3D Printed Implant Replaces 75% Of Patients Skull
At the beginning of March of this year, a radical surgery was performed on an American patient: 75 percent of his skull was replaced with a 3D printed implant. The company that produced the implant,…
Ford Raptor SVT Turned Into Beastly SUV
If you’ve been wishing for Ford to turn the Raptor SVT into a more competent people carrier, your wish has been granted — just not by Ford. The Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV ($TBA) takes the four-door version of…
Ten Advancing Technology Breakthroughs For 2013
1. Supergrids Come of Age A recent breakthrough in grid technology could make DC power lines practical in 2013. At an ABB Swedish lab researchers have developed a high power DC circuit breaker. For over…
Can Fusion Energy Generate Unlimited Clean Energy by 2017?
The phrase “shooting for the moon” has for centuries been used as a symbol of something utterly unattainable; fusion energy, once thought to be fantasy is now locked in the crosshairs of a Lockheed Martin…
World’s First Manned Electric Powered Helicopter
The Achievement In 2011, Pascal Chretien, an electric and aerospace engineer from French based Solution F, achieved the first untethered electric powered helicopter flight in history. The achievement seems modest in that he hovered 1…
World’s Most Powerful Microscopes Mapping The Brain
I recently visited Professor Jeff Lichtman of Harvard’s Molecular and Cellular Biology Center with a small group of journalists, to learn about the Human Connectome Project which is mapping the human brain and its 85…
Microsoft Reveals Newest Gaming Console The Xbox One
Microsoft debuted the Xbox One this afternoon live from a tent on its Redmond, WA. campus, putting to end months of speculation about the company’s next-generation video game console. Microsoft exec Don Mattrick called it…
World’s Largest Aqueducts, Moving Billions Of Gallons Of Water Daily
Two of the more interesting tunnels that humans build are transportation tunnels for trains and cars and water aqueducts supplying large cities. The largest existing aqueduct in the world is the Thirlmere Aqueduct in North…
Battling Dust And Heat, SMI Aids In US Military Installations
When most people think of a work road trip, Afghanistan isn’t what normally comes to mind. However, the job had to be done and these guys were ready to take it on. Screen Machine Industries (SMI), Inc.,…
NASA Contractor GGB Develops Innovative Two-Piece Double-Flanged Bearings
GGB Bearing Technology: A World of Bearings One of the most important mechanical inventions of all time was the wheel because it lessened the force of friction involved in movement. Bearings, based on the wheel,…
