How the Japanese Run a Profitable, Sustainable Train System
Leave it up to the Japanese. That’s what I always say. As a well educated and worldly elder Japanese once told me, Japanese are capable of incredible evil and of incredible good. As far as…
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A Look at Emerging Green Nanotechnology
The image above by Pelagie Favi and Samantha Tracht of the University of Tennessee shows tentacles protruding from a sundew plant secreting a powerful adhesive capable of stretching to a million times its size. One…
Infographic: The World’s Largest Diggers are Taking Part in The Global Mining Boom
The increasing demand for basic commodities has driven up prices and spurred a global mining boom, but it is not an easy task to get them from mines because big layers of rock have to…
South Carolina Man’s Incredible Woodworking Videos Keep Going Viral!
Retired furniture shop owner, Izzy Swan out of South Carolina, has been spending his free time doing a series of neat woodworking projects. His website, Think Woodworks, as well as his YouTube Channel, have really taken…
World’s Largest Vertical Farm Coming to Old Steel Mill in Newark, New Jersey
Vertical farms are becoming more and more popular, and as new-school urban farming takes off, bigger sites are following. A group of investors led by Goldman Sachs is financing the construction of what is set…
First Solar Flight Around the World – ‘Solar Impulse 2’ Will Cover 22,000-Mile Trip Without a Drop of Fuel
Solar Impulse 2 successfully landed in Ahmedabad, India this Tuesday at 11:25pm local time on the second leg of its historic around-the-world solar flight. It broke the world record for longest solar-powered straight distance flight by…
Architect & Engineer Frei Otto Wins 2015 Pritzker Prize, Industry’s Top Honor
Frei Otto, German architect and structural engineer, passed away on March 9, 2015 at the age of 89. The next day Otto was posthumously awarded the 2015 Pritzker Prize. Judges chose Otto in recognition for…
World’s Most Powerful Marine Diesel Engine Puts Out Nearly 109,000 HP!
While we know that China is the hub of global production, many never think how such a huge quantity of this Chinese-made merchandise is shipped abroad. In order to keep up with demand in the US, enormous ships…
Drones to Take Over For Humans to Build Cities as Part of ‘Smart Construction’
From Japan to the US, labor shortages are becoming a serious problem. Eighty-three percent of US construction companies report that they have trouble hiring skilled workers. Japan is also facing the similar situation due to the country’s aging…
New Nicaragua Canal to be Larger Than Panama Canal, Handle 5% of Global Commerce
IndustryTap has written about the Panama Canal and the recent $6 billion widening project to meet the “New Panamax” and China’s $40 billion South-to-North Water Transfer Project, the world’s largest canal intended to bring water to…
