3D Printed Implant Replaces 75% Of Patients Skull
At the beginning of March of this year, a radical surgery was performed on an American patient: 75 percent of his skull was replaced with a 3D printed implant. The company that produced the implant,…
Engineering
Ten Advancing Technology Breakthroughs For 2013
1. Supergrids Come of Age A recent breakthrough in grid technology could make DC power lines practical in 2013. At an ABB Swedish lab researchers have developed a high power DC circuit breaker. For over…
Can Fusion Energy Generate Unlimited Clean Energy by 2017?
The phrase “shooting for the moon” has for centuries been used as a symbol of something utterly unattainable; fusion energy, once thought to be fantasy is now locked in the crosshairs of a Lockheed Martin…
World’s First Manned Electric Powered Helicopter
The Achievement In 2011, Pascal Chretien, an electric and aerospace engineer from French based Solution F, achieved the first untethered electric powered helicopter flight in history. The achievement seems modest in that he hovered 1…
World’s Most Powerful Microscopes Mapping The Brain
I recently visited Professor Jeff Lichtman of Harvard’s Molecular and Cellular Biology Center with a small group of journalists, to learn about the Human Connectome Project which is mapping the human brain and its 85…
World’s Largest Aqueducts, Moving Billions Of Gallons Of Water Daily
Two of the more interesting tunnels that humans build are transportation tunnels for trains and cars and water aqueducts supplying large cities. The largest existing aqueduct in the world is the Thirlmere Aqueduct in North…
Battling Dust And Heat, SMI Aids In US Military Installations
When most people think of a work road trip, Afghanistan isn’t what normally comes to mind. However, the job had to be done and these guys were ready to take it on. Screen Machine Industries (SMI), Inc.,…
NASA Contractor GGB Develops Innovative Two-Piece Double-Flanged Bearings
GGB Bearing Technology: A World of Bearings One of the most important mechanical inventions of all time was the wheel because it lessened the force of friction involved in movement. Bearings, based on the wheel,…
Removing Billions Of Vehicle Miles With Cost-Effective Electric Monorails
The world’s oldest operating transportation monorail (“schwebebahan” in German) built in 1901 in Wuppertal, Germany, stretches 8.3 miles (13.3 km), has 20 stations, a top speed of 34 mph (56 kph) and still carries 82,000…
The World’s Largest Floating Airport, Tokyo Bay’s Megafloat
Eighty percent of land in Japan is mountainous and plains between them are close to completely populated with residential and business buildings. Making room for huge projects like airports is becoming increasingly difficult. As a…
