Challenges of Managing Huge Engineering Projects
The Dynamics of Mega & Giga Projects The photo above is of the Sondo Business District “Smart City” in South Korea being built at a cost of $40 billion and scheduled for completion this year.…
Architecture
Heating & Cooling Buildings With High-Tech Inflector Windows
More than 70% of all electricity consumed in the United States and more than 30% of carbon emissions come from efforts to warm people in the winter and cool them in the summer. Both jobs…
Destroyed by Volcanic Eruptions, Ancient City of Pompeii Rediscovered With 190,000 Legos
Pompeii was a resort town in the Roman Empire near modern Naples in Italy. The town was buried under some 25 feet of volcanic material by the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.…
Engineering Disney’s “Tower of Terror” Ride
Disney’s Tower of Terror delivers on the promise to terrify people with massive acceleration, speed, and stomach churning stops. The attraction, based on a “Twilight Zone” episode, is a six-minute walk-through murder mystery and ride in which…
Ben Ainslie Racing Partners With Low Carbon to Build Sustainable HQ
Ben Ainslie is one of the most successful sailors in Olympic history. He won four gold medals in four consecutive Olympics. Now he plans to build a high-tech headquarters for his commercial sporting team Ben…
Golden Gate Bridge ‘Zipper Truck’ Lays Out 3,500 Traffic Barriers in a Matter of Minutes
Traffic congestion is a big problem for every city, especially on bridges. As the daily traffic on a bridge increases, the best way to increase bridge capacity is to create a managed lanes facility. By doing so, additional lanes…
Top 100 United States Technology Contractors, 2014
“The Big Dogs” According to Washington Technology’s toplists 2014, the largest U.S. government technology contractors were as follows. Note that clicking on the link will bring you to a full overview of a company’s detailed…
China Using Supercomputer to Design Smart Cities
IndustryTap has frequently reported on advancements in supercomputer technology including “Supercomputer Technology Now Cooling HCPVT Solar Systems“, “Supercomputer Simulations Linchpin of Third Industrial Revolution,” and “IBM’s Watson Has a New Gig: World Class Chef.” We also…
Buffalo: The Best Designed & Planned City in the United States
Buffalo, New York has been through good times and bad, but recently the city is emerging as one of the better places to live in the United States. Part of this is due to a…
Austria’s New Twisting Skyscraper, The Hochhaus Tower, Sidesteps Zoning Regulations With Unique Architecture
The new, twisting skyscraper above will soon be home to many Austrian residents as construction is expected to start by 2016. Located near the Gasometers in the Simmering district of Vienna, the 30-story, 360-foot Hochhaus…
