Heard of SpaceX or NASA? Well these students have started their own aerospace group and they have lofty ambitions! The Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS), a student project at Portland State University, launched a rocket out in the Oregon desert on July 19th. The rocket soared nearly three miles into the sky—an impressive feat, but that’s just the beginning for PSAS.…
When Will This Design Become Real?
The Jetsons cartoon is most famously referenced in that it was in a futuristic setting and had flying cars. Now, the company Terrafugia has brought a Jetsons type world closer to reality: When it comes to flying cars, humanity has gotten pretty good at waiting patiently. If we’re being realistic, it’s probably going to take…
This Light Emitting Device Flashes 90 Billion Times a Second
Awesome…this may speed up the internet as well as improve other scientific applications! (And it is just plain cool): Researchers have been able to develop a light-emitting device that is able to turn on and off as many as 90 billion times per second. The device could be a way to greatly speed up data…
14 Year Old Kid Built a Nuclear Reactor…Seriously.
A boy genius at the age of 14 has built a nuclear reactor which is incredible, and science author Tom Clynes reports on the story after a series of questions and in person interview. Here is an excerpt on what happened: In his quest to better the world, Taylor Wilson ended up with radioactive pants.…
Would You Eat This Food or is it Gross?
The food arena is one of fierce debate. In addition, the advancements in 3D printing have been incredible, once starting out as a way to make figurines to actual metal industrial parts. Now they are crossing the two: Alex Lightman is a futurist who spends a lot of his time thinking about what new food…
CO2 Recycler Uses New Method For Power
It seems as if daily we are bombarded by media involving green energy and climate discussions. Some of it makes sense and a lot of it is used for political purposes. No matter though, effiient and sustainable energy could benefit everyone politics aside. There is a very innovative new startup that is trying to tackle…
Some Think This Transportation is Suited For Space
This journalist makes an interesting point about the potential future of the hyperloop project: Elon Musk – of SpaceX and Tesla Motors fame – recently proposed the “Hyperloop,” a high-speed floating train that’s accelerated by magnets and coasts between destinations. Hailed as the train of the future, the concept is indeed pretty fancy. Described by…
Is DIY Surgery With Robots The Future Of Health?
Science is pushing then envelope in all areas including health, and these advancements are improving surgical robots capabilities: In 2015, if you need an operation, you go to a hospital. The Open Surgery Machine imagines a future in which getting an appendectomy is as DIY as downloading a template from Thingsverse and firing up your…
They’re Building The World’s Biggest Vertical Farm
As the world meets the growing demand of feeding populations of all countries, revolutionary company AeroFarms breaks ground on an awesome project tackling this challenge: Urban agriculture company AeroFarms began construction this week on what will soon become the world’s largest vertical indoor farm, a version of urban agriculture that grows plants upwards through erect…
Programmable Magnets Are Here…Seriously
Magnets have been used in industrial application as well as leisurely inventions such as the etch-a-sketch, buckyballs and more. Now they have made programmable magnets? While at Capital Factory in Austin, we got a demo from Correlated Magnetics Research VP Stephen Straus. Currently operating under various grants and military contracts, they are looking to reach out…
NASA Is Working On This Healing Device…Seriously!
Star Trek fans and people of the world rejoice! Apparently, what was once science fiction is closer to science reality: NASA and Houston-based company GRoK Technologies will work on the development of new “breakthrough products,” noninvasive medical technologies designed to “regenerate bone and muscle tissues.” It really sounds like something out of Star Trek, but…
3D Printing With Precision Of One Atom
The 3D printing revolution has taken the world by storm. This may be the biggest technological breakthrough as an industry since the internet. And now things may be progressing further: John Bashonger has tipped us off to a possible precursor for an “atomic precision” 3D printhead where the interaction of tailored light with a single…
New Invisibility Cloak Breakthrough
Movies such as Predator have long shown off in science fiction fashion (no pun intended) the concept of an invisibility cloak. Not only have they made a prototype in Japan recently but there may be advancements in the technology: Now, researchers at Boston University and Tufts University claim that they have come up with an…
The Power of Helium!
This has to be one of the funniest and clever uses of science and physics in a marketing technique ever: In a wild and potentially deadly stunt reminiscent of the flying balloon house in Pixar’s UP, a Canadian man has been arrested for taking to the skies in a self-designed balloon chair. Daniel Boria, 26, of…
Floating Cities and The Future – Part 2
Are floating cities the future? This group seems to think so: The Seasteading Institute says the development of floating cities is the first step in fulfilling what it calls the “8 Great Moral Imperatives,” which include feeding the hungry, enriching the poor, curing the sick, cleaning the atmosphere, restoring the oceans, living in balance with…
8 Awesome Tesla Lightning Pictures
Aside from the inventive Tesla automotives, many of us have seen videos of homemade tesla coils and other electrical inventions from YouTube. Here are some really cool pics of Tesla lightning and some more about the artist and scientist: A self-professed “child of science,” Frei originally worked on the mechanical side of electricity, before switching…
Internet of Things May Eclipse The Regular Internet
Who remembers the internet of the 90’s? There were some chat boards, many did not have email and it was super slow. By the late 90’s mass adoption started taking place. Compare it to 15 years later or so and there are over 1 billion online with smartphones. The internet of things may eclipse the…
Jetpack Will Be Available Next Year
A new Zealand company has actually made a jetpack that will be commercially available very soon: Known as the Martin Jetpack, the device runs using normal petrol and is powered by two huge fans that can blast a pilot weighing up to 120 kg into the air at speeds of 74 km/h. The jetpack can…
Genius Teenagers Invent Bacteria Fighting Doorhandle
You have to hand it to outside the box thinking. These inventors made a doorhandle that may stop so many diseases from being spread! It takes just one person who doesn’t wash his or her hands to leave some germs hanging around to get passed on and spread diseases. To nip that possibility in the…
4D Printing and Why is it Cool?
The 3D printing revolution is already disrupting the process of manufacturing and growing at a super fast rate. Now we have 4D printing. Wat what? Yes that is correct in in this case, the 3D printed materials can move, representing the 4th dimension…time. Eventually there will probably be frameworks or embedded repositories within the materials…
