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DESCRIPTIONWe focus on modern-day miracles of construction. Superhuman feats of modern engineering from around the world.In Megastructures: Panama Canal we meet the mother of all mega-movers. Every year this strategic waterway lifts 14,000 ships over the equivalent of a nine-storey mountain range. Relying on some of the mightiest machines and feats of engineering in the world, the demands for its services are high, and now there are plans afoot for an even bigger, better canal. Megastructures: Deep Sea Drillers follows an attempt to tap some of the most inaccessible natural gas on the planet, in which five high-tech mega vessels will complete a 1,800 square mile gas network, over a mile and a half below the ocean’s surface. At the heart of the project is the enormous gas-processing platform, the Independence Hub. If successful the system will produce enough gas to supply nearly 5 million households in the US. Megastructures: Iceland’s Big Dig takes us six hundred feet underground in Iceland’s remote Eastern highlands to a gigantic Tunnel Boring Machine called Jaws.
After two years of constant grind, "Jaws" has bored a tunnel over twenty-five feet in diameter nearly nine miles through basalt. This tunnel is the linchpin of a massive Hydro-Electric project that plans to use the melt water from a massive glacier to make electricity. One of the biggest challenges is steering this monster machine in a straight line, so that after nine miles eighty-eight yards it hits target dead centre. Will "Jaws" Breakthrough or bust? Megastructures: Super Pipeline looks at one of the gas industry’s riskiest projects ever undertaken. By 2008, Britain will be connected to Norway via a 1,200 km super pipeline. It’s composed of over one million tonnes of steel and equating to a 1/3 of the world’s combined pipeline production company. Yet all of the work must be completed by robots working 3 km under the North Sea against harsh underwater currents, sub-zero temperatures and abysmal wind and wave conditions. They span acres of land and consume enough electricity to power small towns.
Megafactories are some of the most unique production facilities on Earth. We visit Italy’s Ferrari factories, to witness the construction of the Ferrari 599 from molten metal through to its 200 mph test drives, and learn how Formula One technology is transferred onto the production line. Then to Ohio and Texas, to see how tanks can be stripped down and rebuilt from the ground up, rather than built from new. In combat they are weapons capable of destroying targets two miles away. Finally, Apache Helicopters are perhaps the most lethal attack helicopters in the world. We visit the Boeing plant in Arizona, to see how sophisticated military technology is helping to make sure that the Apache pilots make it back home. Take an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created.The Harley-Davidson is an American icon. We go behind the scenes at the Harley-Davidson HQ to discover how this particular mega factory is able to rev up 50 new Harleys every single hour, and get an inside peek at the process to create the controversial newly designed V-Rod.
We also visit the John Deere factory, which covers more than 300,000 square metres, houses more than 2000 employees and 49 robotic welders. Find out how all these elements combine to help stamp, press, cut and weld 60,000 tons of steel into the John Deere STS Combine – a harvesting mega-machine. Finally we travel to the Peterbilt factory where workers are busy building Model 387 trucks, made to pull vehicles weighing up to 36 tonnes. With its mechanical brute strength and human creativity, this mega factory brings Peterbilt’s aerodynamic king of the long-distance fleet to the road. PHOTOSMegastructuresPhotos of MegastructuresVIDEOSWorld Island Wonder An in-depth look at the Petronus Twin Towers; the world’s tallest towers stand an amazing...1 2 3 4 Juegos de Lego Construirás modelos y tendrás aventuras excitantes desde el confort de tu hogar. ¡Lo mejor, nuestros juegos de Lego son completamente gratis! En nuestra colección puedes ir en expediciones, correr por ciudades de Lego ¡e incluso hacer nuevos juguetes!
Construye lo que desees, combinando piezas que varían en tamaño, color y forma. ¡Si lo puedes soñar, lo puedes crear! Nuestra colección cuenta con acción emocionante para tus nuevas creaciones, lo que te permite probar tus habilidades de construcción y divertirte mucho. ¡La acción emocionante te está esperando!Nuestros juegos de Lego tienen muchas opciones de juego. En nuestra colección jugarás a acción, carreras y estrategia. Controla un coche de carreras en entornos 3D, ardiendo por las pistas en un mundo mágico de bloques amarillos. O corre, salta y dispara a través de distintas tierras en una de nuestras aventuras de desplazamiento lateral. ¡Hasta jugarás con tu propio avatar! En nuestra amplia colección, tendrás horas de diversión sin la frustración de la construcción de Lego real. ¡Diviértete construyendo, y deja que la magia del juego comience!(CNN) -- The world's biggest airport project received a boost this week as the ruler of Dubai announced a multi-billion dollar expansion to the city's second airport.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved a $32 billion plan to continue development of the eponymous Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central. The airport opened its doors to passengers last year but will be beefed up to ultimately accommodate over 200 million passengers per year and 12 million tons of cargo. The first phase will include the construction of two new satellite buildings with a capacity of 120 million passengers annually and the ability to host 100 Airbus A380 aircraft at any one time. Emirates, the flag-carrier of Dubai, is Airbus' largest operator of the superjumbo. It has a current fleet of 52, with 90 more on order. The first phase of expansion is expected to be completed within six to eight years. The entire development will cover 56 square kilometers. Currently over half of passengers flying to Dubai are connecting to other destinations and the new airport will build a system of automated trains and people movers to ferry people between gates.
The two terminals will be served by three runways while the airport's master plan has space to add two more. The growth of the airport to the south-west of the city center ties in with the greater development of Dubai World Central that will include residential and leisure facilities. It will also be the site of Dubai's World Expo in 2020. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports described the expansion as a "strong endorsement of Dubai's aviation industry," and indicated the days of the Emirate's current hub, Dubai International Airport (DXB), are numbered. Passenger numbers there are expected to reach 100 million by 2020 -- since its inception it passenger numbers have grown an average of 15% per year. However the airport has little space to expand. "Our future lies at DWC (Al Maktoum International Airport)," said Griffiths. "We are taking that next step to securing our future by building a brand new airport that will not only create the capacity we need in the coming decades but also provide state of the art facilities that revolutionize the airport experience."