Futuristic 3D Printed Drone Can Be Printed at Sea
3D printing has come a long way since its origin over two decades ago. We have 3D printed toys, guns, machine and body parts, and even shoes. Now, a team of engineers at the University of…
Engineering
MIT’s New 3D MultiFab Platform Enables Mixing of Materials at the Micron Level
A New Multi-Material 3D Printing Paradigm MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has developed MultiFab to improve upon current 3-D printers that typically use one or two materials as well as current multi-material…
Where is the World’s First 100% Solar Powered Airport?
IndustryTap has reported on India’s Bold, Visionary Smart City Initiative, in which the country, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, plans to build or transform 100 Indian cities into smart cities in the coming decades.…
Google’s New Project Sunroof Calculates Your Solar Panel Needs, Costs & Savings
Google has just come out with a new service called Project Sunroof which is a calculator that helps home and building owners determine likely savings from installing solar panels. The calculator uses Google’s database of…
The Fourth Ariane 5 Launch of This Year Sends Two Communication Satellites Into Orbit
European launch provider Arianespace launched their Ariane 5 rocket last week with two communication satellites from two of the world’s top telecommunications providers, EUTELSAT and Intelsat, on board. The satellites will be sent into orbit in…
New Undersea Wireless Energy Transfer Charges Underwater Vehicle Batteries
Extending Underwater Time to Months Instead of Hours The US Navy operates a fleet of “unmanned underwater vehicles” (UUVs) that run on batteries. UUVs are used to detect threats such as mines and for mapping…
Newly Patented Space Elevator Could Be Built by 2025
Thoth Technologies, already a player in space technology, has just received US and UK patents for a new space elevator 20 times at the height of today’s tallest buildings that employs an inflatable tower that…
Robot Love
People are living longer. In 1956, a 60-year-old British female retiree had a life expectancy of just under 20 years; by 2010 that had extended further by an additional 12 years. A U.S. male born…
How Can You Make Your Website Faster?
You spent thousands of dollars on your website with the hopes of getting more business. It’s beautiful. It’s informative. It’s persuasive. It uses the latest technology. Even your kids think it’s cool. You might have…
NASA Wants to Send Your Name on a Microchip to Mars. Sign Up NOW!
This is one of the coolest promotions I’ve seen in a long time, and it comes as no surprise that the king of cool, NASA, came up with the idea. You can literally send your…
