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A little bit of distance. there's not an inch of space left. so much so that they built another island just to house all the people. this is hulhumale, built to cope with an ever—growing population just 15 years ago. but how do you build an island? to find out, i went on a brand—new one. so, we're standing on an artificial island? exactly. two—and—a—half years ago, - this was a very small sandbank which has been artificially- reclaimed into an island now. and you've reclaimed it by dredging sand from the ocean? we've dredged sand - from the nearby lagoon. and right now, this is the s...

Accumulate it on its own and guiding it, or collaborating with the ocean to promote the accumulation in certain areas where you want it or need it. skylar tibbits and his team simulate the conditions of the pacific ocean and the movement of the sand. they place different—shaped objects in the environment to see which is the best at sand—gathering. our hypothesis is that the reason sand accumulates in certain areas and not others is due to the relationship of the geometry underwater and the force of the oceans. and so, what we do is we design different geometries, we test them in the lab, w...

It or need it. skylar tibbits and his team simulate the conditions of the pacific ocean and the movement of the sand. they place different—shaped objects in the environment to see which is the best at sand—gathering. our hypothesis is that the reason sand accumulates in certain areas and not others is due to the relationship of the geometry underwater and the force of the oceans. and so, what we do is we design different geometries, we test them in the lab, we see which geometries accumulate more sand, and then we implement those at full scale in the maldives. this is the beginnings of a n...

In the maldives for over a decade, and has dedicated herself to studying this natural shift of sand to find a way to create islands sustainably. so first of all, you know, we had to study the fundamentals. so at mit, they are studying the fundamental physics and engineering of it. so, like, trying to understand, how does a sandbank actually form? and that, we've done through satellite imagery and drone footage and, you know, talking to other locals around here, trying to understand the historical data of how sandbanks appear and disappear. five years ago, sarah partnered up with the scientists...

People crammed into a space more densely populated than manhattan. and it's completely hectic. it's so packed, it's hard to get a sense of how developed it is until you get a little bit of distance. there's not an inch of space left. so much so that they built another island just to house all the people. this is hulhumale, built to cope with an ever—growing population just 15 years ago. but how do you build an island? to find out, i went on a brand—new one. so, we're standing on an artificial island? exactly. two—and—a—half years ago, - this was a very small sandbank which has been a...