you have no idea how much this pissed me off as a kid
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I am the night and I am very small and tired.
My favorite bit about this is imagining a librarian finding a bat on a shelf and their first thought is "Wait, wait, I have exactly the book for this!"
曜変天目茶碗、藤田美術館、大阪
yōhen tenmoku chawan from the Fujita Museum (Osaka) collection
Southern Song, 12th-13th century; National Treasure of Japan
how do conservatives talk like this and not get embarrassed. what the fuck are you talking about
Where do I even begin. The fact that he was fired from BuzzFeed for plagiarism or the fact that his full name is Beneful like the dog food brand
BENEFUL???
"Do you enjoy doing math?"
"I do not."
"How about live improv?"
"Not at all."
"Okay... but what if there are dragons?"
"...keep talking."
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Family owned Italian firm invents solar panels that mimic terracotta tiles to restore heritage buildings
In a small workshop near Vicenza, Italy, artisans make traditional-looking roofing tiles with a hidden difference: Each module contains solar photovoltaic cells.
The Invisible Solar Rooftile is made by an unique indivisible piece, with a very high resistance, that hides and protects the photovoltaic cells that are incorporated inside
The family-owned company that makes the tiles, Dyaqua, started developing its “Invisible Solar” products more than a decade ago. Solar panels “were spreading much faster than before, and our first thought was about heritage cities like Vicenza,” says company spokesperson Elisa Quagliato. The city, a World Heritage Site, is covered in a sea of red terra-cotta roofs.
The tiles have been installed at Pompeii (where the director of the archaeological park says they look “exactly like the terra-cotta tiles used by the Romans”) and in the small Italian town of Vicoforte. A larger installation will soon begin in Evora, Portugal, as part of an EU-funded project that aims to help historic cities “become greener, smarter, and more livable while respecting their cultural heritage.”
The same approach can be used to hide solar in other materials that look like stone, concrete, or wood, and incorporated into walls or patios, not just roofs. And it’s a way to potentially add solar where it wouldn’t otherwise be used.
Sources
https://www.fastcompany.com/90836947/these-terracotta-tiles-blend-in-perfectly-with-italian-roofs-but-theyre-really-solar-panels