Taming Hurricanes By Feeding To World’s Electric Grid
Since before the days of Moses and the Exodus it has been part of the human imagination to have control over the most powerful of natural forces, like the parting of the Red Sea, delivering…
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OSVehicle Revolution: Open Standards, Platforms & Sources
IndustryTap has written about Arduino, the open source single board microcomputer and programming language that allows inexpensive and easy creation of devices that use sensors and actuators. This same type of technology is now available…
Supercomputer Simulations Linchpin Of Third Industrial Revolution
Supercomputer simulations and stronger and lighter materials are helping engineers simplify designs and make products more efficient and efficiently. Supercomputer simulations are increasingly at the heart of the “Third Industrial Revolution” that is beginning to…
Solid Light Crystals: A New Peek Into The Fundamental Nature Of Matter
For centuries, scientists have studied light and believed it behaved in two ways: sometimes as waves and sometimes as particles. But now, Princeton researchers have found a “middle way”; light as crystals. IndustryTap has reported…
ArtScience Museum of Singapore: A Modern Marvel of Science, Technology and Art
Designed by internationally renowned architect Moshe Safdie, the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore looks like a giant lily pad floating on the Bay waterfront. The museum is not only an artistic inspiration, but…
Kodiak Power Bank: A Thick Skinned, Rugged, Powerful Mobile Charger
One problem with high-tech devices is their inability to maintain a charge over long periods of time, meaning, cell phones, laptops and other devices run out of power just when you’re “furthest from society” and…
Cybershock: Terrorist Hackers Attacking Open Society
Terrorist Hackers Terrorist hackers, phreakers, identity thieves, and internet terrorists, my how the world has changed! Intent on making life difficult for those who have adopted “open society” as a way of life, these modern…
Revolutionary Hydrogen Fuel Advance May Lead To Large Scale Production
Supplanting Fossil Fuels With Hydrogen Fuel The Virginia Tech football team may be having a tough season, but scientists at the Blacksburg, Virginia institution have been making up for it through the discovery of a…
Fossil Fuel Costs Driving New Era Of Aerospace Computational Engineering
Most would agree that the fossil fuel age has delivered more than its fair share of benefits to humanity. But like the party guest who stays a bit too long or an in-law overstaying his…
BetaRay: “Giant Marble Ball” Harvests 70% More Solar Energy Than Photovoltaic Modules
Harvesting Sunlight For Electricity Or Thermal Energy Nearly everyone once held a magnifying glass in hand and concentrated the sun to burn a leaf or grass. We were told that the magnifying glass had a…
