Is Biometric Technology Setting Us Free or Enslaving Us Forever?
The common refrain is that technology isn’t inherently evil, it is the use of it by people with evil intent that makes it so. The “Tile“, for example, can be used so that my son…
Design
GE’s Next-Gen Jet Engines Use 3D Printed Parts
Earlier this year, IndustryTap looked at “Flower Power” and how GE’s Peebles Orb jet engine testing facility in Ohio was being used to test biofuels in jet engines. Now GE has started testing next-generation jet…
Photographer Hand Cuts, Shreds and Weaves Human Faces into 3D Collages
Justine Khamara isn’t your everyday portrait photographer. Once the Melbourne-based artist gets the shot she likes of a particular human face, she totally breaks down her photo through shredding, weaving, and cutting. Some pieces are…
Curiosity Rover Makes a Discovery That Surprises Earthlings
NASA’s Curiosity rover has given scientists the strongest evidence of an ancient, almost freshwater lake on Mars that could have sustained life billions of years ago. This discovery is considered to be great as lakes…
High End “Sky Engineering” Pushes Boundaries of UAV and Single Seat Helicopters
From the International Robotics Exhibition (IRE) in Tokyo, November 2013 Hiroshima, Japan-based RC helicopter maker Hirobo debuted a prototype of its new HX-1 unmanned electric rescue helicopter, which will deliver food and medical supplies to…
Trippy Monochrome Lighting Makes You Lose All Perception of Reality
Nonotak, a design firm based in Paris, is responsible for a new audiovisual installation called Daydream V.2, which is screwing with the perception of viewers and bouncing them between dimensions through the use of projected…
Hull Floated for World’s Largest Natural Gas Floating Facility and First Ocean-Based LNG Plant
The hull for the world’s largest floating facility named Prelude, even bigger than the Empire State Building, began floating for the first time on November 30. South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries floated this partially…
Curitiba, Brazil, a Model of Sustainability 40 Years in the Making
Improving Life in Curitiba Through Thoughtful Planning Some cities in the world today are considered “problems,” but cities that have been planned well are considered solutions. Take the city of Curitiba, capital of Parana State…
Build Your Own Sportscar for Just $30,000
Canadian compnay Dubuc Super Light Car has invented a kit car poised to rival high-performing sports cars … all at an affordable price of $30,000. The car is called the Tomahawk and will debut in…
Will the MX-1 Lunar Lander Win the New Space Race Worth $30 Million?
Apollo missions have been giving scientists the opportunity to progressively discover how rich and diverse Moon geology is. Investigations and surveys have confirmed all the resources for which we fight for on Earth are available…
