The $300 House: Not Charity, Innovation!
Some believe home ownership is a key to a feeling of personal security and some call it “empowering the poor”. In the developed world housing prices and the financing of home loans seem to be…
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In Depth: Industrial Internet Will Add $15 Trillion to Global GDP by 2030
The Industrial Internet is described as an “ecosystem of connected machines and software” designed to increase efficiency, minimize waste, and help people make better decisions. A recent GE white paper “Pushing the Boundaries of Minds…
Epic Engineering Failures Can Lead to Massive Loss of Life
Failure is a part of life and serves as a “teachable moment” for those who are open to learning. Human history is full of failures, sometimes very tragic as is evident in the following examples…
Fiik Electric Skateboards Pushing Limits Like Never Before
Dan and Matt Quinn, brothers from Australia have been engineering premium quality electric skateboards for years. Fiik boards come with lithium-polymer battery packs, anti-lock brakes, LED safety lights, and a stepless digital throttle. The company’s…
Forget the Gym, Join a 3D Printing Factory
In 1988, Brett Hanson started a firm that specialized in laser engraving, industrial screen printing, and Pad printing (printing a 2D image onto a 3D object) for OEMs throughout the U.S. For 24 years, he…
Singapore’s $6.6 Billion Marina Bay Sands – Slide Show
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Hotel opened 2.5 years ago at a cost of $6.6 billion. It’s a 2,561 room hotel and casino that includes restaurants, bars, upscale shopping malls, a museum and a SkyPark with…
Precision Engineered Accordion Watch Masterpiece. Unique, Quirky and Expensive
Watchmaking relies on the highest tolerance of precision manufacturing to create a time keeping masterpiece. In early years of watchmaking a high quality watch was appreciated for its precision engineering and craftsmanship. Today a watch…
Is the Quest Cyclist Safety Driving Drivers to Distraction?
Staying safe on your bicycle on public roads is a must, particularly so at night. While your bike should be kitted out with a front light and reflectors on the back as well as the…
Transparent Torture, The Walk of Faith and Seriously Scary!
Acrophobia is the fear of heights. We certainly hope you don’t have it. If so, a trip to the Zhangjiajie and Tianmen mountains in China’s Tianmen Mountain National Park may not be advised. However, if…
Afghanistan Deployed Palm-Sized Nano-Copter
Palm-sized nano copter micro-machines are now being used to collect intelligence in Afghanistan. These devices , weighing just 16 grams and 4 inches in length with two helicopter blades, are the world’s smallest military spy…
