Ever Wondered How Those Fancy Restaurant Napkins are Made?
The latest in a long line of videos I never knew I wanted to see shows us how restaurant napkins are made. The video is from the YouTube channel, Mind of a Chef. One of the…
Engineering
World Food Day 2015: Zero Hunger for World’s 800 Million Undernourished by 2030
A Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030 The United Nations celebrated its 32nd annual World Food Day on October 16, 2015, in Rho, near Milan, Italy. The event focused on helping combat hunger and malnutrition that…
A Huge Global Marketplace Awaits New Suppliers of Nanomaterials
Improving Material Chemistries If humans are to do what they dream of doing – building mile-high towers, riding space elevators, traveling to Mars, flying from New York to Tokyo in two hours, and more –…
Apple Will Soon Be Launching Its Tiniest Gadget…The iRing
Apple is flexing its muscles again in the trillion-dollar smartphone market with innovative products. In fact, Apple’s knack for developing smart devices has left other tech companies scratching their heads. Apple has applied for the…
Have Humans Driven Earth Into a New Geological Epoch?
Marking a Fundamental Change in the Human Relationship with Earth Geochronology and geological epochs unfold over millennia, dividing Earth’s history into theme-based time periods in which the planet’s strata show the effects of a particular time…
2015 Nikon Small World Photography Prize Winners Announced
Last week, Nikon Instruments Inc. announced its top photomicrography (photographic excellence using a microscope) winners for 2015 in its annual global competition focused on art and science, an event that has been held since 1974.…
China and Pakistan are Building the World’s Largest Solar Project
Pakistan and China are building the world’s largest solar project, known as the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Park (QUASP).The solar farm is built in an ideal location in the desert and gets 13 hours of sunlight every day. This is…
New, Affordable Sensor Technologies Making Automobiles Safer
Enhanced Safety Features & Avoiding Collisions The use of sensors in all types of products is dramatically increasing. In the automobile industry, sensor technologies are not only improving the safety of cars but enabling the…
YouTuber Creates Electromagnetic Thor Mjölnir Hammer Only He Can Lift
I’m willing to bet that anyone who is aware of Thor and has seen the films or read the comic books would do just about anything to have their own mighty Mjölnir Hammer. While toy…
MIT’s Inaugural “Solve” Conference is the Beginning of a Global Movement
Coming Up With Solutions With Global Consequences Last week marked the beginning of the annual Solve Conference at MIT, which is focused on bringing experienced and inspired people together to solve some of the world’s…
