Next Generation Construct Platform, Makeblock

Makeblock has just made creativity even simpler. The extrusion based construct platform allows for creative designs of machines, robots and artware, and anything else in between. Using mostly aluminium, Makeblock’s key is its simplicity, requiring…

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WiTricity Charges Forward with Wireless Electricity

The world disposes of 40 billion batteries each year; many lay corroding in dumps, polluting ground water.  And take one look under your desk and you might get an idea of how entangled the world…

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Egypt’s $90 Billion South Valley Project

While civilization blossomed in a narrow strip of land in the valley and delta of the Nile River in early times, today, 83 million Egyptians are now densely packed into just 3 percent of the…

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Stealth Bomber Electric Bikes Ready to Go

Stealth Bomber Electric Bikes (SBEBs) with a maximum speed of 45 mph and a range of 30 miles, meet motocross and mountain biking in the middle.  Without time to load a pickup with a motocross…

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Wind Lens: Fluid Dynamics Concentrated Wind Energy

Yuji Ohya, a professor of renewable energy dynamics and applied mechanics, and his team at Kyushu University have impressed a  Japanese consortium enough to attract an investment of $1.5 billion in an offshore wind power…

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We will all be in Driverless Cars by 2020?

The driverless car was the brainchild of the Director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View, Sebastian Thrun.  Thrun was deeply affected by the death of a childhood friend in…

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How many squares do you see? (Answer)

There are a total of 49 squares in this image. See where they are below. First you start with your small squares: That gives you 16 small squares.  The you find your medium squares: Each blue…

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How many squares do you see?

Something to challenge the engineers! How many square do you see? Got it?  Get the answer here

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Three Gorges Dam Project. China’s Biggest Project Since The Great Wall

What is the Three Gorges Dam Project? The Chinese set out to build the largest hydro power dam in the world, fully four times as large as the Hoover Dam, with a height of 607…

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Portable Operating Theaters – Operating Bubbles

Hypobaric Chambers, also referred to as altitude chambers, are secure, bacteria-free chambers used to measure the effects of high and low altitude or low oxygen on the human body. The chambers are usually used by…

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