These Lung-Inspired Solar Panels Clean Themselves
According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), energy from the sun hitting the earth in just one hour could power the planet for an entire year. Part of the puzzle of exploiting this resource…
Need A Mechanic? These People Hop Out and Change The Tires While Driving On 2 Wheels!
In Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, the illegal sport of hagwalah apparently involves jumping out of a moving car and changing the tires while the vehicle drives on two wheels. There have been a…
Don’t Throw Away Your Water Bottle. Eat It.
Did you know that water bottle waste takes over 1,000 years to biodegrade and, if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes? Plastic water bottles are one of the main sources of pollution and it’s very difficult…
Who Needs Streetlights with These Glow-in-the-Dark Roads?
The Netherlands is looking to save money on road lighting through the use of glow-in-the-dark paint, an experiment already underway on a highway in Oss, which is southeast of Amsterdam. How Does the Paint Light…
Eco-Friendly Metropolis Walks Its Residents to Better Jobs and Resources
When jobs leave town, so do people. Just ask the 1.1 million residents who vacated Detroit after their jobs vanished. We pack up and move when there’s no money to be made or the local…
Caterpillar Machines Play Massive Jenga Game With 600 Pound Blocks!
Caterpillar, the widely known construction equipment company, recently released an awesome marketing video featuring five Cat® machines, including Excavators and Telehandlers, against a massive structure of JENGA® blocks weighing 600 pounds a piece. For those of…
Ready for Your Close-Up? Robot Photographer Captures the Human Face in 900 Million Pixels
Swiss photographer Daniel Boschung has been using an ABB industrial robot with a Canon EOS Mark II camera attached and a 100mm macro lens in order to photograph human faces and the results have been…
Robotic Water Sprinkler Knows When Your Plants are Thirsty
Traditional sprinkler systems not only waste lots of water but also lead to uneven watering of the lawn. Now, a robotic water sprinkler system can water your lawn and plants precisely as needed. Droplet is…
The “Sand Flea” Is a Military Robot Capable Of Jumping 30 Feet High!
The “Sand Flea” is the latest creation from Google-owned robotics company, Boston Dynamics. The Sand Flea doesn’t look all that intimidating rolling around on the ground but it will make your jaw drop when it…
Are Mass Surveillance Systems the New Normal?
George Orwell, who wrote the novel “1984”, was prescient in imagining many things, including two-way “telescreens” in people’s homes through which the authorities could literally “keep an eye on them,” an activity the NSA has…
