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Hydroflex Technology’s new Composite skateboards are bonded with Tech

“In the beginning there were surfers,” and when surfers were unable to surf because of rough oceans, skateboards were invented so “sidewalk surfers” could practice on dry land. The history of skateboarding has been one…

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$100,000 Tesla Model S Sedan Named the Safest Car Ever

Recently, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded Tesla Motors Model-S a 5-star safety rating in every category tested. Like a smart pupil, the Model-S was given “extra credit” and a 5.4 rating…

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Book a Flight on the “Vomit Comet”

Got about $5,000 to spare? Parabolic flights create “Zero G” weightlessness and they’re open to the public. Zero gravity flights have been a part of NASA’s astronaut training program for decades. They earned the name…

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Bomb-Proof Concrete, Wallpaper Designed to Save Lives

Gunpowder is the first known chemical explosive but it didn’t always have a dark side. It’s reported to have originated in 7th century China to make fireworks used during celebrations and festivals. In fact, gunpowder…

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Robotic Underground Parking Garage Gives Bike Racks the Boot

IndustryTap has written about concept eCycles and their impressive ergonomics, break rotors made from lighter, stronger and more durable materials and how “Creative Engineering Underlies Fastest Bicycles In the World“, featuring recumbent and upright vehicles…

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Kinetic Desk Takes a Stand Against “Sitting Disease”

Dangers of A Sedentary Life According to Harvard Business Review and Marc Hamilton of the University of Missouri, “sitting is the smoking of our generation” because “when you sit down for extended periods of time,…

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Geotechnical Centrifuge Mimics Massive Earthquakes

The image above of the San Andres fault, an 1,800 mile (1,300 km) gash in the earth’s surface, hints at the awesome forces involved when two of the earth’s plates, in this case the Pacific…

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World’s Largest Container Ship Debuts in Copenhagen

Triple E, the world’s largest ship, is 400 meters long, 59 meters wide, 73 meters high and has a capacity of 18,000 twenty-foot containers. Although it’s about a quarter of a mile long and is…

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Rice Undergraduate Engineers Invent Robotic Arm For Disabled Teen

Three undergraduate bioengineering students at Rice University in Houston, Texas, have built a robotic arm for Dee Faught. The 17 year old suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic malady that makes his bones brittle. Faught…

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Bike with Carbon Fiber Frame Breaks World Speed Record

Students at TU Delft and VU University in Amsterdam have set a new world record with their high-speed bike at 133.79 km per hour (83.133 mph). Sebastiaan Bowier manned the bicycle down a 200-meter length…

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Engineering

Hydroflex Technology’s new Composite skateboards are bonded with Tech

$100,000 Tesla Model S Sedan Named the Safest Car Ever

Book a Flight on the “Vomit Comet”

Bomb-Proof Concrete, Wallpaper Designed to Save Lives

Robotic Underground Parking Garage Gives Bike Racks the Boot

Kinetic Desk Takes a Stand Against “Sitting Disease”

Geotechnical Centrifuge Mimics Massive Earthquakes

World’s Largest Container Ship Debuts in Copenhagen

Rice Undergraduate Engineers Invent Robotic Arm For Disabled Teen

Bike with Carbon Fiber Frame Breaks World Speed Record

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