Smart Shoes + Google Maps = Navigational Footwear!
Oh, the places you’ll go with those feet. But sometimes you get off the beaten path and have no idea where your feet have taken you. Indian startup company Ducere Technologies Pvt has developed a…
Mystery of How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids Comes Down to Friction
It’s been a rather controversial topic throughout the scientific and history community alike. How exactly did the Egyptians manage to build the great pyramids in the amount of time that they did? New discoveries have…
Old Smartphones Get New Life as Rainforest Guardians
According to a report from the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and International police organization Interpol, illegal loggers are responsible for up to 90% of rainforest logging. This illegal logging can still impact us even…
Largest Solar Panel Covered Bridge in the World Helps Power New London Subway Station, Reduce Emissions
Blackfriars Railway Station, Central London The world is getting used to solar installations on all kinds of things: phones, laptops, refrigerators, boats, automobiles and more. Now we are beginning to see the proliferation of solar…
There Will Be Nothing Small about Dubai’s “Mall of the World”
Could this be a case of too many dollars and too little sense? In yet another attempt to do everything even bigger than they do in Texas, Dubai has announced plans to build the planet’s…
The World’s Largest Wind and Solar Hybrid Array — Gimmick or Breakthrough?
Most renewable energy systems are “wind only” or “solar only”, etc. This makes sense for huge installations of solar panels or offshore wind farms, for example, but what about installations in small spaces, aka “small…
Why the Decades-Old Decision to Give Up Funding Thorium Still Haunts the U.S. Government
As Industry Tap recently reported, Thorium could be the safer, cleaner, more powerful alternative to fossil fuels. Thorium is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It’s named…
Weather Sensors Turn Airplanes into Meteorologists
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service launches weather balloons twice a day to gather weather information from 69 locations in the continental U.S. But the weather balloon system experiences regular data blips,…
What’s Lurking around the Corner? New Camera Can See around Corners in 3D.
Hollywood movie producers be forewarned; you may soon lose “the element of surprise.” With advancing camera technology the suspense of monsters or murderers lurking around corners will soon be passé as everyone will have cameras…
7,000 Metallic Panels Transform 12,500 Square Foot Parking Structure into a Masterpiece
Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, might be the only hospital in the United States with a 12,500 square foot, perpetually changing art installation on the front of its parking structure. Rob Ley is responsible for…
