Undersea cables. FYI

Very short video about the web.

For building envelope

Some vocabulary

https://youtu.be/l5xP3ZV8hsQ

Un concours? Arago, G, GO!

Hoping you will be interested in taking part to this competitive exam!

http://www.hansuniversalis.org/concours.html

http://www.hansuniversalis.org/concours_inscription.html

http://www.gestedor.fr/

Reinforced concrete and earthquakes.

www.livescience.com/51198-earthquake-risk-for-older-buildings-in-united-states.html

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Sound versus Fire

Read and watch: 
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/dousing-flames-sound-waves-new-fire-extinguisher-makes-no-mess.html

Tiny house OFF THE GRID

A Snowboarder's Unbelievable Tiny House

Pro-snowboarder, Mike Basich, tours his self-built 225 square foot home in the middle of his 40 acre snow covered property near Truckee, CA - and shows how being close to nature drives his most creative decisions.

In Going Off Grid, Laura Ling examines how 180,000 Americans a year are choosing to live entirely disconnected from our modern internet-focused world in pursuit of a more sustainable, simple lifestyle.
 WATCH IT HERE. (Can't embed it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sadOfmkTtpw

Cheaper, cleaner solar cells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hgMEEexxBE

Learn more here and let's hope they can make it. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rayton-solar-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels
and here http://www.raytonsolar.com/2014/12/19/rayton-solar