Just a quick post for now as I continue to migrate from http://www.mattbdreaming.co.uk to WordPress. What an incredible world the burgeoning technology of 3D printing promises! 3D printing comes in many forms and is beginning to show some dramatic leaps and bounds as the world embraces a new found ability to produce complex forms all…
I have been watching with great interest as people all around the world are starting to do amazing things with quadrocopters. They are capable of precisely controlled motion and are getting better all the time. The applicaitons for these things are wide ranging and I hope to talk about them more soon and specifically how…
I work in the construction industry and we are in a very exciting time as 3D CAD systems and building information modelling (BIM) are being used more and more as standard throughout the industry with great effect. Whilst Im producing designs for building enclosures I am coming to rely on the building model more. I…
A solar updraft tower is chimney with a greenhouse skirt and a central turbine. As the sun heats the air under the skirt it rises up the chimney and turns the turbine. This process will happen as long as there is a temperature difference between ground level and the top of the chimney. The taller…
