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US Navy Diversifying Cyber Systems to Hamper Hackers

Diversifying cyber systems is an idea whose time has come. With increasingly sophisticated hacking occurring every day, is it out of the realm of possibility to imagine that a US nuclear ICBM could be launched…

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Harvard’s RoboBee Can Now Swim by Flapping His Wings at a Rate of 9Hz

Real bees can’t swim as I’m sure you’ve either learned in school or through real-life experiences over the years. Many a time has a bee landed in my drink, only to result in its demise.…

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New Long Distance, Fiber Based, Quantum Teleportation Record Set

A New Infrastructure for Quantum Teleportation Earlier this year, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) instantaneously sent a message over optical fiber using four high detection efficiency superconducting nanowire single proton…

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Watch Operation Teapot’s 1955 Atomic Bomb Testing In Spectacular HD

While the footage below contains no sound, it is fascinating to watch four previously unreleased videos capturing atomic bomb testing during Operation Teapot in 1955 at a Nevada Test Site. Not only do we get to see the…

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First New York Virtual Currency “Bit License” Issued to Circle

Virtual Currency: Buying & Selling Without Government Issued Money Earlier this week, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued its first bitcoin license, allowing Boston-based Circle Internet Financial, Ltd. to offer mobile…

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How Scotland’s Falkirk Wheel Lifts 60-Foot, Hundred-Ton Boats on a Regular Basis

Scotland’s Falkirk Wheel is an engineer’s dream, and YouTuber Tom Scott has an awesome video explaining the basic physics behind the rotating boat lift. The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift that regularly lifts…

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Biomimetic Materials Driving Major Technological Advances

IndustryTap has written a number of articles on biomimetics, also known as “biologically inspired design,” including bionic ants for use in industrial applications, butterfly wings, thermogenesis and detecting explosives, and more. Now, in addition to…

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Global Sources, World’s Largest Electronics Sourcing Show, Running this Week

This week from October 11-14, 2015 the Asia World Expo in Hong Kong is hosting the 10th anniversary Global Sources Electronics Show, the world’s largest electronics sourcing trade show. The show is a big draw…

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MIT’s Modular Soft Robotic Gripper Can Handle Eggs, Tennis Balls, and Beanie Babies

Researchers at MIT have developed a modular soft robotic gripper capable of identifying and handling everyday objects, from CDs and hairbrushes to fragile objects like eggs. Designed, built, and tested by engineers at MIT’s Computer…

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New DNA Nanotechnology Assembles Into Precise Interlocking Shapes

The origin of nanotechnology can be traced to Richard P. Feynman’s 1959 lecture at CalTech to the annual meeting of the American Physical Society titled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” The lecture explores the…

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Engineering

US Navy Diversifying Cyber Systems to Hamper Hackers

Harvard’s RoboBee Can Now Swim by Flapping His Wings at a Rate of 9Hz

New Long Distance, Fiber Based, Quantum Teleportation Record Set

Watch Operation Teapot’s 1955 Atomic Bomb Testing In Spectacular HD

First New York Virtual Currency “Bit License” Issued to Circle

How Scotland’s Falkirk Wheel Lifts 60-Foot, Hundred-Ton Boats on a Regular Basis

Biomimetic Materials Driving Major Technological Advances

Global Sources, World’s Largest Electronics Sourcing Show, Running this Week

MIT’s Modular Soft Robotic Gripper Can Handle Eggs, Tennis Balls, and Beanie Babies

New DNA Nanotechnology Assembles Into Precise Interlocking Shapes

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