One Trillion Sensors Embedded in Humans and Machines by 2020

According to scientists, humanity has begun its next major shift: we are now entering the “Hybrid Age”. Across the entire range of scientific and technological disciplines changes are occurring that were unimaginable a few decades…

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Removing Billions Of Vehicle Miles With Cost-Effective Electric Monorails

The world’s oldest operating transportation monorail (“schwebebahan” in German) built in 1901 in Wuppertal, Germany, stretches 8.3 miles (13.3 km), has 20 stations, a top speed of 34 mph (56 kph) and still carries 82,000…

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The World’s Largest Floating Airport, Tokyo Bay’s Megafloat

Eighty percent of land in Japan is mountainous and plains between them are close to completely populated with residential and business buildings. Making room for huge projects like airports is becoming increasingly difficult. As a…

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First Successful Cloned Stem Cells Created From Human Skin Cells

It’s been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic-stem-cell lines from human skin cells. Ever since Ian Wilmut,…

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Three Gorges Dam Utopian Vision More Like An Ecological Catastrophe

Yangtze River Has Been Crippled According to a Chinese proverb, “flowing water is not stagnant.” Unfortunately, the once mighty Yangtze River is now stagnant in key areas making it, in many places, a mud-clogged mess.…

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5 Steps To Isolate Your Own DNA

Molecular biologist D Barry Starr runs the Tech Museum of Innovation at Stanford University, a hands-on museum for all ages. Starr explains how to extract your own DNA. 1. Gather your cells Slosh 10ml of a sports drink…

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NetJets, Jet-Sharing When You Don’t Need A Plane All The Time (Video)

Fractional ownership, pioneered by Richard Santulli of NetJets, now owned by Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, has 6,300 employees globally, primarily in the US, Europe and China. NetJets allows part-owners to purchase as little as 1/16th…

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Tidal Power Generation Picking Up, $500 Million Worldwide Market By 2015 (Video)

Interaction between the Earth and Moon, two huge masses that create gravitational forces, account for the Earth’s “tidal system” and is the basis for human attempts to harness the kinetic energy generated by tides and…

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World’s Largest Indoor Beach Resort Cost $100 Million

An hour south of Berlin, Germany sits the Tropical Islands Resort (TIR), an endeavor to capitalize on and profit from the country’s global preeminence as the leading vacation time consumer; German’s average six weeks and…

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Global Collaboration Key to Major Innovation

According to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2012 report (464 pgs.) by INSEAD, the key to sustainable growth and future prosperity depends on creation of innovative technology ecosystems country by country and linking them together to…

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