Will Cheap Oil Crush Renewable Energy?
According to analysts at Deutsche Bank AG and Goldman Sachs Group, the renewable-energy genie has been let out of the bottle and there is no way to put it back; not even cheap oil can…
Engineering
Elon Musk to Build Futuristic Hyperloop Test Track
Billionaire and inventor Elon Musk announced last week his plan to build a 5-mile hyperloop test track that will propel humans at a speed of 700 mph (1,126 kmh) across the flat plains of Texas…
NASA’s Newest Earth Observing Mission: Measuring Global Soil Moisture
IndustryTap has written about NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), among others. These missions are focused on understanding the earth and its place in the solar system. Later this week…
Top 100 United States Technology Contractors, 2014
“The Big Dogs” According to Washington Technology’s toplists 2014, the largest U.S. government technology contractors were as follows. Note that clicking on the link will bring you to a full overview of a company’s detailed…
Meet DALER: The Drone That Can Fly & Walk, Giving You the Best of Both Worlds.
DALER or Deployable Air-Land Exploration Robot, a drone that is capable of both flying and walking, is specifically designed for helping rescue victims trapped in dangerous situations after a natural disaster. A team of scientists…
China Using Supercomputer to Design Smart Cities
IndustryTap has frequently reported on advancements in supercomputer technology including “Supercomputer Technology Now Cooling HCPVT Solar Systems“, “Supercomputer Simulations Linchpin of Third Industrial Revolution,” and “IBM’s Watson Has a New Gig: World Class Chef.” We also…
Risks of Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Life
Human bosses can be quite out of control and make everyone’s life miserable. But human jerks may pale in comparison to robot jerks who are likely to have the intelligence and technology to move “simple”…
3.2 Gigapixel Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Generates 6000 Terabytes of Image Data Per Year
Plans for the construction of the world’s largest-ever digital camera, dubbed the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), have reached a major milestone. This revolutionary facility will help solve some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy and…
Buffalo: The Best Designed & Planned City in the United States
Buffalo, New York has been through good times and bad, but recently the city is emerging as one of the better places to live in the United States. Part of this is due to a…
World Economic Forum 2015: “The New Global Context”
“One Stop Shop” For World Leaders & Policy Makers The World Economic Forum 2015 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland started this year on Monday, January 21st and continues to Saturday, January 24, 2015. The world’s…
