https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFwk303p0zY On the plains of Namibia, millions of tiny termites are building a mound of soil, an 8-foot-tall “lung” for their underground nest. During a year of construction, many termites will live and die, wind and rain will batter the structure, yet the colony’s life-sustaining project will continue. Inspired by the termites’ resilience and collective... Continue Reading →
Xeros Washing Machine Uses Nylon Polymer Beads Instead of Water to Clean Clothes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYp8R_CuMl0 The Xeros washing machine looks like your standard washer, but those “suds” peeking out of the door are anything but soapy. Xeros, a company based in Rotherham in the UK, is looking to revolutionize domestic and industrial laundry alike with “bead cleaning.” The technology, the company claims, is not only superior to traditional soap... Continue Reading →
Special glasses help surgeons ‘see’ cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRfExq0HCM High-tech glasses developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help surgeons visualize cancer cells, which glow blue when viewed through the eyewear. The wearable technology, so new it’s yet unnamed, was used during surgery for the first time Feb. 10 at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and... Continue Reading →
World’s Biggest Solar Power Tower Project Goes On-Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFsBxkCFVI February 17th marked the celebration of full operation at the 392-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the world’s biggest concentrating solar power tower project. The celebration was attended by technology originator BrightSource Energy (BSE), owner NRG Energy, builder Bechtel, and major equity investor Google. DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz was at the celebration and he... Continue Reading →
You’ll Be Able To Text Your Friend A Smell In A Few Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0HtnovNvSw Soon you'll be able to send a friend not just a picture of a pizza, but the scent of a pizza, using your phone. Yes, really. Harvard engineering professor David Edwards has invented a device called an oPhone that sends and receives photos and scents. You can mix-and-match 32 basic scents to create more... Continue Reading →
Now, Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgPFVZPjAx4 Close on heels of commencing use of wastelands in northern districts and rooftops in towns and cities, Gujarat is set to potentially use the existing 19,000 km-long network of Narmada canals across the State for setting up solar panels to generate power. The Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the first of a... Continue Reading →
This is the amazing design for NASA’s Star Trek-style space ship, the IXS Enterprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8yht_ofHc Washington: An artist collaborating with a NASA scientist has unveiled new designs of a Star Trek-style 'faster-than-light' space ship that could make interstellar travel a reality. In 2012, NASA physicist Dr Harold White had announced that he was working on a faster-than-light ship at NASA's Johnson Space Center. White has now collaborated with artist... Continue Reading →
A Planetary System Around Our Nearest Star is Emerging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1sZVInWJoA The Alpha Centauri stellar system, being our closest stars, has been a long-time destiny of science fiction stories and movies as the first future human venture into planets around other stars. Unfortunately, many previous scientific efforts to detect planets in these stars came up just plain empty handed. Science fiction has not been supported... Continue Reading →
Could humidity power join the list of renewable energy sources?
http://vimeo.com/85151102 A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores to harness the untapped power of evaporating water, according to research conducted at the Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Its developers foresee electrical generators driven by changes in humidity from sun-warmed ponds and harbors. The prototype generators work by harnessing the... Continue Reading →
Spider-Man robot spins own web to abseil off a cliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGhxsAKgFQ4 Spider-Man can leap off tall buildings and swing through the New York skyline by shooting a dragline from his wrist. Now there is a spider-inspired robot that can perform the same trick. It could be used to explore rocky planets, spinning itself a line to abseil down when it comes to the edge of... Continue Reading →
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