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This supercrane is strong enough to lift entire sections of a bridge, so they don’t have to be assembled in the air. Source: The Left Coast Lifter supercrane can lift 1,750 tonnes | WIRED UK

Norwegian airline launches tongue-in-cheek business service startup Source: Widerøe / I’m A Substitute For Another Guy – Contagious Communications

Robin Murphy provides a special kind of emergency help: robots. In the wake of 9/11, the director of the Texas-based Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue sent squirrel-sized rescue bots into the rubble of the World Trade Center. Source: These rescue robots are efficient lifesavers | WIRED UK

Driverless cars are prowling the streets of Mcity — an ultra-realistic test site in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Source: The custom-made town where driverless cars learn to drive | WIRED UK

The building above aims to cut air pollution. Designed by Rome-based architects Nemesi Studio, the Italian Pavilion at the Milano 2015 Expo is covered in a white, geometric skin. Source: The walls at Milano 2015 Expo are eating the city’s smog | WIRED UK

Linden Gledhill uses high-speed photography, microscopes and magnets to capture the quirks of ferrofluid. Source: Linden Gledhill’s art is actually an oily suspension of nanoparticles | WIRED UK

Auto company gives free rentals in exchange for befriending the elderly in Norway Source: Avis / Car Care – Contagious Communications

As a tiny island city-state, Singapore can’t expand outwards — so it’s moving underground. The Jurong Rock Caverns, being built 150 metres underneath petrochemical hub Jurong Island, will be taller than a nine-storey building and store almost 1.5 million cubic metres of oil — the capacity of 600 Olympic swimming pools. Source: Singapore’s man-made JurongContinueContinue reading “Singapore’s man-made Jurong cavern allows it to expand | WIRED UK”

Workers in the Minya limestone quarry in Egypt are suffering because of lax regulations. Source: The Minya limestone quarry could be the most dangerous workplace in the world | WIRED UK

Toy brand turns Berlin bus shelters into Instagram-powered photo booths Source: Lego / Selfie Wars – Contagious Communications