Is there any difference between contemporary and modern architecture? This is a question commonly asked by many. The main reason for this is because most of us can’t clearly differentiate the two. Most of the people interchangeably use the two wording brings about more confusion. A proper differentiation of the two is the only solution to this.
Modern design
When the term modern design is used, it is a defined style that was created during 1920-1950.This is a defined style that is usually associated with this period. The style is constant and does not change. This design emphasizes the sparing use of interior design, use of clean lines and an asymmetrical building design. A modern home is characterized by white walls with an occasional pop of bright colour. Most of the floors are bare.
Contemporary Design
The contemporary design means plans that are being created and produced as of the present time. This style is dynamic and is constantly changing. It is not tied to a specific style but keeps on changing with time. This design has a tendency of borrowing small pieces of designs from other eras. Currently, contemporary homes are embracing large windows, odd shades and an open plan that is in harmony with the surrounding landscape.
How do you know you have arrived in life? Well one way to know for sure is to check whether you have a beautiful pool at your backyard and if you have one….well you know what to assume. Having a pool also means organizing great pool parties, so you do need to put a bit more effort in there and maintain that beauty to impress everyone around you.
Here are some great tips to decorate your swimming pool areas, which would turn all your parties to success and friends into envious rivals.
- Invest in a unique Theme inspired range– The theme could be anything that matches your style and personality. Quirky or elegant, keep a colour code and theme in mind and stick with it. It could be mythical Atlantis or crazy Disneyland inspired fountains, but the accessories and sets should match up to the same idea to make an impact. Inflatable mermaid water toys and inspired diving lofts and ladders add up to the style.
The future of transport is rapidly changing as evidenced by the concept design by German designer Oliver May. In his vision of the future, exploding populations intersect with the imperative need for sustainable mass transport.
May’s solution is called the Shanghai Sphere 2046. The geometric sphere electric transport modules are gyro-stabilized electric drive powertrain via an ultra cool design feature using the inertia of a spinning wheel. Remote passenger control with GPS is used instead of a conventional steering wheel and dashboard. A transparent doubled shell forms the outer body using carbon fiber and titanium, with ball bearings on the exterior body to support the drive system. Four people can be carried and a power generation concept by Nicola Tesla will provide external power.
Linking the spheres together can create a public transportation vehicle, especially when they are mounted on low friction travel tracks, freeing up city space and offering emissions-free travel.
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The Swiss Space Center at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, have designed a “janitor satellite” to help clean up the growing problem of space junk. The US$11million (10 million Swiss Francs) CleanSpace One satellite is a prototype for what they hope to be a family of satellites that are sent to retrieve large, defunct satellites and de-orbit them – making them burn-up in Earth’s atmosphere or splash down in an ocean.
NASA tracks 16,000 pieces of space junk larger than 4 inch (10.2cm) in diameter, but in reality the U.S. space agency estimates that over 500,000 pieces of space junk is up there, consisting of spent rocket stages and broken satellites. The debris orbital velocity is around 28,000 km/h (mph), and even the tiniest of particles can damage spacecraft or impact other debris, splitting it into ever-smaller pieces.
Known trash impacts include a French satellite damaged in 1996 by a rocket casing, and an U.S. Iridium Communications Satellite that was destroyed in 2009 in a collision with a defunct Russian satellite. The Iridium Satellites are in low earth orbit constellations, occupying the same orbital path so this debris will eventually spread around the Earth, affecting the other Iridium Satellites.
Why we mine for gold?
Since ancient Egyptian times, when gold was considered a divine metal and thought to be the flesh of the gods, the allure and magnetism of gold has translated through the ages. From the earliest days of royal and noble burials, it was the metal with which the Kings of Egypt surrounded themselves; it was the metal they placed within their tombs for use in the afterlife, it was imperishable, eternal and indestructible.
In 2008, GFMS Ltd estimated that the total gold supply was approximately 3,750 t. As gold is some 19.3 times heavier than water, this amount of gold would fill a box some 6 m wide by 6 m high by 6 m long.
Of the total gold supply in 2008, some 65% was from new mine production with the remainder sourced from recycling of gold ‘scrap’ and sales from central bank holdings.
Gold demand in 2008 was dominated by consumption in jewellery and fabrication (75%), with the remainder predominantly being investment demand.
Bendigo Mining’s Swan decline (underground tunnel) now stretches for a distance of some 6.5 km to a depth of about 850 metres beneath the City of Bendigo, tunnelling deep beneath the historic workings to access new untouched orebodies on the Deborah and Sheepshead lines of reef.
Mining
From the decline, diamond drilling is carried out using a diamond bit at typically 120 m intervals to establish the location and dimensions of the ore bodies. Geologists log and cut the diamond drill core samples and send them away for assay to determine the grade of gold on each section of the reef.
With the grade and shape of the reef established, mining engineers are then able to plan the ore shapes that will be mined (the stopes) and determine how the orebody will be accessed and mined. Extracting and removing the ore is achieved by drilling holes in the rock face, packing them with explosives (charging the face) and then blasting the rock.