See the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s 42,000 Hours of Construction in 4 Minutes

The Most Complex Engineering Project in California History The new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, built at a cost of $7 billion, has two segments and was opened to traffic in September 2013. The first runs between…

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Techno-Archaeologists to Reboot 17-Year-Old “Dead” International Cometary Explorer (ICE)

A Space Age Relic Back in Play NASA’s current modus operandi (MO) is to do more with less. With a shrinking budget and a full docket, NASA is working to help outsiders, including a former…

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This Lego Machine Plays Some Sweet Electronic Music

Alex Allmont is on his way to a Ph.D. in polyrhythmic music, but he is also a full-time coder with a passion for Legos. Allmont’s creation is essentially a complex Lego machine that whips up…

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The World’s First No-Tail Rotor Helicopter is Powered by Compressed Air

Belgium-based company Sagita has invented Sherpa, the world’s first helicopter without a tail rotor! Utilizing a motor that powers a compressor and air intake at the rear side versus propelling the rotor directly, Sagita claims…

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The Military’s Shocking Way to Stimulate Troops’ Brains

For years, military forces around the world have been exploring new ways to overcome sleep deprivation and ways to keep the troops focused for longer periods of time. To prevent fatigue and associated degradation of…

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Patriotic Drones Rock Out “The Star-Spangled Banner”

KMel Robotics has assembled a talented band of hexrotor drones capable of playing “Also sprach Zarathustra,” “Carol of the Bells”, and even “The Star-Spangled Banner.” According to the company, “The hexrotors create music in ways…

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The World’s Fastest Elevator Will Take You to the 95th Floor in 43 Seconds

We hope you don’t get motion sickness. Hitachi is manufacturing the world’s fastest elevator for the Guangzhou CTF Finance Center in China, traveling between the first and 95th floor of the towering 440 meter structure,…

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Abu Dhabi’s Futuristic Park Will Be Disguised as a Desert

The Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation has announced its plan to build a park in Abu Dhabi called the Al Fayah Park, which will essentially be a futuristic covered garden for the public that…

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Want To Smash Stuff? This Business is Designed Around Recreational Destruction!

Das Breakroom opened in Boise, Idaho, on April 15, 2014, and is perhaps the coolest and oddest business idea I have seen this year. The company literally revolves around the idea of “recreational destruction” where…

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For Sale: Eco-Friendly Home in a Solar-Powered Floating Village

Talk about a vacation on a houseboat and people start thinking of you sipping wine on the deck, being rocked to sleep by the gentle waves,  fishing, swimming, stargazing and simply spending quality time with…

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