A 9,000-Pound Tank That’s Faster Than a Ferrari

After drones took over the skies, Ripsaw is now taking control over land. Ripsaw is the world’s fastest tracked vehicle produced by Howe & Howe Technologies in Maine. Unlike other unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), which are slow, Ripsaw…

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Cheers! Here’s to a Refreshing Glass of Sea Water

Despite the fact that 75% of the Earth is covered with water, the need for safe & clean drinking water is expanding every day and the World is struggling to keep up with the demand…

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Pop Quiz: What’s the Largest Airplane in the World?

Many people have been tripped up by the question, “What is the largest airplane in the world?” Howard Hughes is famous for many things but the Hughes H-4 Hercules, more commonly known as the “Spruce Goose”,…

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RC Vehicles Take Autonomous Flight with ArduPilot Mega Project

Get an email when the fern your mother gave you needs watering. Connect your Wii Guitar Hero World Tour drum set to a MIDI piano for the ultimate jam session. Create a clock that speaks…

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Canada Lands $25 Billion State-of-the-Art Natural Gas Project

Kitimat may be a small city on the coast of British Columbia but it’s quickly becoming a major player in Canadian industry. Score another for Kitimat with the Kitimat LNG project. Apache Corp. (APA), the…

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The Future For Engineers is “Near The Tipping Point”

The United States has gone through decades of deindustrialization and the economy transforming into a mostly finance-based system with inherent “boom and bust” cycles that are more “smoke and mirrors” than “meat and potatoes.” This…

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Are We Doomed?

Apocalyptic predictions date back thousands of years with the most recent Mayan doomsday prediction for 12/12/2012. We’ve been told we’re going to turn to dust, or worse, zombies. Yet, we’re still here in spite of…

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The U.S. Surges into the Future of Tidal Energy

Verdant Power’s Roosevelt Island “Free Flow” or “Six Pack” Tidal Energy hydrokinetic technology (RITE) project is the first of its kind for the U.S. Between 2006 and 2009, six grid-connected turbines were installed in New…

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Meet the Real Iron Man

Many have seen the blockbuster Iron Man man series and know that it is based on a character who appeared in a series of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoons beginning in 1966. What many…

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New Bin Picking Robot Combines 3D and 2D Vision to Sort Parts

FANUC America has manufactured a new intuitive robotic bin picking device called the six-axis FANUC M-20iA Robot. The robot uses FANUC’s new iRVision 3D Area Sensor as a means to sort through the contents of…

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