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Forget Flying Cars … Here Comes the Flying Train!

Transportation is about to get a technology-driven reboot. Recently, Akka Technologies, an innovative engineering and consulting company based in France, unveiled its mind-blowing Link & Fly aircraft design. The new vehicle is both a flying…

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NASA’s Titanium Spring Tires Are Nearly Indestructible

NASA research engineers have unveiled super-elastic titanium spring tires that will help rovers designed for extraterrestrial surfaces to carry heavier payloads and explore larger areas for longer periods of time. Researchers foresee that these new…

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New Tech Helps Capture Drinking Water From Power Plants

Power plants use a lot of water for cooling. But do you have any idea of how thirsty these power plants really are? Approximately 39 percent of all freshwater in the U.S. is used for…

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Experimental Fusion Reactor Reaches Temperature of the Sun

Researchers from Tokomak Energy in the U.K. are claiming a new milestone in thermonuclear fusion. They were able to achieve plasma temperatures in a fusion reactor, known as the ST40 device, hotter than the sun’s…

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Drones Are Being Used in Construction, but Will the Government Allow It?

Depending on whom you ask, drones are either the best invention in the world or the worst. They’ve earned a bad reputation for their use in combat, and for foolish pilots who do things like…

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Graphene-Reinforced Concrete Is Greener, Stronger, More Durable

U.K. scientists from the University of Exeter have found a way to incorporate wonder material graphene into concrete, making it more than twice as strong and four times more water-resistant than existing concretes. They used…

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Devel Sixteen: 5000-Bhp Supercar Giving Amazing Performance

Can a car really handle 5,000 brake horsepower (bhp) without getting ripped in half? Let’s take a look at the Devel Sixteen. The Devel Sixteen is a supercar built in Dubai. It was unveiled at…

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Chinese Rain-Making System Three Times the Size of Spain

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is building a massive rain-making system that is three times the size of Spain. To meet the need of more water, the Chinese are testing this weather modification system…

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Zalige Bridge by NEXT Architects Embraces Flooding

Since the Netherlands lies just one meter above sea level — an eighth of the country lies below sea level — it has an extensive flood history. To combat this issue, Dutch designers have constructed…

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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Building Test Track

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has been kind of missing in action for around a year now, ever since the California company announced it was building the world’s first full-scale, passenger-ready hyperloop. It took a while, but…

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