US Competitiveness & Jobs at Stake in Export Import Bank Reauthorization Fight

More than 60 Export-Import Banks around the world are supported by governments and provide loans, guarantees, and insurance products to aid businesses export their goods and services abroad. The US Ex-Im Bank seeks to ensure…

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Forget Vinyl Records? This Guy Created a Playable, Laser-Etched Tortilla!

Just when you thought the internet, and YouTube specifically, couldn’t get any crazier, a guy creates a playable, laser-etched tortilla record. YouTube user Rapture Records used a laser cutter to burn “Jarabe Tapatio” — better…

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Transform Any Object Into a Rubik’s Cube With Twisty Joints

Nearly everyone has been fascinated by Rubik’s Cubes for more than four decades, but now anyone can create a complex Rubik’s Cube-like object that has twisty joints and/or puzzles. Last month, Columbia University students Timothy…

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Facebook’s New Texas Data Center Will Run Entirely on Renewable Energy

Facebook’s new data center, set to be constructed in Fort Worth, Texas will be run entirely on renewable energy. The Texas data center represents the fifth for Facebook, accompanying the other four in North Carolina,…

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New Zealand’s Rocket Lab is Entering the Private Space Race

A brand new facility is being constructed near Christchurch, which is expected to launch a payload into orbit by the end of this year. More importantly, this signals New Zealand entering the private space race,…

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BBC Micro Bit Launches Next Generation of Digital Innovators

Today, the BBC, along with Microsoft, Samsung, semiconductor firm ARM and a consortium of a dozen other companies unveiled the final prototype design for the BBC Micro Bit which will be given to more than…

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Chicago’s ‘Divvy For Everyone’ Offers Bike-Sharing Program For Merely $5 a Year!

Like most major cities, Chicago experiences its trials and tribulations, but one thing most people seem to love is its super popular bike-share program, Divvy. Divvy is popular for a number of reasons, including the…

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Hydroelectricity, Fisheries Engineering & Fish Passage Systems

Engineering & Ecohydrology for Fish Passage Systems Hydroelectricity has long been considered a renewable energy resource as water evaporates and falls as rain is collected in rivers and turns hydroelectric turbines producing energy. However, it…

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MAXFAS: The Army’s New Robot Helping Soldiers Improve Their Shooting Accuracy

The US Army has released details regarding a mechatronic arm exoskeleton, essentially a robot, which helps soldiers shoot guns better. The MAXFAS works by stabilizing a shooter’s arm, then uses a combination of carbon fiber, mounted…

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Watch an 11 Year Time-Lapse of the Mars Opportunity Rover Covering 26.2 Miles

With all the hoopla surrounding the Mars Curiosity rover, people tend to forget about the Mars Opportunity rover that recently completed an entire marathon’s worth of traveling across the surface of Mars. Lucky for us, the…

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