Owl Wing Aeroacoustic Design Quieting Wind Turbines
One of the keys to owls being great hunters is their ability to swoop down on prey without making a noise. Whether a wing is part of an owl, a plane, or a turbine blade, the…
One of the keys to owls being great hunters is their ability to swoop down on prey without making a noise. Whether a wing is part of an owl, a plane, or a turbine blade, the…
According to Toyota, the company’s new hydrogen-powered Mirai can rumble approximately 312 miles on a single tank. The vehicle, which is set to go on sale later this year in the United States, can go…
The next-generation Volkswagen e-Golf could have a 186-mile driving range, thanks to new battery technology in development by VW. VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn recently stated that the new technology will bring “a quantum leap for…
General Electric has offered H-Class gas turbines for the past 10 years, but GE recently spent $1 billion to create its latest and most powerful H-Class gas turbine that is just in time to help…
Lasers, LEDs, and liquid nitrogen are all intriguing, and can produce some wild results when performing experiments individually. But what happens when you put these three together, specifically I’m talking about dropping lasers and LEDs…
Palazzo Italia building at the Milan Expo 2015 is clad with a smog-filtering façade. Designed by Italian architectural firm Nemesi & Partners, it was the winning project in an international competition adjudicated by Expo 2015…
Bike theft is a major problem all over the world. This problem has only increased with more bikes on the roads as more and more riders try to go green. Bike owners need to spend a…
Sitting under a palm tree in Dubai will not only provide you with shade but will also provide free Wi-Fi and keep your devices charged as well! Dubai’s glitzy landscape is about to get a new…
Cool designs these days are like Whack-a-Mole: once you’ve seen something really interesting, another more interesting design pops up. Perhaps this is a testament to the human imagination and availability of great graphics software. But…
Laboratory Ecospheres vs. Manmade Biospheres The earth exists in a closed ecological system, a biosphere, an oasis in the hostile environment of space, which provides life support for humans and other biological creatures from algae to…