Abstract: A lightning protection system (LPS) is one of the protection systems that has been used to protect structures from fire or mechanical destruction. LPS also prevents the person in the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers in Germany recently accomplished a truly audacious feat ...

In the furniture industry, prototyping has always been one of the most expensive and risky stages of product development. Physical mock-ups consume time, materials, labour, and workshop capacity. For ...

The Technical University of Munich has released the Global Building Atlas, a high-resolution 3D dataset covering all buildings in the world. The Global Building Atlas is expected to be useful for ...

Step aside, Google Maps; stand down, Apple Maps. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany have created a new online atlas that shows the location of 2.75 billion buildings ...

Printed city models are a popular project, but obtaining suitable data is often difficult. Esri describes in a Blog post a process that allows building data from the ArcGIS ecosystem to be converted ...

Command-Line Interface (CLI) application for efficient and optimized reconstruction of large-scale 3D building models. Optim3D is a powerful tool for efficient and scalable generation of highly ...

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial ...

3D‑printed homes, like these at Wolf Ranch in Texas, use less material and create less waste and are fast gaining traction as a sustainable alternative to traditional building. Credit: Wolf Ranch.

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