Battery Life Stretches to Meet Consumer Demands
The laptop and smartphone market is saturated and shows no signs of slowing down, especially with the latter and Apple’s recent unveiling of the iPhone 5S and 5C. People are on the go or telecommuting…
Who’s Going to Make the World Better?
“Innovation Economics – The Race for Global Advantage” by Robert Atkinson and Stephen Ezell does something rarely seen in Washington D.C. these days: it provides a plausible diagnosis for the ills of the United States…
NASA Goes Sungazing with Latest Satellite
In late June, NASA launched a new satellite, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), into space to investigate how the sun energizes its atmosphere. The IRIS has one main objective: find new information on the…
Could These Solar Cells Replace Heavy Solar Panels?
Researchers at University of Alberta have discovered that phosphorus and zinc can be used to make inexpensive nanoparticle-based solar cells that can turn the sun’s power into electrical energy. Researchers have designed nanoparticles that absorb…
The Dinosaur Eats Dinosaur World of Global Aerospace & Defense
Global A&D Industry Expanding If the top ten Aerospace & Defense companies worldwide are the “Tyrannosaurus Rexes” with yearly revenues in the $35 to $70 billion range, smaller A&D companies, roughly half their size with…
Just Do It or Just Say No to a Drug That Gives You a Photographic Memory?
The image above is being drawn by Stephan Wiltshire, an autistic young man, who can draw city skylines accurately after taking one helicopter ride. Since 2009, Wiltshire has traveled to Tokyo, Rome, Hong Kong and…
$616 Million Millennium Tower to Alter Boston Skyline
IndustryTap wrote about the largest US public works project in US history, The Big Dig, built in Boston between 1991 and 2006, costing $14.7 billion. Millennium Tower was planned on the heels of the Big…
130-Year-Old Tabernacle Ready for Rebirth with Massive Foundation Project
In Provo, Utah, engineers are saving the 130-year-old Provo Tabernacle that was gutted by fire in 2010. The building has huge historic and spiritual significance for Provo’s “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (LDS)…
Heavy Construction Equipment Market to Grow From $100 to $200 Billion by 2020
In the mining industry, a mine’s “health” is determined by a canary; if the canary perishes, miners run for the hills. The “health” of the world economy often depends on the performance of its heavy…
High-Performance Polymer Bearings for Food and Beverage Applications
GGB Bearing Technology (formerly Glacier Garlock Bearings) offers an EP™ series of high-performance polymer bearings that are suitable in numerous applications within the Packaging and Food & Beverage industries. These bearings offer advantages such as…
