By the end of 2019, Liftport has the goal establish an operational Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure using:
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An item printed with the Spectrom device.
Full color printing is generally a privilege limited to professional and high-end consumer 3D printers, so the more casual user is likely stuck printing in one or two colors. But Cédric Kovacs-Johnson and Charles Haider, both chemical engineering undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, say they have come up with a solution: a sub-$100 device that upgrades desktop 3D printers to print in a full rainbow of colors. They call it Spectrom.
The wind energy industry started 2014 with a record 12GW of wind capacity under construction.
Wind power in the U.S. accounted for more than 4% of the energy on the grid last year. This is the first time this milestone has been breached. However, the distribution of wind power across states varied greatly, with some states well ahead of others.
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Companies are in need of Generalist individuals with new, agile skills that can see the big picture.
Most companies have specialist organizations that support its business priorities. For as long as we can remember, organizations such as finance, HR, IT, and marketing have been in existence. In most companies, domain expertise, efficiency and process execution dominate the agenda for these organizations. You get hired, promoted and measured based on your expertise and value-add in your particular specialization.
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More and more incredible footage is getting captured of events our human brain would otherwise be unable to see in such detail due to the rise in popularity and drop in price of high speed cameras. (Video)
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Breaking into graphic design without spending thousands on a degree.
There are some people in this world who know what they want to be when they grow up and they stick with it for their entire lives. But for the majority of us the path to contentment with our career is more winding. This week’s question tackles that tricky situation of itching for a career change when you are already saddled with college debt from a few false starts. Continue reading… “How to learn skills for a new field without going back to college”
Letting nature wash the problems of the world away!
Quote of the Day: “If you even dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologize.” – Muhammad Ali
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As a new study from the University of Arizona about sex trafficking during the Super Bowl highlights, advances in data analysis are underpinning some powerful new ways of tackling very tough problems. Among all the stones hurled at the tech sector lately, this is an area in which it can take pride.
Continue reading… “How technology is helping the most helpless”
Vascularized tissue constructed by printing cell-laden inks in a layered zig-zag pattern.
Harvard researchers say they have created tissue interlaced with blood vessels in what may be a critical breakthrough for creating artificial organs.
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In the past few years the impact of domestic oil and natural gas production has seen a significant uptick. The rush of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in “tight” shale plays around the country is largely responsible for a resurgence of U.S. oil and natural gas production.
Continue reading… “A look at the drilling boom in America”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Yesterday my wife Deb and I had lunch at one of our favorite Chinese restaurants, and afterwards we’re given the typical fortune cookies that come with the bill. Jokingly I broke open the first one and asked, “I wonder if it’d be possible to create a real fortune sometime in the future and put it into these cookies?”
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You may want to avoid using any jargon when you are talking tech with Americans. Many Americans are lost when it comes to tech-related terms, with 11% saying that they thought HTML — a language that is used to create websites — was a sexually transmitted disease, according to a recent study.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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