Desktop Weaponry: The Assassin’s Micro Crossbow

“Get your point” across to a bothersome colleague 30 feet away, an obnoxious boss or a love rival with the “Micro Crossbow”; flaming arrows and exploding tips optional. The crossbow shoots modified cotton swabs, wood…

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Best Smartphone In The World? It Depends . . .

The best smartphone in the world is the HTC One M8. HTC is a Taiwanese manufacturer headquartered in new Taipei city, Taiwan. Of course, ranking smart phones reveals as much about the person doing the ranking…

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Turkey’s 5-Star Yunak Evleri Hotel Is Built Into Ancient Turkish Caves

For millions of years, mighty volcanoes erupted and spewed ashes and porous rocks across the Cappadocia region located in the heart of Turkey. Centuries of winds and floods eroded the volcanic soft rocks into unusual shapes…

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SpaceX Will Attempt To Land a 70-Foot-Wide, 14-Story-Tall Rocket On a Drone Ship Friday

This Friday, SpaceX will attempt to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an “autonomous spaceport drone ship”, essentially a floating platform in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The platform is…

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Satellite Technology Detecting “Sea Mountains”, Mapping Ocean Floors

Sea mountains aka “seamounts” rise from the ocean seafloor, but do not extend above sea level and so are not considered islands. Most seamounts were once created by volcanoes and average from 3,300 feet to…

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Vehicle To Vehicle (V2V) Network App Improves Traffic Control

Many cities see traffic congestion and believe the only answer is new or wider roads. But often, when traffic congestion is analyzed, it is clear new signaling patterns and re-routing can cut congestion and save…

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Converting Sunlight To Jet Fuel Using Water & Carbon Dioxide…

Energy insecurity and environmental concerns are forcing scientists to seek alternative fuels that can be used interchangeably with today’s jet fuel.  The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has led the way in generating truly sustainable fuels with virtually unlimited feedstock in…

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Open-Source, 3D Printed Military Grade Drones

What was once a pleasant hobby for nerdy kids and engineers has “shapeshifted” into a full out struggle over low altitude skies in the pursuit of both blood and treasure. Below traffic patterns of civilian…

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DARPA Successfully Tests Its EXACTO Project Self-Guiding Bullet

DARPA’s “Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance” (EXACTO) project is “developing more accurate military artillery that will enable greater firing range, minimize the time required to engage with targets, and also help reduce missed shots that can…

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Only Technological Disruption Will Permit Humanity To Survive

Only “Game Changers” Will Help It is human to be conservative; it has helped us survive for millenia. But, if we don’t radically change the way we currently do things, ie: technological disruption”, fast enough,…

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