Seawater Fuel – Another breakthrough for alternative fuel sources?
It may be a new year but it’s important not to quickly forget about any of the momentous engineering feats of 2012 as we look towards the future in 2013. As the world continues to…
The Lightest Electric Vehicle Ever Made
Boosted Boards is re-imagining the long skateboard as an electric powered portable vehicle that will revolutionize the way people travel when commuting to work, sightseeing, having fun, or traveling short to medium range distances. According to the…
Saving Venice: The MOSE Project
The MOSE (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) Project in Venice, Italy is the city’s attempt to address the ever threatening problem of mass flooding that could hit the city. The project first started as far back as…
New ‘Life Saving’ Steel for Soldiers
Tata Steel revealed its new high strength, lightweight steel, Super Bainite, for use by soldiers in the British army, in partnership with the Ministry of Defence, and has been described as potentially ‘life saving’. Super…
Panama Canal Expansion Impacts Worldwide Shipping
The Panama Canal Authority began the process of expanding the nearly century old Panama Canal in 2008 through a $5.52 billion project scheduled for completion in 2015. The expansion program includes four major components: “New-Panamax”…
Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force Concept is Mean, Clean and Green
As mentioned earlier this month, the Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force concept was built as an entrant for this year’s LA Design Challenge. The radical concept, visualizing what a rugged vehicle will look like more than a decade in the…
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…
