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From the Minds of Science-Fiction Authors to the Desks of Design Firms: Sci-Fi Projects

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Luke Abaffy
November 12, 2014
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The following projects all involve ideas that originally came from science-fiction tales. However, many of the projects remain within the realm of possibility and some are on their way to reality.
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Geo-engineering Has Fans and Foes as a Last-Resort Solution for Climate Change

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Pam Hunter McFarland
November 12, 2014
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Geo-engineering, or climate engineering, is still in its embryonic stage of development. Some of the ideas experts are discussing, such as putting lunar glass or metallic reflecting disks into space to reduce the amount of incoming solar radiation, sound like the stuff of science fiction.
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Dream Projects: Nicaragua Canal Faces Huge Costs

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Janice L. Tuchman
Tudor van hampton
Tudor Van Hampton
November 12, 2014
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The idea of an interoceanic waterway through Nicaragua is far older than the existing, 100-year-old Panama Canal.


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Dream Projects: Strait of Messina Bridge Comes Closest in 2,000 Years

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Peter Reina
November 12, 2014
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More than 2,000 years of planning for a fixed link between Italy and the island of Sicily came tantalizingly close to fruition in 2006 when a construction contract was signed.


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Dream Projects: Poseidon Resort Would Succeed By Sinking Under Sea

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Scott Lewis
November 12, 2014
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L. Bruce Jones is the President of U.S. Submarines Inc., a firm that designs and manufactures small submarines that carry tourists.
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Dream Projects: Lunar-Base Construction is Next Step to Exploit Space

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Tom Sawyer
November 12, 2014
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Engineers with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are on track to support surface construction on the moon within a decade, says Robert P. Mueller, senior technologist in the advanced projects development in the surface systems office for engineering and technology at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.


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Dream Projects: Mega-Pyramid Solves Urban Congestion

Jeff rubenstone
Jeff Rubenstone
November 12, 2014
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The Shimizu Mega Pyramid, or "TRY 2004" is a proposed megastructure to be built in Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan.
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Dream Projects: City-on-Treads Goes Wherever It Wants

Jeff rubenstone
Jeff Rubenstone
November 11, 2014
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The Very Large Structure (VLS) is described as a 600-ft-tall "city on wheels" that would remain in almost constant motion as it rolled over the countryside.


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Dream Projects: Giant Clean-Air 'Bubbles' Would Create Urban Havens

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Peter Reina
November 11, 2014
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Delhi-based architects are promoting plans to build vast bubble-like enclosures to create urban havens in environmentally challenging cities such as the Indian capital and Beijing, China.
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Dream Projects: Hyperloop's Creator Stands By the Physics

Luke abaffy
Luke Abaffy
November 11, 2014
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Elon Musk, president Tesla Motors and SpaceX, dubs his brainchild, Hyperloop, a “fifth mode of transportation.”


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