Could We Dredge the Netherlands Without Fossil Fuels?
For centuries, the Netherlands were mainly dredged by hand, supplemented by animal power, wind power and tidal power. Could it be done again?
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Interesting possibilities arise when you combine old technology with new knowledge and new materials, or when you apply old concepts and traditional knowledge to modern technology.
Technology has become the idol of our society, but technological progress is—more often than not—aimed at solving problems caused by earlier technical inventions.
There is a lot of potential in past and often forgotten knowledge and technologies when it comes to designing a sustainable society.
Trolley Canal Boats
Only four years after the first experimental trolleybus, an ordinary steam canal boat was adapted to a trolleyboat.
Cargo Ships, Then and Now
Time for a new age of sail.
A Steam Powered Submarine: The Ictíneo
Narcís Monturiol successfully resolved the two basic obstacles presented to submarine inventors: air supply and mechanical power.
Life Without Airplanes: from London to New York in 3 Days and 12 Hours
If we would stuff people in the 'Queen Mary 2' like we fold passengers into airplane seats, the ship could transport more than 500,000 people