Space Elevators: How a sci-fi dream could be built today
Surveying the current practical and theoretical factors for and against space elevators (including partial elevators—skyhooks!).
Link tags: structures
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A Black Cloud of Computation
SETI—the Search for Extra Terrestrial Information processing:
What we get is a computational device surrounding the Asymptotic Giant Branch star that is roughly the size of our Solar System.
Rotating Space Station Numbers
Ever wondered what would happen if you threw a ball inside an orbital habitat? Well, wonder no more!
You can adjust the parameters of the space station, or choose from some pre-prepared examples: an O’Neill cylinder, a Stanford torus, a Bernal sphere, Rama, a Culture orbital…
Impossible Cookware and Other Triumphs of the Penrose Tile - Issue 69: Patterns - Nautilus
The forbidden symmetry of Penrose tiles and quasicrystals.
Brighton Guide
Fascinating snippets of information about some of the most interesting buildings in Brighton.
(The website was made by Lydia and Tash as a project for Code First: Girls)
The Sea Forts - a set on Flickr
A collection of photographs of the otherworldly sea forts that were built in the Thames Estuary during World War Two and later used by pirate radio stations.
