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À la Jules Verne

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:28 GMT

A spectacular platform has been designed to drift across the oceans of the world with the aid of the currents and the wind.

Survival suit nominated for design award

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:31 GMT

Design is not only about fashion, its about functionality. You might not find this suit on the cat walk, but it will most likely safe your life.

New solar cells see the light

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:19 GMT

A new generation of more efficient solar cells is on the horizon.

In Style Grandpa Accessories

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:06:58 GMT

Some years ago, the wrap around galoshes were considered old fashioned and totally out of style. Multicolored galoshes are now walking into Bloomingdales.

Norway’s Global Energy Advantage

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:35 GMT

Norway is the world’s fifth largest hydropower producer and the only industrialized nation able to meet its domestic power demand almost exclusively through hydropower.

A bubbly concept

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:24 GMT

Imagine a trawler slowly towing inflatable booms and pipes. Air bubbles are pumped down into the sea and bring quantities of copepod plankton back up to the surface. The plankton are concentrated and pumped back into the boats through large-diameter pipes.

Seeds on ice in Svalbard

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:46 GMT

The world’s seeds are being frozen inside a mountain in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. On Tuesday 26 February, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was officially opened.

Cutting edge design from Norway

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:50 GMT

Norwegian ship design is challenging established shipping concepts. Innovative designers have developed a new bow shape that makes vessels safer, as well as reducing their impact on the environment.

Monitoring the environment from the poles

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:53 GMT

Norway has established satellite stations to monitor global climate change from the poles. The stations in the Arctic and Antarctic will provide information on changes in the global climate more quickly than previous systems.

Gas: Fueling the future

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:44 GMT

The headlines are clear and urgent: humankind must curb the continued production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide to avoid catastrophic global warming. The only long-term solution for the problem, scientists say, is to sharply kerb CO2 emissions as soon as possible.

Microsoft buys Norwegian search engine

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:05:03 GMT

Microsoft is embracing Norwegian internet search technology. In January, 2008, the company acquired Fast Search and Transfer (FAST).

2020: An aquacultural odyssey

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:39 GMT

Free-range farmed fish. Sea cages that sail off to the south and deliver their fish by themselves. Large autonomous fish farms that float unmoored in the sea. This could be the aquaculture of the future.