The World’s Largest Lathe is For Sale
The world’s biggest lathes fashion the world’s largest shafts to spin the world’s largest propellers on the world’s largest ships. And if you’re in need of a lathe, the world’s largest lathe just happens to…
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Interactive 3D Training Mirrors Reality to Cut Accidents and Improve Skills
As the image above shows, a container ship on the verge of capsizing would require the most experienced crane operators moving skillfully and quickly to avert disaster, perhaps preventing the loss of millions of dollars…
Epic “404” for Italy’s Messina Straits Bridge and TAV High Speed Rail To France
The top word in English in 2013, “404”, is the universal code for “failure” on the Internet. “Fail” was the number two term in a year where so many things are seemingly wrong … in…
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…
New Work on Chernobyl’s Number 4 Reactor 27 Years Later
Nearly three decades ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power accident took place during a system test of the number 4 reactor which proceeded to explode, resulting in a meltdown that exposed the environment to radioactive contents…
Pop Up Prefabs Offer Modern Amenities of Home in Minutes
Australian company JAYZ Building Solutions creates easily constructed, transportable prefab housing designed to be erected in just a couple of minutes. They have been designed to house workers in remote locations and are mostly suitable…
Construction on Bridge Inspired by Chinese Folk Art to Begin Next Year
Dutch architecture firm NEXT has won an international competition to design a pedestrian bridge over Changsha’s Meixi Lake in the Hunan province. This 492 feet (150 meter) long and 79 feet (24 meter) high bridge…
Can We Learn from Small Countries’ New Models Of Sustainability?
IndustryTap has been covering small countries such as Estonia, population 1.3 million, the world’s most connected and networked society. Another lilliputian world leader, population 9.5 million, is Sweden. In Stockholm’s Kista or “science city”, a…
Live with 1 Million People in a Futuristic Pyramid City
Dubai is building one of the wonders of the world, inspired by incredible feats of architecture of Mayans and Egyptians. They built the pyramids to weather the test of time, but masterpiece structure ‘Ziggurat’ will…
Vacation Under the Sea in the Water Discus
Deep Ocean Technology, a company based in the Polish seaport city of Gdynia, is developing an underwater hotel in what it intends to be the most luxurious accommodations imaginable. The company, which also develops underwater…
