Los Angeles $1.5 Billion “Water Supply Action Plan”

  In urban centers throughout the western United States where over 70% of annual runoff originates from large snowy mountains city planners are taking a look at the threat and risk of global warming and…

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Deepening the Fastest Growing US Port

Naval architects and civil engineers on the Eastern seaboard have been working overtime because the ships and all the equipment and facilities that support them were designed to “fit” the old “Panamax” or the old…

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$17 Billion Kai Tak Development in Hong Kong

Following Hong Kong’s $35 million cleanup of Kai Tak airport and its relocation to Chek Lap Kok Island a comprehensive plan was formulated to develop the rehabilitated land nearby Victoria harbor.  When complete the project…

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Power Loader Exoskeleton Linking People with Machines

A Panasonic subsidiary venture called ActiveLink is currently developing technology to extend and amplify human musculoskeletal capabilities for use in construction sites and disaster areas. The device called Power Loader is an exoskeleton, meaning it…

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Revolutionary Flexible Paper Tablet

At the cornerstone of any good company or economy for that matter is efficiency. At Queens University in Ontario Canada researchers have come up with the ultra thin, ultra light weight, flexible plastic displays called…

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The “Great Wall” of Louisiana

With the recent flooding of New York and New Jersey by hurricane Sandy it is a good time to revisit New Orleans and the work that was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…

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USA Top Oil Producer by 2016

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) the United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world’s top oil producer by 2016. What’s more Canada is believed to have more natural resources than…

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Global Fire Power (GFP) Measuring Military Capabilities by Country

A measurement called “GFP or “Global Fire Power” measures and compares the relative strength of a country’s overall military capability (excluding nuclear capability).  The top ten in order of size are: US, Russia, China, India,…

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3D Desktop Printing, Endless Possibilities

Imagine what you will replicate when you get your first 3D printer!  A new beak for your bird?  An engagement ring for your fiancée?  Prosthetics for a loved one that can be enlarged as they…

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Pushing the Boundaries of Hypersonic Travel

The Boeing X-51 also known as WaveRider is a “scramjet” or a supersonic combustion “ramjet” in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow.  In a ramjet, the most basic type of jet engine, air is…

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