Brussels looks to upgrade copyright for digital economyIn a statement, the EU executive said it aimed to ensure copyright remained "fit for purpose" in the digital economy, which is expected to grow seven times faster than the overall European Union in coming years. The Commission will "work for a modern copyright framework that guarantees effective... Continue Reading →
Utah State University Unveils Wirelessly Charged Electric Bus Utah State University presented a first-of-its-kind electric bus that is charged through wireless charging technology in a demonstration Nov. 15. The Aggie Bus rolled onto the streets carrying passengers just 16 months after USU demonstrated the first high-power, high-efficiency wireless power transfer system capable of transferring enough energy... Continue Reading →
Utah State University Unveils Wirelessly Charged Electric Bus
New Urban Algae System Generates Energy While Cleaning Wastewater in Paris Read more: New Urban Algae System Generates Energy While Cleaning Wastewater in Paris | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ennesys, a Paris-based energy systems company and OriginOil, an American algae harvesting company just unveiled their new urban algae demonstration project in La... Continue Reading →
New Urban Algae System Generates Energy While Cleaning Wastewater in Paris
High-Energy Physicists Smash Records for Network Data TransferPhysicists led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have smashed yet another series of records for data-transfer speed. The international team of high-energy physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers reached a transfer rate of 339 gigabits per second (Gbps)—equivalent to moving four million gigabytes (or one million... Continue Reading →
High-Energy Physicists Smash Records for Network Data Transfer
Obama signs Safe Web Act into law President Obama signed into law on Tuesday a bill that would reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission's authority to clamp down on Internet fraud and online scammers based abroad. Outgoing California Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack was the lead co-sponsor of the bill, the U.S. Safe Web Act, which expands... Continue Reading →
Obama signs Safe Web Act into law
Sikorsky X2 Technology™ Demonstrator Receives 2011 Collier Award
http://youtu.be/vfggwmhcvC0 Sikorsky Aircraft was awarded the Collier Trophy on May 5, 2011 for its revolutionary X2 Technology™ demonstrator.
China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars Chinese astronauts are preparing to grow fresh vegetables on Mars and the moon after researchers successfully completed a preliminary test in Beijing, state media reported.Four kinds of vegetables were grown in an "ecological life support system", a 300 cubic metre cabin which will allow astronauts to develop their... Continue Reading →
China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars
Neri Oxman: On Designing Form
http://youtu.be/txl4QR0GDnU Architect Neri Oxman is the founder of MATERIALECOLOGY, an interdisciplinary design initiative expanding the boundaries of computational form-generation and material engineering. Named one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business," Oxman investigates the material and performance of nature in an effort to define form itself.
How Biomimicry Can Help Designers and Architects Find Inspiration To Solve Problems Read more: How Can Designers and Architects Use Biomimicry to Stay on the Cutting Edge of Innovation? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Shortly before his death in 2011, Steve Jobs said, “I think the biggest innovations of the... Continue Reading →
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