The Lancashire & North West Magazine | January 2022

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ENGINEERING FUTURE MASTERPIECES 18th And 19th Century Artworks Reworked to Imagine a Net Zero Carbon Future Shaped By Engineering

· Digital artist has reworked masterpieces by Monet, Van Gogh, Constable and Pissarro to inspire a conversation about the engineering advances that could help to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. · Innovations such as agricultural robots, smart thermochromic windows, vertical farms and flying taxis have been woven into the re-imagined impressionist masterpieces to depict what a more sustainable world may look like in the future. · The artworks were commissioned by the Royal Academy of Engineering for This is Engineering Day which was on on Wednesday 3rd November 2021, which aims to encourage more young people to choose engineering careers and help achieve net zero carbon by 2050. · Sympathetic re-imaginings show how innovative agriculture, aviation, transport and buildings could help to transform everyday life and landscapes. 184

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