GE’s Next-Gen Jet Engines Use 3D Printed Parts

Earlier this year, IndustryTap looked at “Flower Power” and how GE’s Peebles Orb jet engine testing facility in Ohio was being used to test biofuels in jet engines. Now GE has started testing next-generation jet…

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License Plate Scanning Technology Suspended Over Privacy Concerns

Police in Boston have been forced to suspend their car registration scanning technology, which scans drivers’ license plate numbers and feeds the information into a database. The scanning devices can instantly check if a car…

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Photographer Hand Cuts, Shreds and Weaves Human Faces into 3D Collages

Justine Khamara isn’t your everyday portrait photographer. Once the Melbourne-based artist gets the shot she likes of a particular human face, she totally breaks down her photo through shredding, weaving, and cutting. Some pieces are…

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Curiosity Rover Makes a Discovery That Surprises Earthlings

NASA’s Curiosity rover has given scientists the strongest evidence of an ancient, almost freshwater lake on Mars that could have sustained life billions of years ago. This discovery is considered to be great as lakes…

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High End “Sky Engineering” Pushes Boundaries of UAV and Single Seat Helicopters

From the International Robotics Exhibition (IRE) in Tokyo, November 2013 Hiroshima, Japan-based RC helicopter maker Hirobo debuted a prototype of its new HX-1 unmanned electric rescue helicopter, which will deliver food and medical supplies to…

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Trippy Monochrome Lighting Makes You Lose All Perception of Reality

Nonotak, a design firm based in Paris, is responsible for a new audiovisual installation called Daydream V.2, which is screwing with the perception of viewers and bouncing them between dimensions through the use of projected…

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Warren Buffet Bets Billions on Renewable Energy Projects

Business magnate Warren Buffet has purchased $1 billion worth of Siemens AG wind turbines in what is the largest single purchase of land-based wind power ever. The purchase was made by Buffet’s utility company, MidAmerican…

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3D Printed Brains Help Train Future Neurosurgeons

3D printed brains are creating unbelievably realistic models for students to practice neurosurgery on in Malaysia. The innovative idea comes from University of Malaysia professor and surgeon Vicknes Waran. The 3D models emulate the brain…

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$50 Billion Sochi Olympic Games Just Weeks Away

The Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia will soon be upon us. The games begin by the Black Sea in the Imeretin Valley February 7-23, 2014, and will be followed by the Para Olympic Games from March…

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Hull Floated for World’s Largest Natural Gas Floating Facility and First Ocean-Based LNG Plant

The hull for the world’s largest floating facility named Prelude, even bigger than the Empire State Building, began floating for the first time on November 30. South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries floated this partially…

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