Solar-Powered Robotic Bird Soars Through the Sky
Robots have flown before but none so realistic as the Robo Raven III. It’s the first robotic bird that flies on batteries charged by on board solar cells. But this isn’t a birdbrain attempt at…
Engineering
Spectacular Sunlight Readable LCD Display Solution
With more and more outdoor LCD Display applications in the marketplace, the readability & sustainability of the LCD panel under direct sunlight is becoming more vital. But there are several obstacles to overcome in order…
The High-Tech Gadgets and High Stakes of Corporate and Political Espionage
IndustryTap recently took an in-depth look at corporate espionage and how companies are trying to protect themselves from security breaches. Espionage in all its forms, from economic to military and political, is continually in the…
Self-Sustaining “Farmscrapers” are Cities in Stackable Steel Rocks
As we have seen in IndustryTap’s recent articles Sky-High “Vertical Forest” Takes Green Living to New Heights and This Building Will Eat Smog And Look Good Doing It, architects are hard at work designing sustainable…
Do Companies Give a Rip about Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
IndustryTap recently wrote Bluer Skies Ahead with Company’s CO2 Emission Reduction in which Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the multinational healthcare and pharmaceutical giant, was cited for recently making significant progress in its reduction of CO2…
Linear “Take, Make, Waste” Paradigm Giving Way to Circular “Make, Use, Return” Scenario
Growing up, we owned a General Electric freezer purchased in the early 1960s; it lasted some 35 years, breaking down in the late 1990’s. The freezer was manufactured long before the concept of “planned obsolescence”…
Today’s Animatronics Almost 500 Years in the Making
Humans score high in recreating lifelike images of themselves and animals, most notably in paintings and wax museums. But so far we don’t score very high in recreating natural movements of living creatures. Walt Disney…
China’s Grid-Scale Energy Storage Investments Reach $500 Million Per Year
In 2012, China’s electric grid became the largest in the world in terms of installed capacity and electricity produced. As we have noted in IndustryTap, China is one of the largest installers of alternative energy…
Could the Bering Strait Tunnel Be the Right Project for the Hyperloop?
As California has just broken ground on its highspeed rail project (HSR), it looks like Elon Musk’s Hyperloop must look for other project possibilities. Perhaps the Bering Sea Tunnel, a decades old idea, may provide…
The US Electric Grid Just Went Down. Now What Do You Do?
Could I power my laptop computer, cellphone, refrigerator and freezer with my bicycle? Sounds crazy, but losing contact with Facebook and Twitter and seeing the food in my refrigerator and freezer go bad might provide…
