Tag: tunnels

This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls

A four-legged robot that wades through water and climbs over obstacles can detect when the concrete in underground sewerage tunnels needs repair Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244994-this-robot-can-tell-when-sewers-need-repairing-by-scratching-the-walls/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Elon Musk’s ‘Boring Company’ Finishes Digging Second Tunnel in Las Vegas

“Not all of Elon Musk’s projects have been thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic,” writes Bloomberg. Slashdot reader Charlotte Web quotes Popular Mechanics: After a year’s worth of digging, Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has completed the second tunnel for its underground people-mover system at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It’s keeping in step with an anticipated opening date in January 2021…

What is pareidolia?

Seeing a dog in a patch of clouds, or a face in the moon, are examples of what’s called pareidolia. Look here for photos to test your own ability to see things that aren’t there. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/seeing-things-that-arent-there…

Concerns raised in NZ over hunt for ‘giants’

A group of anonymous individuals have been digging tunnels in search of evidence of ‘giants’ in New Zealand. The mysterious group, whose members have … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334736/concerns-raised-in-nz-over-hunt-for-giants…

New Trailer, Gameplay Videos Released For Upcoming ‘DOOM Eternal’

Id software has released a new trailer for their upcoming Doom sequel set on a demon-infested planet Earth in the year 2151. And GameSpot has uploaded a 10-minute clip of gameplay while Collider released 15 minutes. Collider writes:
Doom Eternal takes everything that was gloriously batshit about Doom 2016, throws it in a Lamborghini full of Slayer albums and catapults it into…

The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Tunnel Is Nearly 50 Percent Complete

According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Elon Musk’s Boring Company is now about 50% complete with its underground tunnel. It’s about six football fields in length. Teslarati reports: The Boring Company officially started tunneling for the people mover after a ceremonial groundbreaking event on November 15. In just two months, the project is nearly halfway completed. The company’s…

London’s Hidden Cable Tunnels Could Warm Thousands of Homes

Hot power cables snake through tunnels and channel under cities all around the world. All it takes is a fan/air coil to capture that heat for buildings. Researchers and a power company in the UK calculate that the essentially free heat could warm thousands of London homes. An anonymous Slashdot reader shares a report from IEEE Spectrum: Underneath London’s bustling streets…

When did humans start altering Earth?

The ArchaeoGlobe Project assessed knowledge on human land use over the past 10,000 years, through the contributions of more than 200 archaeologists. It concluded that, by 3,000 years ago, most of Earth was already transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers and pastoralists. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/when-humans-start-altering-planet-earth-anthropocene…