Construction

U.K. Testing Cheaper and Longer-Lasting Roads Made From Recycled Plastics

Did you know that the transport sector attributes to 23% of the globe’s greenhouse gas emission? Earth has about 24.8 million miles of roads, and hundreds of millions of barrels of oil have been used…

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The Gorgeous, Eco-Friendly Hemp House Pulls CO2 From the Air!

As per estimates by the U.S. Green Building Council, buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S. Considering the requirement of carbon neutral building material, U.K.-based Lhoist Group has created Hemcrete®,…

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ICT & the Future of Networked Cities

One of the biggest ironies of living in large cities is the common complaint from a large number of people that urban life is lonely and impersonal. Many people feel uninvolved and can’t seem to…

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Geotechnical Instruments for Large Civil Engineering & Construction Projects

Advancements in Geotechnics & Civil Engineering Testing As construction companies get ready to build large projects, especially in urban areas, geotechnical instruments help designers, engineers, and contractors assess a project’s footprint and monitor it before,…

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Smart Grid Design & New Methods of Energy Generation

Smart grids will require new technology for networking and communications. Today’s cutting-edge technologies are being used to connect electrical power infrastructure to today’s most advanced, computerized communications networks. The US national electrical infrastructure has often…

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The World’s First Commercially Available Luxury Tank – Ripsaw EV2 – Performs Like a Sports Car on Any Terrain

Guess what! You can buy Ripsaw EV2, a high-performance personal tank. It is a great combination of two extremes- luxury and tank. With the top speed of 80mph, Ripsaw EV2 performs like a sports car…

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Planning & Forging Modern New York City

According to John Crowley, writing in the Boston Review “Inside Every Utopia is a Dystopia,” modernist utopian expectations of the mid-20th century ran into the realities of a fast-paced industrializing society led by Alexander Graham…

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World’s Biggest Solar Farm in South Australia to Cost $1 billion

Construction of the world’s biggest solar energy storage farm will start soon in South Australia. Brisbane-based renewable energy developer and investor Lyon Group announced that if everything goes as per plan, the project will be…

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Giant Wind Turbine Allows Shaolin Monks to Fly

Latvian architect Austris Mailītis, who works with unique art and architecture projects, recently completed a unique Shaolin Flying Monks Temple in Henan, China. The temple has a giant wind tunnel that allows the Shaolin monks and…

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Engineering Ethics More Important Than Ever

According to “The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future,” technology now rules human beings as much, or more than laws do. It used to be that humans followed laws but today technology is…

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