Harvesting Energy From Vibrating Railroad Tracks Could Save Hundreds of Millions
A Sudden Inspiration To say energy is “ripe” is to say it is there for the taking, if we know how to “harvest it.” Lei Zou of Stony Brook was traveling on a train when…
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What Does The Worst Case Cyber-Attack Look Like?
Cyber attacks are a brand-new type of warfare. Cyber attacks are usually covert and difficult to detect. At the same time the stakes in human and financial terms are much higher than traditional battlefield entanglements.…
Elon Musk’s Low Energy Hyperloop Project Concept Ready For San Francisco, Los Angeles Corridor
Over the past several months the concept of a “Hyperloop” transportation system has been reported on and hotly debated without much in the way of practical details as to how the system could be realized.…
Can Humans Survive to 2100?
A growing number of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers are concerned humanity may be on the verge of omnicide: that is, human extinction as a result of human actions. One chief factor involved in overcoming this…
13 Ton MRI Machine Has A Magnetic Field 30,000 Times Stronger Than Earth’s
Like a championship racehorse being put out to pasture to enjoy life a little an old MRI machine is being prepared to answer some of the most profound questions about the universe. TransHELIOS Project In…
US Military To Fund Development Of Vehicle-Mounted, Drone-Shooting Lasers
Scientists and engineers have been finding ways to trap light and lasers and direct them for years using a variety of methods such as mirrors, reflective surfaces and high-tech materials like photonic crystals. The “Ground-Based…
New Flexible Glass Will Significantly Reduce The Cost Of Solar Panels
There is an interesting story about ancient Rome which tells us that flexible glass is a legendary lost invention from the time of the reign of Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar. Tiberius Caesar ordered the execution…
General Motor’s EN-V…Is It Just A Concept Car?
General Motor’s concept car EN-V short for ‘Electric Networked-Vehicle’ is a small 2-seat urban electric car. This car is a collaborative effort between General Motors, Segway and Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company SAIC. The idea…
Automated Robots Cleaning The Entire Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a staggering architectural feat of 53,000 tonnes of steel, and is a mainstay in any images of the Australian city’s skyline but as one would imagine, cleaning it up for…
Steel Still Dominating When It Comes To The Foundation Of The World
Carbon fiber has been finding its ways into the market, from aerospace to automobile to consumer goods. It boasts a great strength-to-weight ratio, being lightweight and rigid. Yet the foundation of many industries and goods…
