Construction Commences On California’s High-Speed Rail System Between LA and San Francisco

The California High-Speed Rail Authority said in a press release that construction on their new high-speed line between Los Angeles and San Francisco will officially commence following a ceremonial groundbreaking in the city of Fresno.…

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Wearable Body Metrics Deliver Health Tracking Data

The trend toward the use of sensors to record information about events in real-time began in the manufacturing world and has slowly spread everywhere except to the human body, until now. As the human world…

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World Champions Of Environmental Stewardship

The world has always celebrated Olympians and countries their national and world sports champions. Now we are celebrating people, companies and organizations involved in environmental stewardship and helping people deal with growing environmental crises. For…

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Tiny Remote-Controlled Skin Implant Provides Birth Control for 16 Years

Soon, women will have a new option for birth control—a microchip that lasts for 16 years and can be turned on and off. This microchip measures just 20 x 20 x 7 millimeters but contains…

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Regio Design XXL Chopper is the World’s Largest Motorcycle

This gargantuan motorcycle, ‘Regio Design XXL Chopper,’ is the world’s largest motorcycle. Guinness World Records declared it to be the World’s Largest Functioning Motorcycle after it successfully completed a required 100 meter test ride. It was…

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Bill Gates Thinks Omni Processor’s Potable Water From Human Waste is Delicious…

Yep! Water you can drink from the waste you create. Does it get any more sustainable than that? Bill Gates is sold on the idea, and the Gates Foundation has put funding into Janicki Bioenergy’s…

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FAA and CNN Enter Research Deal To Implement Drones Into News Reporting

CNN and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed a deal to bring drones into news reporting and news gathering. “Our aim is to get beyond hobby-grade equipment and to establish what options are available and…

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GM Developing a $30,000 Bolt EV To Rival Tesla’s Electric Vehicles

Monday, at the North American International Auto Show, Chevrolet unveiled its new all-electric car concept, the Bolt EV, set to compete directly with Tesla. Price-wise, with a $30,000 tag, the Bolt EV will be one of…

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Disney’s Roomba-Like Robot, Beachbot, Can Draw Elaborate Sand Art

Disney Research and ETH Zürich have created a robot similar in function and size to a Roomba, capable of drawing incredible designs in the sand. A bit bigger than a Roomba, Beachbot deploys a rake…

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Top Civil Engineering Projects of All Time

Achieving What Was Once Impossible Picking the top civil engineering projects of all time is tough, so we’ll look at three lists. The first list was created by Forbes and features the most over-budget large construction…

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