Are We Doomed?
Apocalyptic predictions date back thousands of years with the most recent Mayan doomsday prediction for 12/12/2012. We’ve been told we’re going to turn to dust, or worse, zombies. Yet, we’re still here in spite of…
Engineering
The U.S. Surges into the Future of Tidal Energy
Verdant Power’s Roosevelt Island “Free Flow” or “Six Pack” Tidal Energy hydrokinetic technology (RITE) project is the first of its kind for the U.S. Between 2006 and 2009, six grid-connected turbines were installed in New…
Meet the Real Iron Man
Many have seen the blockbuster Iron Man man series and know that it is based on a character who appeared in a series of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoons beginning in 1966. What many…
New Bin Picking Robot Combines 3D and 2D Vision to Sort Parts
FANUC America has manufactured a new intuitive robotic bin picking device called the six-axis FANUC M-20iA Robot. The robot uses FANUC’s new iRVision 3D Area Sensor as a means to sort through the contents of…
X2 Demonstrator Breaks Rotorcraft World Speed Record
Boeing and Sikorsky have achieved what they set out to do. Their X2 Demonstrator has unofficially broken the world speed record for rotorcraft at 250-knots (288 mph, 463 km/h). The X2 Demonstrator rotorcraft features a…
350,000+ Engineers Needed in the UK by 2016
The demand for young engineering graduates in the UK is exceeding supply, according to a new report released by the Royal Academy of Engineering on Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) with the British government placing…
Largest Ferris Wheel in the World Rolling into New York
Staten Island, the smallest borough of New York City, is building the largest Ferris Wheel in the world and “repurposing” its waterfront in an effort to attract up to 55-million visitors a year. At 625…
Oceans are the World’s Largest Solar Panels
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is the latest in a long list of technologies that could “change the global energy game.” OTEC, though, is one of the more interesting ideas. The oceans collect 80% of…
China’s Energy Industry Water Use to Double By 2035
IndustryTap has covered the world’s looming water shortage problem usually considering its deleterious effects on humans. We have looked at desalination, “mining” icebergs, and more. But water shortages also affect critical infrastructure and systems humans…
Multimillion-Dollar Subs Engineered for Drug Running
Drug cartel have used just about everything to get drugs across the border — dogs, toys, shoes, candles, wheelchairs and even people. Now they’re going high tech to smuggle drugs with multimillion-dollar submarines. Historically, drugs…
