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This floating villa is real

This floating villa is real

'Dubai's crazy awesome floating villas now exist in real life'. That was the heading on Huffington Post this month. At first they were a little bit skeptical, because 'the rendered photos looked too good to be true'. So were we, but it is. Here's a video of the...

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Quote wondered: what happened since 2011?

Quote wondered: what happened since 2011?

Quote - a Dutch magazine on business and lifestyle - wondered what happened to the entrepreneurs who pitched their business five years ago. Amongst them was our architect Bart Roeffen who pitched for DeltaSync.  Bart: "We raised the money we needed to do research, but...

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Dutch Water Sector calls for a Blue Revolution!

Dutch Water Sector calls for a Blue Revolution!

Great news: the Dutch Water Sector in the Netherlands is convinced as well that it's time for a Blue Revolution to meet the challenges the world is facing today. Their blog is an open call to the Netherlands to take the lead in this. The Dutch Water Sector is one of...

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Is our future at sea?

Is our future at sea?

Journalist Sanne Bloemink explores this question in De Groene Amsterdammer. Her article gives an inspiring overview of the blue revolution and seasteading, with grass roots both in the Netherlands and Silicon Valley. She interviewed Joe Quirk - an American writer of...

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Kelvin Ko presents research in Hong Kong

Kelvin Ko presents research in Hong Kong

Kelvin Ko, the DeltaSync intern who just completed his Civil Engineering Masters thesis at TU Delft, was invited to present his research this month at the Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos conference in Hong Kong. His research shows that it is technically feasible...

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Floating forest in Rotterdam officially opened

Floating forest in Rotterdam officially opened

Yesterday, on National Tree Day, the bobbing forest in the Rijnhaven in Rotterdam - next to the floating pavilion - was officially opened. The forest consists of 20 floating trees and is designed by Mothership. The forest is an art project, raising questions about...

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Royal meeting at KIVI

Royal meeting at KIVI

Yesterday our co-founder and nominee Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther had the honour to meet Princess Beatrix and Princess Mabel at the Day of the Engineer, organised by KIVI, the Royal Institute for Engineers. Although Rutger did not win - which makes us feel a little bit...

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