This week we cover countryside energy, the retail space revolution, and prehistoric music. Plus, the rise of Ethereum continues, and parking spaces get a makeover.

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Going underground

The hills are alive with the sound of…underground renewable energy infrastructure. Engineers have proposed a new form of hydropower that is built underneath the rolling hills of the UK countryside landscape, potentially leading to loads of invisible sites.

Feel the power

There’s more to malls

High-streets have been hit hard by Covid-19. Here, Richard Morris, Director at Sapience client technologywithin, explains how retail property landlords can turn to flexible workspaces as a new revenue stream.

Go shopping for a new HQ

Money, money, money

This week, Elon Musk made headlines by jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon. However, Ethereum, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, has meanwhile hit new record highs.

Keep up with crypto

Park yourself down

If playing in the streets is a thing of the past, then playing in parking spaces might be the future. An initiative in Stockholm is installing pop-up tables and benches where cars usually pull up, getting people out of vehicles and into fresh air.

Walk the green streets

And finally… Shell me about it

Who says that you can’t make music when you’re 18,000 years old? Scientists have used CT scans to show how an ancient conch shell was in fact a purposefully designed instrument. Now, after some time off, a musician has breathed life into it once again.

Make some noise

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