One of four high speed international rail projects in the works, China is planning a 125 mile undersea tunnel that will connect Siberian Russia to Alaska. Passengers on the 220…
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Mobile ecommerce to top $114 billion in 2014
by editorby editorForrester Research projects a jump in mobile device based ecommerce to $114 billion this year, up from $76 billion in 2013. What is interesting is that over 75% of those…
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ArchitectureBusinessCutting Edge TechnologyFinance and Economy
Futuristic hotels in China under construction
by editorby editorWe’ve recently heard of the 1 km high Kingdom Tower that’s begun construction in Saudi Arabia, but the landscape for future skyscrapers and architecture is happening today in China. Enjoy…
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Researchers able to trigger lucid dreaming
by editorby editorResearchers at the University of Frankfurt have discovered a way to induce ‘lucid’ dreaming, a form of dreaming between REM and being awake, in which the subject has conscious awareness…
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Cutting Edge TechnologyDiscoveriesPhysics
Physicists one step closer to superconductivity holy-grail
by editorby editorPhysicists at the University of British Columbia are one step closer to the holy grail of room temperature super conductivity. Should scientists have a break through in this field in…
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Revolutionary robotic prosthetic arm approved for sale
by editorby editorDean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway scooter, has developed a prosthetic robotic arm that can simultaneously respond to 10 signals from the brain, simulating the flexibility of real human…
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Australian-based Aerospace Concepts has announced a partnership with Lockheed Martin’s D-Wave Systems to develop the first cloud software platform that may take advantage of the quantum computers being used by…
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First it was Google self-driving Priuses in California. Now, a real world car maker, Volvo, has launched the “Drive Me” pilot project to test a 50 km route for autonomous…
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Boeing unveils 10 seater commercial spacecraft cabin
by editorby editorNot to be outdone by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic or Elon Musk’s Space X, Boeing has unveil a 10 seater commercial spaceship cabin to be ready for flight by 2016!…
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The next generation space suit for NASA astronauts has been announced after an online poll! http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/03/nasa-z-2-spacesuit/
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Fastest Elevator in the world: 95 floors in 43 seconds
by editorby editorWe’ve all at one point or another, admired the sheer grandness of the world’s tallest buildings like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. Now, Hitachi has announced the world’s fastest…
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They sure do push the limits over there in China. Xinhua news reports that a company out of Suzhou, China is literally ‘printing’ houses at a rate of 10 per…