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The Ocean Cleanup just unveiled their first working prototype this week, and it is going to be installed in a few days. 23 kilometers off of the Dutch coast in the North Sea will be the first locat...
 * [|First Ever Ocean Plastic Cleanup Device Being Tested This Week| Interesting Engineering] **

build a Rube Goldberg machine -- a comically complex invention, often made with household items, created to do a simple task? Since the real Rube Goldberg was an engineer before he became a cartoon...
 * [|5-Minute Film Festival: Learning with Rube Goldberg Machines | Edutopia] **

The SMART Brailler is unique in its multi-function, multi-sensory output using the standard braille keyboard. Fitted with a proprietary electronic device that displays large print, simulated braill...
 * [|The Perkins SMART Brailler - Core77] **

Cut wood, plastic, metal, and much more with one of these fine saws. Saws are used for the cutting of wood, metal, plastics, or just about any material you might encounter. They rely on sharp blade...
 * [|Saws | HowStuffWorks] **

Quickly-patched and easy to work with, drywall has become the preferred choice to plaster. Drywall is a construction material used to create walls and ceilings. It's also used to create many de...
 * [|How Drywall Works | HowStuffWorks] **

OSB (Oriented Strand Board) is generally cheaper than plywood, it is heavier and not as stiff as plywood and can result in soft squeaky floors under weight. The biggest complaint against OSB is tha...
 * [|OSB vs Plywood - Difference and Comparison | Diffen] **

Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
 * [|plywood - Wiktionary] **

Plywood Grades - What Do the Letters Mean? The grading system for softwood plywood is one of the easier puzzles to solve when it comes to buying lumber and wood project materials - thanks to the si...
 * [|Plywood Grades - A,B,C,D - What do the Letters Mean in Plywood? By Andy Duframe] **

plywood. This material is a very popular construction tool, because the layering of thin sheets of wood gives it great flexibility and strength. Knowing about plywood can save you money and may mea...
 * [|Plywood | HowStuffWorks] **

take their organic waste to a machine on Degraves Street owned by the sustainability company Eco Guardians. The machine, called GaiaRecycle, breaks down the waste at a high temperature, stripping i...
 * [|How This Australian Precinct Reduced Food Waste By 90 Percent] **