There’s No Place Like Dome
Due to the low temperatures and harsh environment, it’s easy to say life in the arctic is tough. A large amount of fuel is needed to support those who brave the harsh conditions. The cost…
Engineering
Fabien Cousteau Just Spent a Record Breaking 31 Days Underwater… Eclipsing His Grandfather’s Record!
Fabien Cousteau, 46 years old, set the world record for the longest stay inside an underwater habitat earlier this week, emerging from the waters off the Florida Keys after a remarkable 31-day stay in the…
Civil Engineers Trim Century-Old Cloverleaf Interchanges
Number of Vehicle Miles in US Four Times Greater Than in 1960 Anyone who has driven for even a short amount of time has probably encountered a cloverleaf interchange. These expressway interchanges have loop ramps…
Hybrid Vehicle Mashup is Part Car, Truck, Motorcycle and Chopper
We’ve seen crossover vehicles. We’ve seen futuristic vehicles. Now, we’ve got a crossover futuristic vehicle that’s basically a mash up of just about every form of transportation available. CMC Apex is a Hybrid concept by…
Control Three Drones at Once in This One Chair
Defense contractor Thales Group has developed a unique setup for controlling drones, which is essentially an intense computer chair with monitors hanging in front of it. Almost all of drone flight can be handled remotely…
Organic Flexible OLED Gets Wrist-Wrapped
We’ve known for a while that scientists are working on flexible displays that use organic LEDs (OLED), but they never got close to developing the real product. Now the wait is over as Plastic Logic,…
Deep Sea Mining Poised for Explosive Growth, But Not without Challenges
The cast of organizations that make up the deep sea mining’s leading research and regulatory agents include the International Marine Minerals Society, the Deep Sea Mining Campaign, the Law of the Sea Convention, the International…
Complex Irrigation System Keeps the Largest Exhibition of Plants in the U.S. Alive
Atlanta is one of the top 50 most populated cities in the world and is home to the busiest airport in the world. You would never guess Atlanta Botanical Garden is in the heart of…
HANDY Knows How Our Civilization Will Collapse
The rise and fall of civilizations is a recurrent theme throughout history and seems to be a cyclical phenomenon. The reasons for collapse are diverse: volcanoes, floods, droughts, changes in the direction of a river…
Forget the Glasses. Use Your Smartphone to Beam 3D Images and Videos.
Holographic projections from cell phones are likely to be a reality soon. California-based startup Ostendo Technologies has created the world’s first hologram projector chip. This chip will allow your smartphone to project 3D holograms into…
