Osaka’s 8-Level Rooftop Park Not Your Average Shopping Mall

Namba Parks in Osaka, Japan, is an amazing piece of architecture, a place where you’ll spend half your time shopping and the other half admiring its design. Namba Parks was conceived when Osaka’s baseball stadium…

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NASA’s Next Rover Could Be a Squishy Robot Ball

In order to prevent potential issues such as wheels getting stuck on rocks, stop spinning, losing traction, or not being able to handle difficult terrain, NASA has taken a different approach in robot design to…

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Cure for Blindness Could Come from Inkjet-Printed Eye Cells

British scientists have made a bold step for printing technology and addressing serious medical issues by developing printed eye cells that could treat blindness. Researchers at Cambridge have used an inkjet printer to print the…

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First Supersonic Private Jet Cuts Your Flight Time in Half for a Mere $80M

Boston-based company Spike consists of former Airbus, Gulfstream, and Bombardier engineers along with a slew of entrepreneurs and investors who are working to develop a supersonic private jet for the ultra-wealthy. The Spike Aerospace S-512…

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Concrete Research Gets a $10 Million Boost

The Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) at MIT has received a funding boost of $10 million from industry partners toward their work and research in effective concrete modeling techniques, construction and reduction of CO2 emissions. The…

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Over 300 Tweeting Sharks Warn You When They’re Close to the Beach

In Western Australia, researchers have tagged 338 sharks with acoustic transmitters that tweet out messages to the Surf Life Saving Western Australia Twitter feed when the sharks are approximately half a mile away from a…

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First Vodka-Powered Text Message Gets in the Canadian Spirit

Besides being one of the most popular spirits in the world, Vodka may also be useful for sending text messages now. The new way of text messaging through chemical systems opens the door to a…

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Navy’s Newest Missile Launcher Resembles Spinning Revolver Barrel

A multi-role Chemring Centurion launcher has successfully fired a Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin missile and hit a static target on Salisbury Plain in England. The new Centurion launcher, in conjunction with Raytheon’s combat missiles, provides an…

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Rose Bowl Rolls Out 2,500 Pound Layers of Grass for BCS Title Game

Wednesday marked the 100th Rose Bowl, a nail-biter in which Michigan State ended up pulling out the victory against Stanford 24-20. Immediately after the game ended, Rose Bowl officials began preparing to install the new…

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403 of Global 500 Companies Report Carbon Footprints But the System is Still Flawed

Companies with $87 Trillion in Assets Want Carbon Footprint Data Just over a decade old, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has become an integral part of monitoring the world’s carbon footprint by creating the largest…

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