Showing no signs of slowing, the global solar boom that began a decade ago could triple the generating capacity installed worldwide by 2020. Continue reading… “Global solar market could triple in the next 5 years”
The Hyperloop could end up being this luxurious inside, and it will be amazing
Elon Musk aims to make travel fast, efficient and affordable, with his Hyperloop, but would it be comfortable? Continue reading… “The Hyperloop could end up being this luxurious inside, and it will be amazing”
Experts: online human breast milk comes with serious health risks
British experts have recently warned the growing online craze among some fitness communities, fetishists and chronic disease sufferers for buying and drinking human breast milk poses serious health risks. Continue reading… “Experts: online human breast milk comes with serious health risks”
Auto industry trying to solve IoT privacy concerns
Vehicles are collecting scads of data about the cars, their drivers, their locations, and their driving habits, as they become increasingly dependent upon cloud services and loaded down with code, processors and devices. Continue reading… “Auto industry trying to solve IoT privacy concerns”
‘Electric Highway’ for EVs in Nevada
The Nevada Electric Highway, recently unveiled by Gov. Brian Sandoval and NV Energy, is a network of charging stations planned along U.S. Route 95 that would finally make it far easier to drive sparsely populated, mostly desert route between Reno and Las Vegas with an electric vehicle. Continue reading… “‘Electric Highway’ for EVs in Nevada”
Inflatable 3D printing substrate
Lecturer and PhD candidate at the College of Art & Design and Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University, Fergal Coulter, has experience in the additive manufacture of tubular, dielectric, elastomer Minimum Energy Structures, cardiac assist devices, auxetic structures, soft robotics and printed electronics. His newest project, 3D scanning and printing on inflated structures, uses multiple layers of hard silicone – Shore A 73 hardness to be precise – to create seamless, hexachiral structures on an inflated silicone balloon. Continue reading… “Inflatable 3D printing substrate”
Industrial internet of things taking shape
The industrial Internet of Things (IoT) is the next wave of innovation about to wash over the connected world. Continue reading… “Industrial internet of things taking shape”
India raised solar goal five-fold, will install more solar than Germany
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Cabinet recently approved increasing the country’s solar target five times to a goal of reaching 100 gigawatts, up from 20 GW, by 2022. Continue reading… “India raised solar goal five-fold, will install more solar than Germany”
60 million people forced from their homes because of violence
Mostly capturing the devastation of buildings and the casualties of battle, its harder to visualize the effect of conflict on those who aren’t killed or enlisted to fight. Continue reading… “60 million people forced from their homes because of violence”
Colorado loves to telecommute
When it comes to telecommuting, Colorado is leading the nation. Continue reading… “Colorado loves to telecommute”
Japan’s giant floating solar power stations
Japan got serious about investing in renewable energy after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster by becoming one of the world leaders in solar power. But the nation faced a problem in its solar efforts: a lack of suitable land.
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World’s thinnest lightbulb developed using graphene
A postdoctoral research scientist, Young Duck Kim, has led a team of scientists from Columbia, Seoul National University (SNU), and Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) that have demonstrated for the first time ever an on-chip visible light source using graphene, an atomically thin and perfectly crystalline form of carbon, as a filament.
