Worldwide Water Shortage Spells Doom for Big Energy, Boon for Renewables

By 2020, 40% of the world, or nearly 3 billion people, will be struggling mightily with fresh water shortage issues. As IndustryTap reported in Population Growth Could Make Water More Precious Than Gold, our overcrowded…

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Tomorrow’s Electric Cars Being Turned into Rolling Computers

The modern car is increasingly being driven by software. Today, an average car might contain as many as 50 microprocessors, each with its own software. Engines, brakes, airbags, transmissions and even power windows are equipped…

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Scientists Discover New Methods of Obtaining Stem Cells

A recent study at UC San Francisco has reported new findings in how cell reconstruction can change the standard methods in the way we obtain and treat stem cells. The newly-discovered process takes adult cells…

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Lockheed Martin Teaming Up With EOS To Build Facility Specifically For Tracking Space Debris

Lockheed Martin is determined to keep satellites orbiting Earth safe from space debris and has decided to team up with Electro Optic Systems (EOS) to build a facility in Australia dedicated to keeping tabs on…

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The World’s Largest Ship Sets World Record for Most Cargo

AP Moeller Maersk, Danish shipping and oil conglomerate, recently deployed the the world’s largest ship, the Maersk Triple-E, with a world record 17,603 containers on board. In total, the cargo ship has a full potential…

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Twitch Viewership Surpasses CNN & MSNBC During Prime-Time

A few months ago, I wrote about rumors surrounding the idea of YouTube buying popular streaming game site, Twitch. The original article can be seen here. In a turn of events, Amazon swooped in and…

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3D “Polyscape” Map of the World Looks Like Something Out of the Future

Artist Shunsaku Ishinabe has created a way to project a 3D map onto a grid, which literally flexes up or down depending on the precise terrain/landscape of a particular location. The map is called “Polyscape”…

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FAA Ruling Damages Startups Looking to Copy Uber in Aviation

The FAA has made a significant ruling pertaining to Uber-like aviation startups such as Airpooler, stating that private pilots who don’t hold a special government-issued certificate are banned from publicly offering seats on their planes…

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Smith & Wesson Shares Down Again…

Shares for Smith & Wesson are down about 11% in pre-market trading. The Gunmaker cut its sales expectations for the second time in two months, now expecting $530-$540 million versus the $585-$600 million the company…

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Old Factory Turned into the World’s Largest Indoor Farm

Humans have spent thousands of years mastering agriculture. But a deficient rainfall, bad storm or drought can still lead to the loss of a well-planted harvest. But not anymore, says Japanese plant physiologist Shigeharu Shimamura,…

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