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  2. Space sunshade - Wikipedia

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    Creating this sunshade in space was estimated to cost in excess of US$130 billion over 20 years with an estimated lifetime of 50-100 years. [15] Thus leading Professor Angel to conclude that "the sunshade is no substitute for developing renewable energy, the only permanent solution. A similar massive level of technological innovation and ...

  3. Shade sail - Wikipedia

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    A shade sail − or somewhat more precise a textile sunshade sail or a textile sun protection sail − is a device to create outdoor shade based on the textile basic technology that can be found in a ship's sail. [1] Shade sails use a flexible membrane tensioned between several anchor points. While generally installed permanently, they are ...

  4. Brise soleil - Wikipedia

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    Brise-soleil can comprise a variety of permanent sun-shading structures, ranging from the simple patterned concrete walls popularized by Le Corbusier in the Palace of Assembly [3] to the elaborate wing-like mechanism devised by Santiago Calatrava for the Milwaukee Art Museum [4] or the mechanical, pattern-creating devices of the Institut du Monde Arabe by Jean Nouvel.

  5. Sunshade - Wikipedia

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    Sunshade may refer to: Brise soleil, architectural sunshades; Shade (shadow), the blocking of sunlight by any object; Space sunshade, a device for blocking a star's ...

  6. Phineas Gage - Wikipedia

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    Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable: 19 survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life‍—‌effects sufficiently ...

  7. Awning - Wikipedia

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    A Roman poet Lucretius, in 50 BC, said "Linen-awning, stretched, over mighty theatres, gives forth at times, a cracking roar, when much 'tis beaten about, betwixt the poles and cross-beams". Among the most significant awnings in the ancient world was the velarium , the massive complex of retractable shade structures that could be deployed above ...

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