Can humanity bring back lost nature with engineering? Plants from all over the world are blooming in the giant Gardens by the Bay ecological park in Singapore. Nearly 98,000 COBRA clamps help to reduce the metropolis’s carbon dioxide emissions.
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57 kilometers long and up to 2,300 meters deep below the Alps: the Gotthard Base Tunnel is one of the world’s most spectacular construction projects. Mountain water flows through pipes with about 4,800 NORMA Group pipe couplings. A hard job for the connecting parts.
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Which was the first clamp in the world? There are no clear answers to this, but several interesting anecdotes about it: from the first ancient pipeline to a medieval diving suit to a very special fountain in France.
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Ornate marble on the left, golden water faucets on the right. Design radiators are lined up next to luxurious glass shower cubicles and saunas. A few steps further, a young boy is sitting on a toilet. But only to try it out. The ISH 2017 trade fair attracts around 200,000 visitors from all over the world on four days.
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