Architect & Engineer Frei Otto Wins 2015 Pritzker Prize, Industry’s Top Honor

Frei Otto, German architect and structural engineer, passed away on March 9, 2015 at the age of 89. The next day Otto was posthumously awarded the 2015 Pritzker Prize. Judges chose Otto in recognition for…

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World’s Most Powerful Marine Diesel Engine Puts Out Nearly 109,000 HP!

While we know that China is the hub of global production, many never think how such a huge quantity of this Chinese-made merchandise is shipped abroad. In order to keep up with demand in the US, enormous ships…

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Mind Controlled Flight Allows Pilots to Fly Aircraft From Afar

Flying drones by using only thoughts may sound like something you should expect from a sci-fi movie. But a Portugal-based aeronautics company called TEKEVER has successfully shown how a drone can take off, turn and…

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Drones to Take Over For Humans to Build Cities as Part of ‘Smart Construction’

From Japan to the US, labor shortages are becoming a serious problem. Eighty-three percent of US construction companies report that they have trouble hiring skilled workers. Japan is also facing the similar situation due to the country’s aging…

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New 3D Dental Printer From Stratasys Produces Eerily Realistic Models

At Germany’s International Dental Show this week, Stratasys unveiled a brand new 3D printer that uses multiple materials at once to create eerily realistic dental models in a single print run. How realistic are we…

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New Nicaragua Canal to be Larger Than Panama Canal, Handle 5% of Global Commerce

IndustryTap has written about the Panama Canal and the recent $6 billion widening project to meet the “New Panamax” and China’s $40 billion South-to-North Water Transfer Project, the world’s largest canal intended to bring water to…

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Fast, Furious and Futuristic McLaren 675LT

The McLaren 675LT made its global debut at the 85th Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, March 3rd. The 675LT – where LT is short for ‘Longtail’ – focuses on performance, weight reduction, optimized aerodynamics, explosive…

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Solar Impulse 2 Already Sets One Record on Journey From Oman to India

Earlier this week, I wrote about the Solar Impulse 2 beginning its around-the-world flight attempt with zero fuel, which departed Monday from Abu Dhabi. As of today, the solar-powered aircraft is already breaking records, having…

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Resources for Cyber-Security in Automation

It used to be that security through obscurity was enough to protect automation systems from cyber-attacks. Who would really care about those industrial protocols anyway? We know from the famed Stuxnet and its derivatives that…

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This 57-Floor Chinese Skyscraper Was Completed in Merely 456 Hours!

Xian Min Zhang’s latest building, by Broad Sustainable Construction, is a 57-floor, 2-million-square-foot skyscraper constructed with energy-efficient blocks. While a 57-floor skyscraper is nothing special, the speed at which it was constructed is… Broad Sustainable…

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