Construction is all about creating materials such as brick, cement and wallboard in one place and shipping it to another place, all of which uses energy.
Speaking at the same forum, President Barack Obama's former national security adviser said he believes 2012 will be a pivotal year in dealing with Iran, which experts believe is creating materials for a nuclear weapon.
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The founder noted that most of the money will be used to look for national opportunities as well as creating uniform materials on starting companies that can be shared with other programs.
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Soladigm is part of a wave of young companies creating energy-efficient building materials.
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Creating garments of high-tech materials to convey the indulgent look of high fashion took months of research, especially for someone with no formal training in fashion, she said.
If there was a major trend at the show it would be that these designers and manufacturers are no longer creating lines experimenting with less expensive materials (the result of the economic collapse and the high cost of materials).
It makes sense since both industries have such large footprints, requiring large amounts of materials and supplies, creating business for realtors, lenders, lumber, cement, and window producers, plumbing, electrical fixture and paint suppliers, furniture and fabric manufacturers, attorneys, TV and print advertising, to name but a few.
Nick Moxon's job was the website and the resource materials, Debbie was down for creating the service and it was up to me to make sure it all reached a radio near you.
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Rather than the expensive process of creating semiconductors to capture this energy, the potential materials needed to obtain this effect are much cheaper.
"Typically a habitat is less than the cost of large rocketry, " Michael Griffin of NASA told AP, and successfully utilizing the native materials on the moon will be a crucial to creating a viable base there.
The idea of using a magnetic field as a solar sail was first suggested a few years ago, but it soon became apparent that creating a field strong enough to be useful would require exotic superconducting materials that, unfortunately, do not exist.
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This time, they used exotic materials to lower its weight, which included the then-new technique of creating carbon fiber tubes, and Kevlar -- a first for a Human Powered Aircraft (HPA).
Instead, it's typically a more prosaic end: humanity wiped out because an AI tasked with a simple goal (say, creating paper clips, an example that is often used) requisitions all the energy and raw materials on Earth to relentlessly churn out paper clips, outsmarting and out-maneuvering all human attempts to stop it.
Today--thanks to runway fashion, an explosion of new materials and resurgent demand for premium and vintage-inspired hats--they're about creating an image.
While the current line of Phosphor Reveal watches are adorned with crystals, M3D technology allows for any number of materials, such as precious metals, woods or ceramics, to be affixed to the rotating segments, creating an the possibility for an endless number of unique watch faces.
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