Quant, Algo, High Frequency Trading A “Money Printing” Dream
Trader: “It’s Like Printin’ It” In any society in the world where life is busy enough for lines of people to form, waiting to place an order or to receive a service, there is a…
Engineering
Space Elevators Built With New Superstrength Materials Could Replace Launch Rockets
Biomimetics or biomimicry seeks to build human technologies using nature as an a template. With the rapid progress in material science, researchers are beginning to imagine a day when carbon nanotubes, inspired by spider silk…
Alternative Energy Markets To Approach $1 Trillion by 2030
The world has been watching the commercialization of renewable energy over the past 10 to 15 years and this trend is expected to continue unabated at least until 2030 when alternative energy markets, according to…
“Transparent Car Hood” Gives Drivers X-Ray Vision
“Transparent Bonnets” New Technologies From 2014 New York Auto Show Typical ugrades to automobile hoods include accessories, accents and trims but what Land Rover had up its sleeve, prior to the New York Auto Show,…
Hydropower, Italian Alps & Martini On The Rocks
IndustryTap has written “Ride the World’s Greatist Road” and “Epic “404” for Italy’s Messina Straits Bridge” about two impressive locations in Italy’s Northern Alps. Now 150 year old Italian maker of vermouth and sparkling wines,…
Experimental Imaging With Smartphones & Sensors
Much of the natural phenomena we know to exist is beyond our senses. We must use modern technology to detect and display what our eyes can’t see. Now, artists are using experimental imaging with smartphones…
World’s Largest Paper Machine: Automated, Efficient & Sustainable
World’s Largest Paper Machine Paper, invented in China in the 2nd century BC, is now made in China by huge cutting edge and automated industrial equipment. The world’s appetite for paper has led to the…
Solar Energy Spreading Fast, Could Meet 100% Of US Needs by 2025
Scientists often wonder why it should be that human minds can fathom mathematical formulas and that the language of the universe is written in mathematics. If this were not the case, if human’s didn’t have…
Smart Bracelet Projects Interactive Touchscreen Onto Skin
A group of designers has developed a new kind of “skin flick” using the Cicret bracelet which connects wirelessly to smartphones, projecting an interactive screen onto a user’s forearm where one can play games, read…
Hole In The Ozone Layer Is On The Road To Recovery For The First Time In 35 Years
The Ozone Layer protects us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays that cause skin cancer, crop damage and other problems. Back in the 1970s, scientists realized that the ozone layer was depleting fast. Ozone levels…
