As California has just broken ground on its highspeed rail project (HSR), it looks like Elon Musk’s Hyperloop must look for other project possibilities. Perhaps the Bering Sea Tunnel, a decades old idea, may provide…

Water is essential for life on earth, but inadequate or tainted water supplies due to poor sanitation and the absence of purification systems lead to more than 5 million deaths each year, half of these…

Until recently, “Flower Power” was an anti-war term from the 1960’s. Today it describes jet engine fuel. Plants called “Chamelina” and “Jatropha” have been known for decades as weeds or toxic shrubs. But according to…

Can you imagine a world where chores are a thing of the past? In the 50s and 60s, we imagined we’d be driving hover cars and have maid robots to cater to our every need…

United States Military Sealift Command (MSC) received the first of ten 388 foot (103m) Joint High-Speed Vessels (JHSV) at Austal Shipyard in Mobile, Alabama in December, 2012. The US Navy reports its first JHSV “Spearhead” has…