The Italian Edge: Technology For Sustainability

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LEVERAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

BUILDING GREEN Robotic models, part of the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, ‘Da Vinci Secrets - Anatomy to Robots' at the Sydney Town Hall, May, 2010. The exhibition featured anatomical models and body parts, interactive automatons and robotics, all based on da Vinci drawings (left) (below) One of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous designs, credited as the early blueprint for today’s helicopter. This craft is made of linen, reeds and iron thread and would have been operated by four men rotating a shaft. The model was built according to da Vinci's drawing and crafted from materials available in 15th-century Italy

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