World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blade by Siemens
Siemens has produced the first batch of its new 75 meter long B75 rotor blades. They will be installed on the second prototype of Siemens’ 6-MW offshore wind turbine, which will be erected in the…
Keeping Desert Solar Panels Clean with Toilet Rolls and Lego
Putting solar panels in the hot desert seems obvious, but there is a problem that gets in the way of solar power paradise; the panels get very dirty, very quickly. Sandstorms can cover the surface…
Fascinating Ice Vehicle for Extreme Conditions
Land-based crossings of the whole Antarctic continent have only been achieved twice. Both expeditions took many months because of the terrain and the type of vehicles used. The Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition will use three…
Full Size Keyboard in a Magic Box
The Celluon Magic Cube is a revolutionary new device that allows you to use a keyboard in total darkness. Available for the Iphone, Ipad, Smartphone, PDA, Mac & Tablet PC, and pretty much any device…
World’s First 3D Printed Acoustic Guitar Sounds Great!
Manufacturing a musical instrument takes time, effort and skill to get a guitar sounding good, so it seems like a done deal that a plastic guitar would barely work, let alone sound good. The first…
Manufacturing Creates 36% of CO2 emissions, Can Solar Help?
Roughly 36% of CO2 emissions can be attributed to manufacturing industries globally. The use of sustainable energy to power industry could theoretically with advancements remove the carbon byproduct, but up until now, sustainable energy has…
Sony Smart Watch works like a Mini PC
We are getting extremely close to having a fully functioning wrist PC. While many people are using smart phones today as they would a PC, it cannot always be convenient to constantly be pulling out…
Ultrasounds Improving Energy Consumption in Cars
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered new ways of monitoring the conditions of combustion engines using ultrasound. Professor of Lubrication Engineering at the university, Rob Dwyer-Joyce has overseen the use of the method,…
Stunning 3D-Printed Guitars Will Blow You Away
We’ve seen some incredible 3D-printed designs on the market, but these printed Spider and Scarab electric guitars have officially blown us away. Olaf Diegel — a professor of mechatronics at Massey University’s School of Engineering…
Look Inside a Futuristic Nanotech Lab
Physicist Richard Feynman famously said that there’s plenty of room at the bottom. Room to build complex structures, machines, and computing engines at the size of individual molecules and even atoms. Nowhere is this more evident than…
