This is How NASA is Testing Its Spacesuits for Use Onboard the Orion Spacecraft

Have you ever wondered about how NASA goes about testing their crazy, super technologically advanced spacesuits? It turns out staff members from NASA’s Johnson Space Center are the ones testing the suits for the Orion…

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How the Japanese Run a Profitable, Sustainable Train System

Leave it up to the Japanese. That’s what I always say. As a well educated and worldly elder Japanese once told me, Japanese are capable of incredible evil and of incredible good. As far as…

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Elon Musk Announces New Tesla Update to Ease the Public’s Range Anxiety

No one seems to doubt Elon Musk and Tesla will be a major player in the automotive industry for years to come, however most people have expressed range anxiety when it comes to making the…

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Students Win Intel Science Award: More Than $1 Million Awarded to 40 Recipients!

In case you were worried that youth of today are lax and self-centered, take a look at these high school seniors whose dedication and enthusiasm is heartening. If these young folk are a representation of…

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A Look at Emerging Green Nanotechnology

The image above by Pelagie Favi and Samantha Tracht of the University of Tennessee shows tentacles protruding from a sundew plant secreting a powerful adhesive capable of stretching to a million times its size. One…

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NASA Astronauts Love Being Shuttled Around in These 6×6 Russian ZIL-49061s

Coming back down to Earth after being onboard the International Space Station for six months is not exactly a seamless transition. In fact, NASA takes a lot of precautions when it comes to helping astronauts…

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All-In-One Device With a 3D-Printer, CNC Machine, and Laser Etcher is Here!

I guess it was only a matter of time before someone had the grand idea to combine a 3D-Printer, CNC Machine, and Laser Etcher into one offering. BoXZY is a Kickstarter project that is currently…

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Richard Branson and Elon Musk: The New Space Race is Upon Us!

The future of technological development lies in private industry. Since government enterprise relies on public funding which can become unreliable or unpopular, it seems increasingly clear that organizations such as Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies…

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Nascent Field of Molecular Engineering Showing Great Promise

The oft use explanation of the size of human-created “nanomachines” is that thousands of them could fit inside the period at the end of this sentence. The rise of nanoscience and related fields are an…

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Fly Through the New Zealand Countryside on this 450 Horsepower Jet-Powered Boat!

Have you ever wanted to cruise through beautiful New Zealand in a jet-powered boat? Honestly, I never knew I wanted to either until I saw the video below, which is essentially a very fast boat…

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