Can Humans Survive to 2100?
A growing number of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers are concerned humanity may be on the verge of omnicide: that is, human extinction as a result of human actions. One chief factor involved in overcoming this…
Design
World’s Largest 300-Step Rube Goldberg Machine Designed At Purdue University
The World’s Largest “Rube Goldberg” Machine was recently designed and built at Purdue University but what is a Rube Goldberg machine? The Rube Goldberg Institute is a clearinghouse for information on the history of the…
The World’s Largest Solar Powered Boat
Some sailboats are beautiful drifting about on a sunny windless day, some sailboats are beautiful racing across storm tossed seas full of whitecaps and sailors clinging on for dear life and some sailboats are beautiful…
Engineering History: How Vikings Made Ships
Vikings are known as fearless warriors, but they wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without being great shipbuilders. Norse ship design was passed down from father to son from generation to generation as the art was developed…
3D Printed Batteries Become A Reality
3D printed batteries are the latest addition to the ever growing 3D printing phenomenon, which could potentially make huge strides in communications and the powering of medical devices. The lithium ion microbatteries, which have been…
Watch A Glacier Melting, The Two Mile Thick, Mexico Sized “Columbia Glacier”
Since 1992, the average sea level rise around the world has been 2.2 inches (5.59 cm); scientists have been trying to account for its origins.It is a complex phenomenon to contemplate as forces like the…
Wasting $150 Billion Annually In Topsoil Loss — How Will “Upcycling” Change That?
Sustainability, biomimicry, biology, futurism, ecology, ecosystems: these terms have recently begun to have more weight in public discourse signaling a change in questions being asked and thinking about how humans should live on and interact…
Swarm Robotics Mimicking Human Behavior
Humans “swarm” when they get together on opposite sides of a battle field and prepare to fight. The winner is usually the side with the stronger, smarter technology combined with bravery and a superior strategic…
Oculus Rift Is The Virtual Reality Headset Gaming Has Been Waiting For
Oculus Rift, a product of Oculus VR Inc. (OR), is a headset that fully immerses a player into a game; the platform also has a “Head Tracking Kit” allowing developers to write software for the…
The Ten Fastest Growing Markets & Technologies Worldwide (Slide Show)
In this article we will take a look at the ten fastest growing markets and technology worldwide in 2013. 1. Smartphones & Smart Apps Recent reports are that the desktop market is flat and the…
