Wave & Tidal Energy: 8 Knot Current Produces More Energy Than 236 MPH Wind
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) ocean wave energy could provide 10% of the world's energy needs within the next two decades.
Energy
US Department of Defense 2014 “Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap”
Climate change is already affecting US Department of Defense (DOD) installations and infrastructure around the world. The image above shows a submarine dry-dock in San Diego; the U.S. Navy is concerned that these facilities are…
Li-Fi Visible Light Communication Transmits Data Faster, Safer Than Wi-Fi
Visible Light Communication (VLC) Everyone has heard of Wi-Fi, a technology that uses invisible radio waves to transmit data via the electromagnetic spectrum. A new technology, Li-Fi, is being developed in labs around the world…
Process Automation: Monitoring “Health” Of Iron Ore Plant
Industrial Process Automation Today’s industrial operations are run on software, control systems, and embedded computing all with an eye toward efficiency, optimizing customer assets and outdoing the competition. It is an “arms race” if you…
Vertical Farming Factories Delivering Eco-Produce
IndustryTap has reported on recycled shipping container farms, urban farming technology, and Do It Yourself (DIY) farming machines and equipment. All these and more are simply waypoints to a sustainable future for humanity. In order…
Little Sun: Turning Thinking Into Doing
Cheap, Handheld Solar Light Could Dramatically Change Lives Of 1.5 Billion According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), 25% of the worlds population is without electricity. As most of these people are poor they must…
Overcoming Economic & Technical Challenges To A Moon Colony
There are dreamers and then there are engineers and financiers. Humans are currently reveling in the idea of traveling back to the moon, mining asteroids and traveling on to Mars. But when we consider just…
Space-Based Solar Panels Require Advanced Telerobotics
Isaac Asimov described the first space based solar panels transmitting solar energy back to earth in his 1941 sci-fi novel Reason. With the renewable energy industry continuing its hectic growth, a number of companies around the…
The Story Behind Tesla Motors’ Mission As Auto Industry Trailblazer
Tesla Market Cap $30 Billion Tesla Motors, founded in 2003, designs, develops, manufactures and distributes electric vehicles (EV), EV powertrain systems and components. The company has a network of 80 stores and galleries across North…
Decentralized Power Grid & Improved Transmission Reliability & Efficiency
Small Number Of Huge Power Plants Inefficient? The day seems to be coming when large power plants will be complemented by a large number of much smaller, even tiny, power plants: solar roads, photovoltaic panels…
