Generally in engineering if something claimed sounds too good to be true, then it’s usually not true. That’s why I ignore claims from people about their discoveries of “Free Energy” devices and “UFO Propulsion” or whatever. Only when something claimed starts to be reproducible by qualified scientists and engineers do I pay attention, such as in the [...]

A powerful vision of the future of space development. Space enthusiasts, this NSS video is for you!   Campaign Success!  Thank you!  Stretch Goals Next! Thank you!  We’ve hit our minimum goal of $35,000 – which means that our campaign is a success! But we’re not done yet.  We still have (almost) 10 days.  So [...]

Telescope images captured of the sun on Monday (March 12) show what appears to be a planet-size shadowy object tethered to the sun by a dark filament. In the image sequence, a burst of brightly lit material can be seen erupting from the sun’s surface surrounding the dark object, after which the orb detaches from [...]

WHY Wally-Hermès Yachts is the new company created by french luxury brand  Hermès and monaco based yacht maker Wally, dedicated to a new lifestyle of living  on the sea.  Designing a boat with a new concept is not an utopia.  At every turn the yacht offers maximum space, durability and cutting-edge technologies.  the exchange with Wally and Hermès was [...]

Wind power isn’t used much in the developing world, since a turbine is much more expensive than a solar panel. But Access:energy is flipping that equation by finding ways to build the turbines in the communities where they’re needed. Solar power has become the clean energy source du jour for the developing world, and for [...]

During the summer of 1913, in a field just south of Cairo on the eastern bank of the Nile, an American engineer called Frank Shuman stood before a gathering of Egypt‘s colonial elite, including the British consul-general Lord Kitchener, and switched on his new invention. Gallons of water soon spilled from a pump, saturating the soil [...]