Major NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Engine Firing Test Today

IndustryTap has reported on NASA’s Orion program and the creation of the largest and most powerful booster ever built by NASA called the Space Lauch System or SLS. In “NASA’s Orion: First Deep Space Capsule…

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Avoid Hazardous Conveyor Belt Maintenance by Automating Lubrication

Safeguarding Your Employees & Assets Regular maintenance is essential in keeping equipment, machines and the overall work environment both safe and productive. Inadequate maintenance practices can result in accidents, dangerous situations, and costly downtime. Conversely, a well-planned and consistently executed…

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Japanese Sweets Maker UHA Mikakuto Creates Soft Candy-Powered Rocket!

UHA Mikakuto, a major player in the Japanese sweets industry, has done what I am assuming very few candy companies have ever done, which is create a fully soft candy-powered rocket. In order to facilitate…

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Solar Impulse 2 Launches From Abu Dhabi, Begins Solar-Powered Flight Around the World

The Solar Impulse 2 has officially started its around-the-world flight attempt with zero fuel, launching from Abu Dhabi early Monday morning. The Swiss-engineered airplane is completely solar-powered and was actually supposed to begin its journey…

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Dying to Die Green: Checking Out Sustainability as Our Final Act…

There’s no escaping it. Eventually, our movie draws to a close and all that is left is the memory of well-played scenes. If we are lucky, it doesn’t happen until we are old. But there…

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The Rebirth of Emotion Skateboard Wheels

L. Mike Kelley, owner of Emotion Sports and inventor of Emotion Radials skateboard wheels, is from Marina Del Ray, California. Kelley has been inventing, prototyping and manufacturing skateboard wheels and related technologies since 1975. In…

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Brad Pitt Will ‘Make It Right’ With New Kansas City Green Housing Project

Brad Pitt got his hands wet in the building industry after Hurricane Katrina by setting out to help residents repopulate the most devastated areas of New Orleans. His foundation then took on the goal of…

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Lockheed Martin’s New Laser Weapon, ATHENA, Can Take Out a Truck From a Mile Away

ATHENA (Advanced Test High Energy Asset) is the latest innovation from Lockheed Martin, essentially a badass fiber-optic laser weapon system. During a recent field test, ATHENA reportedly took out a small truck from more than…

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You’ve Got to See This Crazy, Stop Motion Etch A Sketch Made Entirely of Dominoes!

Recently, Bulk Dominoes and FlippyCat worked together in order to create a massive Etch A Sketch, made of dominoes. The stop-motion device seems pretty tedious to draw on, but I would jump at the opportunity…

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Italian Surgeon Confident About Human Head Transplants in the Near Future

Although it sounds unbelievable or like the plot of a bad horror film, it is true that human head transplants could become a reality by 2017. Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero believes head transplants are possible. Canavero foresees that…

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