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two identical umbrellas are shown in black and white

Image 5 of 6 from gallery of AD Architecture School Guide: Brussels Faculty of Engineering [Bruface]. Kinematic Form Active Structures for architectural applications. Image Courtesy of www.vub.ac.be

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an open book sitting on top of a table next to a woman laying in a chair

The beach umbrella comes with an origami-inspired design that unfolds to display a photovoltaic array that generates electric power which gets used for further refrigeration and cooling for the beach people. Measuring 2.5 meters high and a 3.2 meter diameter, this umbrella’s transformation brings to mind the mechanisms we see on the NASA spacecrafts. The entire setup can be used individually or be rigged together to generate electricity that can even run an ice cream freezer. VIEW MORE NOW!

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an old drawing of a telescope

Description No. 648,245. Patented Apr. 24, I900. L. L. DEWEESE. UMBRELLA RUNNER DR NUTGH. (Application filed Aug. 12, 1899.) 4 (N0 Medal.) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. LEVI L. DEWEESE, OF CANTON, O HIO,.ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD 'lO RALPH RQDEWEE SE, OF SAMEPLACE. UMBRELLA RUNNER NOTCH. srncirrcnrxonfomin art of Letters llatentNo. 648,245, dated April 24, 1900. I i I Application filed August 12,1899. Serial No. 727,084. (No model.) " To all whom it .may concern.- I Be it known that I, LEVI L…

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