Ecopolis: City of the Future
Ecopolis City of the Future
http://science.discovery.com/video/ecopolis.html
Here’s a really powerful series of videos that describe various new technologies aimed at solving some of our urban woes. There are 10 videos from “Cooling Sound Waves” to “Capturing Carbon.”
Example: Cooling Sound Waves
Imagine a technology that uses sound waves for refrigeration. This scientist believes his discovery can save the planet. He has found a way to turn sewage water into safe drinking water (even cleaner than mountain stream water!).
This is a short 3 min. 22 sec video…. Looks like a great concept, but if you get to the end of this video, he demonstrates the concept using an Air gun. He refers to the air that gets forced out as sound waves, but I have one of those toys, and it shoots forced air, not sound! Hmmm.
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