Engineering

Sci Fi Tech Warfare Concept Introduces Transformer-Like Aircraft That Self Heals

The use of sci-fi technology in war would change the realities of warfare in the future. Scientists and engineers from a British defense giant BAE Systems is researching sci-fi technology. The company believes that in…

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What Will Technology Look Like in 2064?

Fifty-year time frames are interesting in that technology and living conditions change quite dramatically, but not too much. Looking back 50 years brings us to 1964 when a lot of groundwork was being laid for…

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New Amphibious Marine Corps Vehicle Can Carry 3 Tanks Up To 200 Nautical Miles

The Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) is the latest innovation from the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research, which is essentially a monster amphibious assault vehicle. The UHAC began…

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Gravity Max: World’s First “Tilting Roller Coaster” Offers True 90° Drop Madness

The Gravity Max “tilt roller coaster” ride at Lihpao Land Discovery World in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan, may be the scariest roller coaster ride on the planet. Gravity Max hangs riders over a 13 story vertical…

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Microsoft To Acquire The Company Behind Minecraft For $2.5 Billion!

Microsoft is set to acquire Mojang AB, the company behind the popular video game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. The acquisition comes in the midst of a major push by Microsoft to stimulate its Xbox business,…

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How Vacant World Cup Stadiums Could Be Turned Into Housing

Brazil may be the soccer capital of the world, but surveys show 52% of Brazilians did not support hosting the World Cup in their own country. Thousands of Brazilians lost their homes for the construction…

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SciCast: World’s Largest Crowdsourced Science and Technology Forecasting Site

Creating a “Social Process” to Answer Technology and Futurism Questions Dr. Robin Hanson and Dr. Charles Twardy of George Mason University lead the SciCast project, which has become the largest crowdsourced science and technology forecasting…

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Bulb Eater Lamp Crusher: The “Cookie Monster” of Florescent Light Bulbs

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: for Cookie Monster, it is cookies, for the Bulb Eater it is florescent light tubes. A company called Aircycle Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, has designed a contraption…

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Why We Should Begin Accepting Insects Into Our Diet

Eating insects isn’t something we tend to do as part of a healthy diet. It’s the stuff that sends foodies on journeys around the world to try local delicacies and makes most reality TV viewers…

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“Chindia” Rising – What China & India Will Do By 2050

China and India have 40% of the world’s population, while the US has about 5%. So, it is incredible to see that US GDP has dwarfed the combined GDP of China and India for the…

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