Astronomy’s Golden Age: $2 Billion, 39-Meter Telescope To Unlock Universe’s Biggest Secrets

Over the past several decades astronomy has revolutionized human knowledge of the universe, identified some of its key contents and provided insight into the nature of existence. The new age of astronomy will be filled…

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75% Of Apple Corporate Offices and 100% Of Its Data Centers Worldwide Operating On Clean and Renewable Energy

Apple, which has been in a tight horse race with Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in the world is hopefully a harbinger of things to come in the world of corporate behemoths and…

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Robotics Revolution In Full Swing: A Sampling of Over 200 Robotics Startups

R2D2 and C3PO of Star Wars fame were imaginary robots created in Hollywood. Today, engineers and scientists are leading a revolution in the design, engineering and production of robots applied to all aspects of human…

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Infographic: “Captive Audience in US” Leads to Slow, Expensive Internet Access, Ranks 29th in the World (Video)

As the image above shows, attempts are being made to bring internet access to the remotest areas of the globe, in this case by Google, via a balloon and “Project Loon”. Fully two-thirds of the…

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E-Waste: The Electronic Age Has A Dark Side! Is Refurbished Electronics The Answer?

E- Waste is the fastest-growing component of the waste stream worldwide. In the US alone 130,000 computers and 250,000 cell phones are disposed of each day. Electronic waste (E-Waste) includes lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, and polyvinyl…

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CAT Creates Technology To Detect If Drivers Are Fatigued Or Sleeping

CAT are developing new technology that will detect if its machinery drivers are becoming tired or sleeping on the job, in an attempt to curtail workplace accidents. The eye and face tracking technology will also…

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Watch A Glacier Melting, The Two Mile Thick, Mexico Sized “Columbia Glacier”

Since 1992, the average sea level rise around the world has been 2.2 inches (5.59 cm); scientists have been trying to account for its origins.It is a complex phenomenon to contemplate as forces like the…

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$40 Million Laser Weapon System Installed On A Destroyer

Greek inventor Archimedes is reported to have used a “directed energy weapon” in the form of a giant mirror to focus solar rays on Roman ships, setting them afire to protect Syracuse from attack in…

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Exploring Underwater Ghost Towns, Some Lost Forever

Some cities end up underwater due to storm induced flooding and inadequate storm drainage while others are submerged as part of a plan to build a large dam. Whatever the cause the results are quite spectacular…

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A Look At Kepler Discovered “Most Earth Like” Planets to Date

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered two new planetary systems: Kepler-62 with five planets and Kepler-69 with two planets. The two systems include three super-Earth size planets in the habitable zone of their stars. To date,…

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