison between central Europe and Texas.
Texas-Europe size comparison
![Another nightmare graph on the euro crisis. This time youth unemployment rates.
stoweboyd:
ajfaultlines:
theatlantic:
Europe’s Record Youth Unemployment: The Scariest Graph in the World Just Got Scarier
[Image: James Plunket]
So that’s happening.
Greece is adding an additional 1% of unemployed youth per month, will reach 80% in 2014 at this rate. When will this precipitate civil disorder?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/f1586e3840bf78198c1fa1bcac586192/tumblr_mno39uXNMT1qcokc4o1_500.png)
Another nightmare graph on the euro crisis. This time youth unemployment rates.
Europe’s Record Youth Unemployment: The Scariest Graph in the World Just Got Scarier
[Image: James Plunket]
So that’s happening.
Greece is adding an additional 1% of unemployed youth per month, will reach 80% in 2014 at this rate. When will this precipitate civil disorder?
ESAs drive towards developing an electric vehicle.
Space Agency Drives E-Vehicle Development
An ESA business incubation start-up company is helping major car manufacturers to develop electric vehicle concepts and improve safety systems by turning ideas quickly into virtual prototypes.
“Foreseeing products by modeling and simulations can provide big jump-starts for companies,” explains Johannes Gerl, founder and CEO of German start-up company Modelon GmbH. “They reduce their development efforts by saving on the number of prototypes. In addition, they often reduce the time to market.”
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2013/05/space-agency-drives-e-vehicle-development
(via emergentfutures)
Engineering involving water always seems to present fascinating works.
Extreme Architecture
The Pont du Sart is a navigable aqueduct in the West of Belgium
(via abcstarstuff)
A spectacular moonrise as captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) craft, Rosetta.
![This algae-powered building in Hamburg is truely green!
futurescope:
The World’s First Algae-Powered Building Opens in Hamburg
via inhabitat:
The world’s first algae-powered building just opened in Hamburg! Dubbed the BIQ House, the project features a bio-adaptive algae facade and it will serve as a testing bed for sustainable energy production in urban areas and self-sufficient living buildings. International design firm Arup worked with Germany’s SSC Strategic Science Consultants and Austria-based Splitterwerk Architects to develop the BIQ House, which launched as part of Hamburg’s International Building Exhibition.
[read more] [IBA Hamburg] [BIQ House]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d082b20e09401672fa0bdf14e19711d/tumblr_ml38wcZGpv1r08k60o1_500.jpg)
This algae-powered building in Hamburg is truely green!
The World’s First Algae-Powered Building Opens in Hamburg
via inhabitat:
The world’s first algae-powered building just opened in Hamburg! Dubbed the BIQ House, the project features a bio-adaptive algae facade and it will serve as a testing bed for sustainable energy production in urban areas and self-sufficient living buildings. International design firm Arup worked with Germany’s SSC Strategic Science Consultants and Austria-based Splitterwerk Architects to develop the BIQ House, which launched as part of Hamburg’s International Building Exhibition.
[read more] [IBA Hamburg] [BIQ House]
(via futuresagency)
A magnificent Birdseye view of this solar power array in Seville, Spain.
Hoe het veld met zonnepanelen van de Gemasolar Power Plant nabij Sevilla er van boven uit ziet. Heel vet!
(via cjwho:)
An infographic look at bicycles in the Netherlands - a very sustainable transportation solution.
Infographic from Lonely Planet travel guide to the Netherlands.
Basically the Dutch love bikes.
The race is on for a 3D printed building. Here is a contestant based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
It’s Alive! This 3-D Printed House Builds More Houses
Amsterdam’s KamerMaker house enters the race to be the first printed building in the world—and then it will start building more.
Full Story: FastCoExist
