121C Aileron Skatedeck Made of Upcycled High-Grade Aerospace Carbon Fiber

121C, a startup founded by Ryan Olliges, an aerospace engineering student at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday. Olliges spoke with IndustryTap this week in a…

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Robots Everywhere!

I was six when I saw Star Wars for the first time. After standing in line with my mother outside of Mann’s Chinese Theater (for what seemed like an eternity to an impatient child), we…

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Port of Ashdod’s ‘Shipping Container Terminal’ Is a Really Neat Office Building

Port of Ashdod’s “Shipping Container Terminal” gives shipping containers perhaps their most useful application yet in the form of a low-cost office building. Designed by Israeli studio Potash Architects, ‘Shipping Container Terminal’ consists of a…

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‘Hydro Hammock’ Combines Two Best Forms of Relaxation – Hot Tub and Hammock!

What would be more relaxing than hanging out in a hammock at your favorite spot while soaking in a hot tub? It sounds like a weird dream, but it is made possible by the designers…

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Meet the Next Great Advance in Civil Aviation: The “Boomless” $120 Million Supersonic Business Jet

The commercial airline industry has been flying at 400-500 kts (460-575 mph) since Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947. The world did see the British Aerospace Concorde built on 1960s Rolls-Royce turbojet technology, but…

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Ford’s New Spotlight Technology Aims for Safer Driving on Dimly Lit Roads

Ford is developing two new lighting technologies that could prevent accidents on dimly lit roads in the future. The adaptive headlights essentially replace traditional fog lamps and utilize an infrared camera in the vehicle’s grille…

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Whoops! Hackers Commandeer Jeep Cherokee by Rewriting Chip Firmware

Unless companies involved in creating the new driverless car industry come up with a way to make cars secure, it is quite possible, almost inevitable, that black hat hackers will take over cars for purposes…

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SunEdison’s $2.2 Billion Acquisition of Vivint Solar Sends One Stock Soaring

The news that SunEdison and TerraForm would be acquiring Vivint Solar skyrocketed the company’s stock 41% in premarket trading on Monday. The $2.2 billion deal encompassing cash and stock will aid the company in expanding their…

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7/22/15: Watch the Expedition 44 Crew Launch Aboard a Soyuz Rocket To The ISS

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream This afternoon at 5:02PM ET, the Expedition 44 crew consisting of three astronauts, will launch from Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station. Upon arriving at the the…

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You Will Need Special Training to Drive the $2.3 million Aston Martin Vulcan

It’s been 50 years since the first British Aston Martin starred in a James Bond movie with the iconic silver DB5. The esteemed British automaker has now announced a limited edition, track-only supercar dubbed the…

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