China Clears the Air about Its 2016 CO2 Emissions Plan

China recently announced that it will cap its CO2 emissions beginning in 2016. While this is a great step forward by the world’s worst carbon polluter, many believe China’s new five-year plan won’t actually stop the…

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iPhone-Controlled Drone That Records Action Sports Smashes Funding Goals

The HEXO+ is a drone designed to follow you around and film activities such as action sports, capable of capturing incredible aerial footage for a low cost. Xavier de le Rue, action sports filmmaker and the…

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EU Issues Emergency Call Mandate for All Cars But Not without Controversy

The European Parliament has voted in favor of a mandatory ruling where all cars must include an automatic emergency call function when there has been a crash. MEPs have ruled that all cars and light…

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New Flu Vaccine Patches Up Your Fear of Needles

Fear of needles can be so serious, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders added it to the official list of phobias in 1997. Needle phobia is called belonephobia and it can be extreme,…

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UAVs Delivering Critical Infrastructure Inspections with Actionable Intelligence

New software and portable measurement devices are allowing manufacturers to do 3-D inspections of parts and assemblies on the factory floor, offering up a significant decrease in errors. The recent use of CAD software to…

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Elon Musk Wants to Build Massive Solar Panel Production Plant in the U.S.

Elon Musk and his solar energy company, SolarCity, is in talks with the state of New York to build “one of the single largest solar panel production plants in the world.” From there, more plants…

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Tomato Tom-Auto? Ford and Heinz to Turn Tomatoes into Car Parts

Ford and Heinz are working together to research the ability of leftover tomatoes, such as peels, skins, seeds and stems to make car parts. While research is still in the early stages, the idea has…

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Gunmaker Smith & Wesson Is Struggling… For Now.

Analysts expected fiscal-year 2015 sales for Smith & Wesson to be more than $620 million but the gun company reported it expects sales to be around $585 to $600 million. Surprisingly, Smith & Wesson reported…

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Strongest Composite Materials are Becoming Lighter, Stronger, Cheaper

When cavemen first threw together mud, brick and straw, they were creating one of the world’s first composites. Things have come along way since then but the idea has been a winner in that combined…

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The Top of Cerro Armazones Was Just Blown Up To Make Way For…

The European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT, which will feature a main mirror measuring a massive 130 feet! Needless to say, the 10,000-foot mountain in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert will host the biggest optical/near-infrared telescope…

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