Author Archives: Carol Mosley

About Carol Mosley

Carol Mosley is a social ecologist, freelance writer, human rights activist, mini-farmer, and educator.

Graphite “Sponge” Sops Up Sunlight, Blows Off Steam

If MIT’s latest simulation can be extrapolated to a larger scale, then solar generation just gained new steam. As we recently reported here on IndustryTap, researchers at MIT have developed a super-efficient, solar steam-generating graphite…

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Tough as Steel, Prolific as Grass: Bamboo, Boron, and a Building Ethic For The Future

There’s something very satisfying when “the latest technology” is actually old-school wisdom. There is a zen awareness to understanding that no thought belongs to us alone; all things are built on the creativity of others.…

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Even Blacker Than… Black? Meet Vantablack, The Blackest Black Ever!

Anyone who’s ever tried to piece together a little black outfit knows there are at least “50 shades of black.” There’s blue black, grey black, charcoal black. And now there’s Vantablack, the blackest black ever.…

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There Will Be Nothing Small about Dubai’s “Mall of the World”

Could this be a case of too many dollars and too little sense? In yet another attempt to do everything even bigger than they do in Texas, Dubai has announced plans to build the planet’s…

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Jacuzzi-Car Engineers Driven to Set a 100 MPH Hot Tub on Wheels Record

Canadian engineers Phillip Weicker and Duncan Forster are out to set a record in their 1969 Cadillac de Ville at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. This locale is renowned for racing sleek, jet-powered…

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