This Redundant Fishing Trawler is Now a Wave Power Plant
All ships are built to withstand stormy seas but eventually end up in a junkyard. But a redundant fishing trawler has been given a fresh lease on life in Norway where it is being used…
Engineering
AT&T Launching ‘GigaPower’ in Kansas City to Compete With Google Fiber
AT&T has announced it will launch its own super-fast Internet service, “GigaPower”, in Kansas City to rival Google’s Fiber program. Google Fiber once promised internet speeds 75-100X faster than cable or DSL, but only time will…
Exponential Growth & Disruptive Change
Business people like to think in terms of exponential increase; 3% growth per year, for example, represents a doubling in 24 years. Using Piketty’s example regarding wealth concentration, 5% per year doubles one’s asset values…
Cost Is the Critical Factor in Addressing Climate Issues
The instant I had internet access in the 1990s I started researching the state of renewable energy and CO2 sequestration. There were two thrusts to all this – first was ‘what is possible?’, the second…
New Contact Lenses Are Miniature Telescopes For Your Eyes… Control Zoom With Winks!
New contact lenses, funded by DARPA and developed by researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are essentially miniature telescopes for your eyes. The contact itself is a scleral lens, meaning it is…
The World’s First Drone Circus is Coming to Amsterdam & It Looks Crazier Than It Sounds
Event organizers Fjuze and the Royal Dutch Air Force are working together in order to bring the world’s first ever drone circus to Amsterdam this year. In the promo video below, the drone circus seems…
Nissan Nismo: An Early Look at Nissan’s 2015 Le Mans 24H Entry
This year’s Le Mans 2015 24-Hour Race, scheduled for June 13th & 14th, will feature some of the most high-tech, polished race cars on the planet. Nissan’s entry, the GT-R LM NISMO, features a front engine,…
The Istanbul Harbor Revitalization Plan
Harbor revitalization is a big topic around the world. Just last month, experts conducted a one-day Marina Design Course at the International Marina & Boatyard Conference. One of the big harbor projects on the drawing…
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Lockheed Martin’s Naval Vessel ‘Sea Slice’ Is Up for Sale as a Fancy Yacht
Sea Slice is an experimental United States Navy vessel. Launched in 1996, the Lockheed Martin-built Sea Slice has a uniquely modified hull design called SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull design). The unique hull design…
