Aedle’s VK-1 Headphones are Etched with Finesse
It’s not every day that you see a pair of headphones that are unique and etched with finesse. Aedle’s VK-1 headphones, built of polished aluminum, come with a hefty price tag for a reason. It…
Which Super Computer is Smarter? Watson or Deep Blue
Humans haven’t fared well against IBM computers. Record-holding Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter lost to IBM’s Watson last year on national television. Garry Kasparov, often considered history’s greatest chess player, fell to IBM’s Deep Blue in 1997. Machines outsmarted…
Hirobo’s Futuristic One-Man Electric Helicopter
Compact, silent and futuristic, Hirobo’s one-man electric helicopter looks like the ultimate James Bond gadget! Recently showcased at an expo in Nagoya, the helicopter prototype can travel up to 100km/h (62 mph) and fly for 30 minutes…
Nuclear Waste Can Power the World for 72 Years
It’s simple. Take all the nuclear waste in the world, currently 270,000 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of the same number of African elephants, put it into WAMSR (Waste Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor), power…
Windstalks, Land Art Generating Power While Looking Good
Engineers and designers often look to nature for ideas on how to solve technical issues. There is a caveat: over design in nature often leads to extinction and over design in engineering can lead to the same outcome. The…
BMW i8 Concept, Super Car Plug-In Hybrid
The BMW i8, first introduced as the BMW Concept Vision Efficient Dynamics, is a plug-in hybrid under development by BMW. The initial concept car was unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, and the BMW i8 concept car destined for production was unveiled at…
Flying Robot Dragonfly, Hover and Fly
Tiny UAV is capable of hovering quietly in midair and taking high-definition pictures. Fancy yourself as James Bond and want to do some high-tech spying? Now you can with this palm-sized flying robot. Techject’s Robot…
Solar Powered Plane, can it make it around the world?
The Solar Impulse solar-powered plane is every green traveler’s dream come almost true. It has already demonstrated it can fly day and night without any fuel – could this be the future of air travel? Solar Impulse…
The Most Beautiful Bridge in the World, Millau Viaduct
The Millau Viaduct was born out of a growing tangle of traffic on the route from Paris to Spain. The worst area was the pass through the Tarn River gorge near the town of Millau.…
World’s Longest Under Water Gas Pipeline, 1166km “Giant Serpent”
The Langeled Pipeline project, spearheaded by Exxon Mobil, Stat Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, was undertaken to exploit one of the world’s largest reservoirs of natural gas in Norway’s Ormen Lange (in Norse mythology: “Giant…
