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Floating cities are getting far closer to reality than ever before — but they won't be the libertarian utopias billionaires have proposed
It's been about 13 centuries since Homer envisioned a mythical floating city surrounded by "unbreakable bronze." The idea has generally remained the province of myth since then — until last month.
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The UN just unveiled a design for a new floating city that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes
the CEO of Oceanix, a company that builds floating structures. "We're not just theorizing." The company believes a floating city project would address both dire housing shortages and threats from ...
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Are floating cities the solution to rising seas?
Founded in 2018 by Itai Madamombe and Marc Collins Chen, Oceanix, which is based in New York City, the United States, designs and builds floating infrastructure for people to live and work ...
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Floating cities are getting far closer to reality than ever before - but they won't be the libertarian utopias billionaires have proposed
In April, the United Nations hosted a roundtable to discuss a proposal for a floating community called Oceanix City that could withstand floods, tsunamis, and Category 5 hurricanes. The project ...