There Will Be Nothing Small about Dubai’s “Mall of the World”

Could this be a case of too many dollars and too little sense? In yet another attempt to do everything even bigger than they do in Texas, Dubai has announced plans to build the planet’s…

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The World’s Largest Wind and Solar Hybrid Array — Gimmick or Breakthrough?

Most renewable energy systems are “wind only” or “solar only”, etc. This makes sense for huge installations of solar panels or offshore wind farms, for example, but what about installations in small spaces, aka “small…

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Why the Decades-Old Decision to Give Up Funding Thorium Still Haunts the U.S. Government

As Industry Tap recently reported, Thorium could be the safer, cleaner, more powerful alternative to fossil fuels. Thorium is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It’s named…

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Weather Sensors Turn Airplanes into Meteorologists

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service launches weather balloons twice a day to gather weather information from 69 locations in the continental U.S. But the weather balloon system experiences regular data blips,…

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What’s Lurking around the Corner? New Camera Can See around Corners in 3D.

Hollywood movie producers be forewarned; you may soon lose “the element of surprise.” With advancing camera technology the suspense of monsters or murderers lurking around corners will soon be passé as everyone will have cameras…

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7,000 Metallic Panels Transform 12,500 Square Foot Parking Structure into a Masterpiece

Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, might be the only hospital in the United States with a 12,500 square foot, perpetually changing art installation on the front of its parking structure. Rob Ley is responsible for…

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Have Your Cake and Eat It Too with 60-Second Microwavable “Spray Cake” Batter

Harvard students John McCallum and Brooke Nowakowski have invented “Spray Cake”, an idea many cake lovers probably can’t believe hasn’t been invented yet til now! Essentially, McCallum and Nowakowski took the same ingredients from traditional…

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3D Printing Company Stratasys Reports 67% Jump In Quarterly Revenue!

From the looks of it, the 3D-printing industry is booming. Stratasys reported a 67% jump in quarterly revenue, with shares up 19% this morning. This is surprising after a $173,000 net loss in the second…

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Harvest 40 Different Fruits from This One Tree

Imagine one fruit tree in your backyard that produces 40 varieties of fruit: a 40 fruit tree!. The picture above is a representation of what a fully blossomed “Tree of Forty Fruits” will look like.…

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LG Display Inventing a TV You Can Literally Roll Up and Take With You

LG Display has unveiled a brand new 18-inch flexible OLED display that can be rolled up similar to a brochure, featuring a resolution of 1200 x 810 pixels and a radius of 3 cm. The…

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