Students 3-D Print RC Car With Plastic and Carbon Fiber, Propel It With a 5m Elastic Band

It may not be as cool as operating a drone. However, three students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena 3-D printed a working RC car, comprised of 3-D printed plastic and carbon…

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SPIDER Telescope Returns From Space With New Data About the Early Universe

This SPIDER doesn’t crawl up walls in search of flies; it hitches a ride via balloon to the edge of space seeking gravitational waves produced during the Big Bang. The successful New Year’s Day launch…

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Stay Charged With The Rugged ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20,000mAh Battery Backup

Power up your iOS and Android devices over and over again with a massive 20,000mAh of portable juice. The high-quality Lithium Polymer SolarJuice is designed to charge at home or with just the power of…

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Rolls-Royce Agrees to Power Freight Trains in South Africa as Part of Massive Infrastructure Project

Rolls-Royce has agreed to a $112 million to deal to build 232 engines for Chinese locomotive manufacturer CNR Dalian to power freight trains in South Africa. The deal represents one of the biggest infrastructure projects…

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NASA Testing Mars Helicopter Capable of Scouting Routes for Rovers on the Martian Surface

In order to better explore Mars without having to worry about maneuvering around uneven terrain, ridges, and valleys, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on a Mars Helicopter capable of recording and relaying terrestrial data…

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Will Cheap Oil Crush Renewable Energy?

According to analysts at Deutsche Bank AG and Goldman Sachs Group, the renewable-energy genie has been let out of the bottle and there is no way to put it back; not even cheap oil can…

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Elon Musk to Build Futuristic Hyperloop Test Track

Billionaire and inventor Elon Musk announced last week his plan to build a 5-mile hyperloop test track that will propel humans at a speed of 700 mph (1,126 kmh) across the flat plains of Texas…

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NASA’s Newest Earth Observing Mission: Measuring Global Soil Moisture

IndustryTap has written about NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), among others. These missions are focused on understanding the earth and its place in the solar system. Later this week…

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Top 100 United States Technology Contractors, 2014

“The Big Dogs” According to Washington Technology’s toplists 2014, the largest U.S. government technology contractors were as follows. Note that clicking on the link will bring you to a full overview of a company’s detailed…

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