Is the Quest Cyclist Safety Driving Drivers to Distraction?
Staying safe on your bicycle on public roads is a must, particularly so at night. While your bike should be kitted out with a front light and reflectors on the back as well as the…
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It’s Time to Get Excited About 3D Printing, Video
Here is a short video on the evolution and future of 3D printing. Truly amazing stuff. Related articles on IndustryTap: Stunning 3D-Printed Guitars Will Blow You Away 3D-Printed Rockets Help Propel NASA’s Space Launch System…
High Tech Olympics in Outer Space. Does the Biggest Budget Win?
Where is the international space race headed? Are regional space races likely? As early as the 1930’s Russians began activities that would lay the foundation for the pre-modern space era: building the first intercontinental ballistic…
Supercomputer Watson Increasing Medical Diagnoses Accuracy
If the advanced economies of the world ever hope to stop spinning their economic wheels, the work and investments of the past several decades in new technologies to make people, companies and organizations more efficient…
Amazing First Color Panorama of Mars by Curiosity
This panoramic view was sent over 352 million miles from the Mars Rover to Earth in August 2012, about 6 months ago. New camera technology is allowing scientists and engineers to get unparalleled views of…
Thieves Beware! Another Set of Eyes Watching You
Secom Co Ltd developed a small, autonomous, flying surveillance robot for security purposes. When an unauthorized person or car enters a parking lot of commercial facilities, manufacturing plant, site of a storehouse, etc, the robot,…
Cyber War: Bytes Replacing Bombs
Since Cyber War is a covert activity we can gain insight into the resources being marshaled by nation states by looking at the way they prepare for the Olympic Games. Russian and Chinese Olympic organizations,…
Electromagnetic Harvesters: Free Lunch or Theft!
Energy refers to the amount of work that a system can perform. According to this definition free energy is a logical impossibility. Your car, for example, cannot burn more gasoline than you put into it.…
NASA & Burt Aerospace Developing New Launch Systems
NASA is developing a space launch system for the purpose of carrying spaceships, both manned and unmanned, into Earth orbit. NASA’s design is similar to the Stratolaunch System already under development by Paul Allen and…
Retinal Implants: Helping the Blind to See
Yesterday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Second Sight’s Retinal Prostheses System giving hope to those with a genetic condition called “Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa” (ARP) which damages light-sensitive cells in the retina. Second…
