Toyota is Testing Powerful Solar Roofs on its Prius Hybrid
Putting solar roofs on hybrid and electric cars is certainly not a new idea – we’re sure some of you already thought about it. And it’s not a bad idea, either – being able to…
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Volkswagen Just Built Its Very Last Beetle
Seven decades later and Walt Disney’s movie, “The Love Bug” or better known as Herbie, mortified the Volkswagen Beetle in the books of history. In the 1930s, Ferdinand Porsche, decided to design a car for…
Johnson & Johnson is Preparing a Major Test on Experimental HIV Vaccine
Since the 1980’s, when the first cases of AIDS were receiving attention, scientist have been trying to successfully find a vaccine against the HIV virus causing it. “HIV prevention is a big mission for us.…
Ancient Tree with Record of Earth’s Magnetic Field Reversal in Its Rings Discovered
There is a lot of scientific proof that we are due for a Magnetic North and South pole shift which occurs every 200 000 to 300 000 years. The erratic magnetic movement of the poles out of…
America’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the top 10 most dangerous jobs have more than double the rate fatalities across all occupations, in some cases over 20 times higher. “While every job…
How Machine Learning (A.I.) is Improving Construction
We are constantly hearing the terms AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Machine Learning, but what does it mean? In general, the term “artificial intelligence” means a machine which mimics human cognition. It is the ability of a computer…
John Deere’s Tweel: The Tire That Never Goes Flat
The chronicles of pneumatic tire have been written since 1888 when Irish inventor John Boyd Dunlop unveiled his creation. But there seems to be one common denominator: pneumatic tires go flat. Michelin’s X Tweel (a…
igus Linear Guides Help Drones Keep Pests at Bay
Device takes flight with lightweight and maintenance-free products A company from Spain has developed a drone for pest control and it includes low-weight carbon linear guides a micro energy chain and pillow block bearings manufactured…
Making Moving Photos a Reality
People moving in and out of photographs used to be reserved for the world of Sci-Fi and the likes of Harry Potter. “This is a very hard fundamental problem in computer vision,” said co-author Ira…
Researchers Find The Root Cause of Corrosion in Pipelines
Nanoscale corrosion is responsible for unpredictably decreasing the working life of steel pipes. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, the Department of Energy’s Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies and the Aramco Research Center in Boston published this…
