Engineering

Google Ventures 2014: On Tract To Create World’s First $1 Trillion Market Cap

Google, Inc.’s current market cap is about $350 billion trailing Apple Inc’s $600 billion, Exxon Mobil’s $401 billion and Microsoft’s $381 billion. But analysts believe Google, Inc. is best positioned in the horse race toward…

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Flexible and Sensitive KUKA Lightweight Robots Bring an New Era of Human-Robot Collaboration

User-friendly robots are opening up opportunities for man/machine partnerships in different sectors. For many years the automotive industry has been known for its extensive use of industrial robotics. However, there are many opportunities in other industries……

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Could Earth’s Magnetic Poles Flip In a Human Lifespan? It Appears So, Though Not In Ours…

There’s a lot of talk lately about the inevitable flip of Earth’s magnetic poles, since an international group of geoscientists has determined that the last flip took place about 780,000 years ago, but occurred over…

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Scientists Create New Plastic That Disappears With Ultraviolet Light

Plastics play an important role in our daily life. From electronics to packaging and vehicles, plastic is everywhere. In fact, the world produces approximately 300 million tons of plastic each year. Unfortunately, plastic also hurts our landfills and…

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Disruptive Change: Smartphone Sensors & Software

“Open your mouth and say Ahhhhh!.” These words have been used by doctors for hundreds of years but soon you’ll be hearing them coming from your smartphone. And next time you need your temperature taken…

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The Valveless Duke Axial Engine Is Lighter, More Compact, & More Powerful Than Conventional Engines… With Less Moving Parts!

New Zealand’s Duke Engines has done the unthinkable by successfully creating a unique axial engine prototype that boasts excellent power and torque, without utilizing any valves whatsoever. The engine is lighter and smaller than anything…

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Riot Control Vehicles & Equipment Markets Booming Worldwide

Dispersing Crowds Of People Despite the controversial and questionable use of military vehicles to quell social unrest recently in Ferguson, Missouri, the general uptick in civil unrest worldwide has led to a boom in the…

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Identity, Privacy & Security Under Siege Via Ubiquitous Computing Technology

More Vulnerable Than Ever Orwell’s 1984 vision is coming to fruition due to the unfettered advances of technology. Our bodies and lives are now immersed in gadgets that record everything and we can’t escape unless…

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Supercomputer Technology Now Cooling HCPVT Solar Systems

According to IBM Europe research scientist Bruno Michelin (see video interview) the EU is interested in replacing nuclear energy with a renewable alternative and solar energy, because of its relative abundance in the form of…

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Disruption: Shared Automated Vehicles (SAV)

What will happen when it becomes “in” or “trendy” to get rid of your old gas guzzling car that sits in your garage taking up space, pollutes the atmosphere, requires frequent expensive maintenance and loses…

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