A Look At Google Glass In Action
Putting jokes about “Glassholes” aside for the time being, recent media coverage shows the jury still out on “Google Glass.” A recent article in Forbes argued “Glass” will not become the next iPhone in terms…
High Performance 200 Million Dollar Eco-Friendly Superyachts
IndustryTap recently covered one of the world’s largest solar powered boats: “Planet Solar” visiting Boston on its around the world tour and we are curious about how sustainability issues are being handled by the luxury…
Right Idea, Wrong Time: Biofuel Pioneer Defects In Face Of Shale Gas Windfall
The idea of advanced biofuels is based on using bioengineered micro-organisms to digest organic materials to produce hydrocarbons. One example of this is methanotroph, a bacteria which eats biomaterial and coverts it into carbon gas…
Interesting Architecture Projects For 2013
The picture above is of former Pritzker Prize winner Noumea, New Caledonia, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center. Pritzker Prize Winning Design, 2013 In April, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) publicly unveiled a $650-million plan…
Harvesting Energy From Vibrating Railroad Tracks Could Save Hundreds of Millions
A Sudden Inspiration To say energy is “ripe” is to say it is there for the taking, if we know how to “harvest it.” Lei Zou of Stony Brook was traveling on a train when…
What Does The Worst Case Cyber-Attack Look Like?
Cyber attacks are a brand-new type of warfare. Cyber attacks are usually covert and difficult to detect. At the same time the stakes in human and financial terms are much higher than traditional battlefield entanglements.…
New Laser Turbulence Detection Will Make For Smoother Flights
Scientists across Europe have teamed up under the DELICAT (Demonstration of Lidar based Clear Air Turbulence) project to develop a new laser scanner for aircraft that will assist pilots in avoiding atmospheric turbulence. The LIDAR…
Elon Musk’s Low Energy Hyperloop Project Concept Ready For San Francisco, Los Angeles Corridor
Over the past several months the concept of a “Hyperloop” transportation system has been reported on and hotly debated without much in the way of practical details as to how the system could be realized.…
Apple’s New Spaceship Campus Design In Cupertino California
Apple campus What does the company with the largest market cap in the world do with its money? Anything it wants! Apple computer — flush with money from record-setting sales of iPhones, iPads, and other…
Can Humans Survive to 2100?
A growing number of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers are concerned humanity may be on the verge of omnicide: that is, human extinction as a result of human actions. One chief factor involved in overcoming this…
