NASA to Send Humans to Venus
After years of neglect, there has been a renewed interest sending humans to Venus in order to learn more about the atmosphere of the planet. Venus is sometimes called Earth’s twin because both planets have almost…
Engineering
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Landing Aborted Due To ‘Thrust Vector Control Actuator’ Issue
SpaceX was forced to abort the company’s highly-anticipated attempt at landing its Falcon 9 rocket on a barge in the ocean one minute before launch due an issue with a “thrust vector control actuator.” The…
Live Video Will Soon Replace Face-To-Face Meetings
For internet pioneer Robert Metcalfe, Professor of Innovation and Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise at MIT, the video internet, a rich experience of sound and images, has always been the final frontier. Since the invention…
Carnegie Mellon Created A Crazy Modular Robot Called ‘Snake Monster’… But Resembles a Spider?
The latest thing to come out of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Biorobotics Laboratory is a robot called Snake Monster, even though the six-legged modular robot is more spider-like than it is snake. The creepy…
Adrenaline Junkie Builds Jet-Powered Bicycle
In a DIY project, a British plumber who already holds three Guinness World Record titles has built a jet-powered bicycle, which he has dubbed Norah. Colin Furze, 32, modified an old Rayleigh bike by adding a homemade…
India to Build World’s Largest Solar Power Plant
The Indian solar power market is heating up with the government of India making a massive commitment to the solar industry. India plans to invest over $1 billion into renewable energy in the coming years,…
New Smartwatch Can Predict Your Future
Designers are getting more and more creative with each new piece they design. These days, you can even find a smartwatch that will predict your future. Israeli designer Dor Tal came up with the predictive smartwatch. The watch helps…
NASA’s Orion: First Deep Space Capsule Since Apollo
Since NASA’s Apollo moon mission in 1972, astronauts have flown only a few hundred miles above Earth. On December 5th, NASA successfully launched the first test flight of its new Orion spacecraft. The flight, which NASA…
Good News Star War Fans: Hoverbikes Soon to Arrive
The California-based firm Aerofex has developed a hoverbike, ‘Aero-X,’ that resembles the one from the science fiction film ‘Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi,’ bringing science fiction to life. This user-friendly vehicle is a…
US Navy’s GhostSwimmer Robot Is a Super Stealthy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Boston Engineering has developed a shark-like unmanned underwater vehicle called the GhostSwimmer as part of the US Navy’s NEMO project. GhostSwimmer Specs: Weighs 100 pounds 5 feet long Emulates the swimming style of a “large…
