The Electric Fold-able Car Called The Armadillo-T

Driving can be stressful at times and arriving at your destination to find out that there is no parking space only adds to a driver’s woes. Parking is the biggest motoring headache today, motorists often…

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Electric Space Sail To Get Its First Test

One hundred percent of the energy needed to power the international space station (ISS) is provided by solar power. Because the station is so large and has been built in many locations around the world…

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Nigeria’s Multi-Billion Dollar National High Speed Rail Project

Efficient railways play an important role in the socioeconomic development of countries. Nigeria has received $600 million of what will eventually be billions of dollars to build a 2,000 mile (3,218 km) nationwide high speed…

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Super Thin Plastic Laptops Sturdier Than Metal

Thinner, Lighter, More Portable, Tougher = More Productive PC design engineers are forever seeking ways to improve the products they make. These days with all the breakthroughs in materials, CAD modeling, electronics and software across…

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World’s Largest Nuclear Powered Ice Breaker

One would think that China had a corner on “the largest in the world” but Russia has its share of “largest in the world” trophies. At one time or another, Russia has had the largest…

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Boeing Technology Transfer Negotiations With Brazil On 737 Jet Deal Spur Debate

In 1990 I visited Shenzen, China, which just a decade earlier had been a small farming village of 10,000 people but had been designated a “special economic zone” that quickly reached a population of over…

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As Buildings Rise Ever Higher Elevator Logistics Rise With Them

Lighter, stronger, more durable and efficient elevators were needed; KONE, a 103 year old industrial engineering company founded in 1908 in Finland, delivered. According to KONE new tall skyscrapers these days shuttle each person an…

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Saudi Arabia Spending $20 Billion To Secure 1,500 Miles Of Its Border

Saudi Arabia is forecast to spend over $20 billion between now and 2018 on border fence security systems. Bordered by Yemen and Iraq, Saudi Arabia will use border perimeter security, including physical fences, electronic fences,…

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Check Out The View From The Tallest Buildings On Earth

While we are getting amazing pictures of our world from Google Earth and all its related projects like 3D Earth, the new slew of “tallest buildings in the world” offer startlingly beautiful views of some…

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Airbus Planning To 3D Print Plane’s Vital Components

The recent TED Global Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland was, as per usual, an interesting affair but one of the most eye catching displays was the unveiling of a daring new plane to be designed…

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