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…
Design
Futuristic Hotel Designs From Self-Sustaining To Luxury Floating
These days there are more types of hotels to choose from than pastries in an Italian pastry shop. Categories include: Hip (popular with celebrities); underwater, themed boutique, romantic, casino, compact, eco-friendly (IndustryTap, Jul. 2013), child-friendly,…
Insect-Eye Camera Offers Wide-Angle Vision for Tiny Drones
Entomologists study insects known for their hard exoskeletons, jointed appendages, segmented bodies, bilateral symmetry and antennae. But perhaps the most impressive part of an insect is its lateral compound eyes. Scientists wishing to study insects…
High Performance 200 Million Dollar Eco-Friendly Superyachts
IndustryTap recently covered one of the world’s largest solar powered boats: “Planet Solar” visiting Boston on its around the world tour and we are curious about how sustainability issues are being handled by the luxury…
Elon Musk’s Low Energy Hyperloop Project Concept Ready For San Francisco, Los Angeles Corridor
Over the past several months the concept of a “Hyperloop” transportation system has been reported on and hotly debated without much in the way of practical details as to how the system could be realized.…
Can Humans Survive to 2100?
A growing number of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers are concerned humanity may be on the verge of omnicide: that is, human extinction as a result of human actions. One chief factor involved in overcoming this…
World’s Largest 300-Step Rube Goldberg Machine Designed At Purdue University
The World’s Largest “Rube Goldberg” Machine was recently designed and built at Purdue University but what is a Rube Goldberg machine? The Rube Goldberg Institute is a clearinghouse for information on the history of the…
The World’s Largest Solar Powered Boat
Some sailboats are beautiful drifting about on a sunny windless day, some sailboats are beautiful racing across storm tossed seas full of whitecaps and sailors clinging on for dear life and some sailboats are beautiful…
Engineering History: How Vikings Made Ships
Vikings are known as fearless warriors, but they wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without being great shipbuilders. Norse ship design was passed down from father to son from generation to generation as the art was developed…
3D Printed Batteries Become A Reality
3D printed batteries are the latest addition to the ever growing 3D printing phenomenon, which could potentially make huge strides in communications and the powering of medical devices. The lithium ion microbatteries, which have been…
