Highest Outdoor Elevator in the World, Hundred Dragons Elevator

Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, is a glass elevator built into the side of a rocky mountain range full of thousands of sandstone columns that rise up thousands of feet in…

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Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm Aids Paralyzed Woman

A woman paralyzed from the neck down has surprised researchers in Pittsburgh with her skillful use of a mind-controlled robotic arm. While brain-controlled robotic limbs have been in development for a number of years now,…

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Largest US Public Works Project Costs $14.7 Billion, 5.6 Times Over Budget

The Big Dig, the largest public works project in US history, required $110,000,000 a month at its peak and poured 3.7 million cubic yards of concrete, nearly enough to build a sidewalk three feet wide…

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2,833 Kilometers on One Liter of Fuel – Shell Eco Marathon

After a nail-biting finish the French team Microjoule from La Joliverie have topped the Prototype leaderboard for the fifth consecutive year in a petrol-fuelled car. Chased by relative newcomers Team GAMF from Kecskemet College from…

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Researchers Trying to Give First Supersonic Biplane Some Lift

In the 1930s engineer Adolf Busemann conceived of a supersonic biplane that produced no sonic boom—the shock waves would bounce off the plane’s two wings at opposing angles, nullifying each other. But the design created…

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10,000 Square Ft. Tree house

Crossville, Tennessee. One of the bigger trees, next to a dirt road, caught his eye. He decided to build the world’s largest tree house in its branches. But Horace had a job and a family. After…

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Lowering Radiation in Mammography Treatment

Siemens have revealed new mammography treatment technology that reduces radiation up to 30% while not hampering the quality of the images produced. The technology, called the MAMMOMAT Inspiration Prime Edition, was announced in late November…

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Sinking Cities, Rising Waters, The Solution is Biblical

The recent flooding that inundated New York City and left a cleanup and reconstruction bill of $65 billion has politicians and city planners scratching their heads and looking far and wide for creative and dependable…

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Portable Stove Charges Your Phone Anywhere

Is it a portable stove or a gadget charger? How about both. The BioLite ($130) is a compact, portable stove that burns sticks, twigs, pine cones, and other renewable resources instead of petroleum gas, lighting quickly and…

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Conceptual “Transformer” Excavator from SANY

“It’s amazing! Take a photo for me with the transformer!” At the exhibition, the conceptual excavator robot “Transformer” made by Sany Heavy Machinery became the indisputable “Popular Star” in the Exhibition. “Look! The transformer can…

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