N55 Walking Houses are Transforming Human Life
Denmark is on the way to a green and sustainable future already having achieved 20% renewable energy and a plan to reach 100% by 2050. Most of Denmark’s renewable energy comes from wind turbines and…
Engineering
Making Millions of Miles of Road Safer
State of the Art Research Facility Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and the Center for Infrastructure-Based Safety System has a state-of-the-art, full-scale, closed test bed research facility managed by the Virginia Department of Transportation called the…
Profile: Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk: “I would like to die on Mars, not just on Impact”
Seldom do we see such a young life where big dreams and ambitions are transformed into reality in the span of a few short years; his story is a testament to vision, passion, determination with…
Siemens Weighfeeders Boost Profits for Chinese Steel Company
ShouSteel Mining Ltd., located in QianAn City, China, runs a pelletizing plant that uses iron ore as a raw material combined with limestone, dolostone, or olivine, with bentonite as a binder. After mixing the raw…
315 mph (508 km/h) In An Electric Car Is The Fastest Zero Emmission Car On The Planet
At Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research teams of students led by professor Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni have been designing alternative fuel race cars that run on batteries or hydrogen fuel cells since 1990 that hold…
Air Pollution Killing 700,000 Chinese a Year and Millions More Worldwide
Sacrifice, development, progress: the names we give to human events often depend on our point of view. The most vilified and notorious criminals in history have been responsible for the deaths of millions. Genghis Khan…
Hate camping on the cold and soggy ground? Try the Tree Tent
If you’ve ever camped on rocky or soggy ground, if you’ve ever worried about animals, crawling bugs, or reptiles visiting you while you sleep, or if you’re looking for the next big think in camping, you’ve been waiting for the Tentsile.…
4 Million Miles of Solar Panel Roads Powering the USA
An interesting and perhaps game changing technology being considered in the US is roads made of solar powered panels that are interconnected creating an intelligent solar roadway. With 4 million miles of roads and many…
Heavy Lifting Quadcopter Lifts 50 Pound Loads. It’s a Gas Powered HULK (HLQ)
A gas powered quadcopter capable of autonomously picking up and delivering a payload of 50 pounds. Four senior mechanical engineering students at San Jose State University, California are designing and developing an autonomous gas-powered quadcopter,…
Precision Engineered Accordion Watch Masterpiece. Unique, Quirky and Expensive
Watchmaking relies on the highest tolerance of precision manufacturing to create a time keeping masterpiece. In early years of watchmaking a high quality watch was appreciated for its precision engineering and craftsmanship. Today a watch…
