Is What’s in This Box the Secret to Your Safety?
Meet MIRTLE. MIRTLE may not look like much but inside this box is a powerful security device that could change the way you’re kept safe in public. Set to hit the market this spring, the…
BP Back in the US Contract Bidding Game after Deepwater Horizon Ban Lifted
British Petroleum is now eligible to bid for US government contracts after the ban that prevented them from doing so was lifted. BP agreed to a set of new safety, operations and ethics requirements. The…
Hard Rockin’ Robots Strike a Chord on the Music Scene
Fans of Jimi Hendrix, Slash, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, eat your hearts out. While your heros rocked a few generations in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, guitarists of…
Norway’s Symbollic Gesture Will Cut an Island in Two
Norway will remember the tragic events of the July 2011 Utøya Island shootings with an ambitious architectural feat that will see a section of the island cut out, creating a passage through the land itself.…
Ice Cover on the Great Lakes Near Record Levels
February 1979 marks the record for the greatest ice extent for the Great Lakes, having an incredible 94.7% of the lakes’ surface frozen over. On March 6, satellite images of the Great Lakes captured the…
New Goodyear Zeppelins Mark New Era in “Lighter Than Air” Transport
The name Goodyear is synonymous with Akron, Ohio, where the company is headquartered, and aerial broadcast coverage of sporting events in the United States. Goodyear blimps first “hit the air” in 1925 and since then…
Small Satellite Constellations Help Solve Geospatial and Atmospheric Problems
The era of huge multi-million dollar satellites is waning, giving way to an increase in the mass production of low weight satellites. Gone are the days of one-time stints. New satellites will more frequently operate…
Part Hovercraft, Part Boat and This Bad Boy Goes 75 MPH Over Snow
The Amphibious Trimaran with Aerostatic Discharge (ATASD) is a new vehicle from Canadian company Interconn Development that is multi-functional and flat out awesome. The ATASD works like a hovercraft but is also part fan boat,…
Apple’s CarPlay Revs Up the Auto Industry’s Race to Turn Your Car into a Phone Accessory
Earlier this week, IndustryTap wrote about Apple’s new CarPlay system that was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. CarPlay allows iPhone users to plug their devices into their cars and have their iPhone screens show…
Overview of Everything New for the 2014 Formula One Season
What’s new for the 2014 Formula One season? IndustryTap breaks down what you can expect to see on the track this year: New Engines Turbo-charged 1.6 litre V6 engines make their debut. The new engines…
