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NASA Images Find 1.7 Million Year Old Man-Made Bridge

The NASA Shuttle has imaged a mysterious ancient bridge between India and Sri Lanka. The bridge was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved the sand around. This recently-discovered bridge has…

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Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (11-21)

Last week we wrote “Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (1-10)” This week we finish the list with 11-21! 11) Improve urban infrastructure – we have written articles on IndustryTap about smart grids and solar…

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World’s Fastest Sailboats Fuse Aeronautic and Marine Technologies

The fastest powerboat in the world has a top speed of 317.6 mph (510 kmp or 276 knots). Sailboats might seem tame by comparison; the fastest sailboats in the world travel at only 56 mph…

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IndustryTap Megatrends – March 2013

Architecture Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, is undergoing a major transformation as urban planners are converting unproductive areas of the city into art and technology playgrounds. A team of MIT researchers was awarded $3.7 million…

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Gautrain: Building Africa’s First High Tech World-Class Railway System

Gautrain, a 50 mile (80km) mass rapid transit railway system linking Johannesburg, Pretoria and OR Tambo International Airport, is Africa’s first world-class, modern rapid rail and bus service built for Gauteng, the economic center of…

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$6 Billion Floating City “Freedom” to Dwarf World’s Largest Ships Ever Built

Large cruise ships like Carnival Freedom, pictured above, may soon be dwarfed by much larger ships. The largest ship ever built, during its lifetime, had four names: Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking and Knock…

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Hydroelectricity a Growing Source of Renewable Energy Worldwide

Hydroelectricity, a renewable source of energy, accounted for 16% of global electricity last year and hydroelectricity grew at just 3% last year. There are five types of dams: arch dams, gravity dams, arch-gravity dams, barrages,…

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Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (1-10)

At the end of the 21st century the state of the world may very well depend on how successfully human beings were in solving the following 21 challenges. Let’s look at each challenge briefly and…

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Hurricane Devastation Increasing as Waters Warm

On Tuesday I sat down with a small group of journalists and Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT and author of Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes who walked us through…

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New Solar Energy Chips 100 Times More Efficient

In March, 2013, researchers working at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) announced an innovation in solar cell design and published a scientific paper on the breakthrough in Nature. According to Jared Schwede…

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Engineering

NASA Images Find 1.7 Million Year Old Man-Made Bridge

Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (11-21)

World’s Fastest Sailboats Fuse Aeronautic and Marine Technologies

IndustryTap Megatrends – March 2013

Gautrain: Building Africa’s First High Tech World-Class Railway System

$6 Billion Floating City “Freedom” to Dwarf World’s Largest Ships Ever Built

Hydroelectricity a Growing Source of Renewable Energy Worldwide

Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (1-10)

Hurricane Devastation Increasing as Waters Warm

New Solar Energy Chips 100 Times More Efficient

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