Skyscrapers Stretching To More Than One Mile Tall
In a recent IndustryTap article we looked at how a new type of metal rope will allow elevators to go higher than ever before while being more energy efficient and safe. This technology was used…
Engineering
Denver Airport 2nd Largest In The World, Twice the Size of Manhattan
Denver International Airport is twice the size of Manhattan and is the second largest public works project in the world, second only to the Chunnel linking England and France. By land area, it is the…
SpaceX Pushing The Limits For Private Space Exploration
The year 2013 has been one for the history books as regards Elon Musk, SpaceX and its new partners. In March SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft docked with the international space station, ferried to it by a…
Solar Nanofilters Mimic Bacterial Mechanism to Clean Contaminated Water
A Nanotechnology Breakthrough Recent advances in practical applications of nanotechnology reveal an astounding truth: nanotechnology is here to stay and its application will transform every scientific field and industry it comes in contact with. When…
Driverless Vehicles Are The Next Step In The Evolution Of Transportation
ROPITS: Hitachi’s Single-Passenger Self-Driving Transporter With rapidly increasing urban development worldwide, passenger and freight moving within urban areas is set to increase dramatically in coming decades. Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are tasked with preparing comprehensive…
Everything Internet Will Be $14.4 Trillion Market By 2020
One thing we don’t have to worry about is running out of Internet addresses. IPv6 protocol has the capacity for 340 trillion trillion (3.4 x 10^38) addresses; that’s 100 addresses for every atom on the…
Billions Of Dollars Spent On Smart Grid Modernization Projects Around The World
Creating a global smart grid is as simple as applying today’s 21st-century technologies to an electric grid that was created in the post-World War II decades and in some cases includes “ancient” technology from an…
3D Cybernetic Bionic Ear Will Increase Human Hearing
Modern multi-channel implantable hearing devices were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1985 for adults and in 1990 for children. Since that time approximately 300,000 cochlear implants worldwide have been conducted…
5 Of The Most Exciting Civil Engineering Projects Happening Right Now
Alvarado Water Treatment Plant Expansion of the water treatment plant in San Diego began in 2008. The project is expected to take 20 years and will be completed in five phases. The new facility will…
Container Ships A Quarter Mile Long And Taller Than Olympic Stadiums
The forerunner of the container vessel was the traditional freighter which simply carried cargo of all kinds, often in the same ship. These ships had a number of deck-mounted cranes used to transfer cargo from…
