Gilbert Cohen dreams of powering power-thirsty Las Vegas with his concentrating solar power plant.
Grade levels: Adult
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Built in Your Backyard: Tank Town
Tired of his hard water, this Texan started farming “cloud juice” and “fog berries.”
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Next-Generation Lunar Backpacks
NASA engineers are trying to design a backpack that will make it easier for astronauts to walk on the surface of the moon.
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Bison Reintroduction
Scientists are reintroducing wild wood bison into the wilds of the Yukon with great success.
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De Beers Snap Lake Diamond Mine
One of the world’s only fully underground diamond mines is also one of the world’s most complicated and advanced diamond mines.
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The Ecoraft
A group of students built a “sustainable” raft and embarked on a 3,000 km odyssey on the Yukon River from Whitehorse, through Yukon and Alaska, to the ocean.
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eVadar Personal Aircraft
Gary Gress would like to see his model aircraft turned into a full-scale VTOL vehicle for everyday use.
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Canfield Brothers Bikes
Professional mountain biking brothers, Chris and Lance Canfield, decided to design and build their own extreme bicycles.
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Volvo Crash Test Facility
The Volvo Safety Centre is an enormous high-tech facility where thousands of cars and trucks get smashed to smithereens to help engineers design safer cars.