Hacking Energy to Improve Efficiency, Save the Planet
The True & Complete Costs of Energy If humans are to survive and thrive, the key challenge is to learn to use energy with a complete understanding of its costs and benefits. Energy cannot be…
Design
Worker Bee “Platform as a Service” Makes Dirty, Dangerous & Dull Work Safer
Ninety-four people have died in accidents related to climbing industrial towers over the past 10 years. Until now, there hasn’t been a reliable way to protect workers from these types of accidents. Most industrial companies…
Vittoria’s Graphene-Infused Bike Tires Remain Firm While Riding, Soften While Breaking
Vittoria has developed new graphene-infused Mezcal and Morsa bike tires, representing a potential game changer for cyclists. The graphene-infused bike tires are able to conform to a wide range of surfaces, in addition to being…
How Air Mapping Technology is Helping Manned & Unmanned Aircraft
If you want to know where not to fly your drone, you could go to noflyzone.org and look it up on your computer or smartphone. But what if no-fly zones could be programmed into your drone…
Chinese Dissident Artist, Ai Weiwei, Wraps Berlin’s “Konzerthaus” in 14,000 Discarded Refugee Life Vests
Street artists need architecture as a backdrop, and Berlin’s landmark Konzerthaus was a perfect venue for human rights artist Ai Weiwei’s latest expression. Ai Weiwei has been a staunch activist in drawing attention to the…
Pierre Godof Explains How the Mercedes F1 Split Turbo Came to Fruition
It’s always interesting to be able to get inside the minds of people responsible for incredible feats of engineering. In a recent video posted to the Mercedes AMG Petronas YouTube Channel, turbocharging team leader Pierre…
Cheap and Effective, Walipini is a Great Way for Growers to Produce Food Year-Round in Colder Climates
Climate affects all life, including plants. Places with very cold climates have very small growing periods, and growers have to make use of different techniques to extend the growing season or to give their crops…
4Front Robotics Drones Designed for Complex Civil Applications
Not all drone manufacturers are created equal. A drone manufacturing company shows its quality by the partners and clients it keeps. 4Front Robotics, headquartered in Calgary, Canada, has created UAVs and UVGs for forestry, agriculture, fire, surveillance, and…
Creating Social Robots with Sense & Intelligence
Robots are already fully integrated into the lives of humans in the form of factory robots that build our cars and clean our homes. But these robots go about their jobs without any interaction with…
Google PlaNet Has “Superhuman” Ability to Locate Where Your Image Was Taken
Google has made another breakthrough which will surprise you: Its strange new artificial intelligence machine can locate where on earth any random photo was taken. For those who have played the game GeoGuessr, they know…
