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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.,…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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Three Gorges Dam Utopian Vision More Like An Ecological Catastrophe

Yangtze River Has Been Crippled According to a Chinese proverb, “flowing water is not stagnant.” Unfortunately, the once mighty Yangtze River is now stagnant in key areas making it, in many places, a mud-clogged mess.…

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Tidal Power Generation Picking Up, $500 Million Worldwide Market By 2015 (Video)

Interaction between the Earth and Moon, two huge masses that create gravitational forces, account for the Earth’s “tidal system” and is the basis for human attempts to harness the kinetic energy generated by tides and…

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World’s Largest Indoor Beach Resort Cost $100 Million

An hour south of Berlin, Germany sits the Tropical Islands Resort (TIR), an endeavor to capitalize on and profit from the country’s global preeminence as the leading vacation time consumer; German’s average six weeks and…

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Engineering

World’s First Manned Electric Powered Helicopter

World’s Most Powerful Microscopes Mapping The Brain

World’s Largest Aqueducts, Moving Billions Of Gallons Of Water Daily

Battling Dust And Heat, SMI Aids In US Military Installations

NASA Contractor GGB Develops Innovative Two-Piece Double-Flanged Bearings

Removing Billions Of Vehicle Miles With Cost-Effective Electric Monorails

The World’s Largest Floating Airport, Tokyo Bay’s Megafloat

Three Gorges Dam Utopian Vision More Like An Ecological Catastrophe

Tidal Power Generation Picking Up, $500 Million Worldwide Market By 2015 (Video)

World’s Largest Indoor Beach Resort Cost $100 Million

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