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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The Printer That Can Print A 2,500 Square Foot House In 20 Hours.

We have seen huge advancements in 3D printing. We’ve even seen oversized wrenches printed that measure 1.2 meters in length. Now, we can print an entire 2,500 sqft house in 20 hours. In the TED…

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Total US Installed Wind Power Capacity Equivalent To 60 Nuclear Power Plants

The US wind industry is now the leading builder of new US power generation capacity among all forms at 42%. At the end of 2012 the US had 45,125 utility-scale turbines with a capacity of…

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Wasting $150 Billion Annually In Topsoil Loss — How Will “Upcycling” Change That?

Sustainability, biomimicry, biology, futurism, ecology, ecosystems: these terms have recently begun to have more weight in public discourse signaling a change in questions being asked and thinking about how humans should live on and interact…

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