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Solar Lily Pads Leave Robot Paw Prints on Glasgow River

How can you use solar energy to power one of Scotland's greatest cities and make an old river look futuristic? Scottish architecture firm ZM Architecture designed giant lily pads for the River Clyde that collect solar energy and energize the city's grid. Want to see a cool aerial view? More »

8:40 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
885 views, 18 comments

Latest by n/a: To my recollection (I speak as a native Glaswegian) ships (as opposed to boats) are only permitted so far upriver. The second, aerial photograph is aimed upriver, where there are major motorway bridges, which mark the cut-off point; the largest ship more »