Unmanned ships to save earth from global warming
A fleet of 1,900 unmanned ships, each weighing 300-ton, powered by the wind would criss-cross the oceans, sucking up sea water and spraying it from the top of tall funnels to create vast white clouds....
View ArticleWorlds largest ships to be sailing LNG rig
Royal Dutch Shell plans to deploy the world's first sailing liquefied natural gas plant. The gigantic vessel is much larger than an aircraft carrier, weighing 600,000 metric tons and measuring 1,574...
View ArticleBottled water, an economic and ecological disaster
Bottled water is considered to be safe by most people, which is a popular myth. The amount of money and resources that are spend to bottle drinking water and transport it around the blob is huge....
View ArticleOyster, the wave power harvester from Aquamarine Power
"Oyster", a giant flap twice the height of a double-decker bus which swings back and forth with the waves. Every time the flap moves, the action compresses hydraulic pumps which force water through a...
View ArticleWhite Goat Chews Paper and Expels It As Toilet-Paper
White Goat is a paper recycling machine that was conceived by a Japanese company called Oriental. White Goat is a Eco-friendly recycling solution that all offices can have. The machine recycles paper...
View ArticlePhysalia, A Concept Sailing Garden To Clean Rivers and Waterways
Physalia is a vessel, 100% self sufficient in energy, whose bionic structure is inspired from the pneumatophorous called also “Physalia physalis”, from Greek physalis that means “water bubble”! As this...
View ArticleAirborne Wind Turbines To Generate Power From Uninterrupted High Altitude Wind
Joby Energy is developing airborne wind turbines which will operate in the upper boundary layer and the upper troposphere. While knowledge of the tremendous energy in high-altitude wind is not new,...
View ArticleThe Airbus Concept Plane Illustrates Air Transport In 2050
But Airbus’ experts in aircraft materials, aerodynamics, cabins and engines have also come up with the design that is an ‘engineer’s dream’, to meet the expectations of the passengers of the future....
View ArticleJapanese Technology Converts Plastic Back to Oil
One of the raw materials for the production of plastic is crude oil. According to the reports from year 2004, 17,000,000 barrels of oil was used to produce plastic water bottles. Water bottles only...
View Article3D Visualization of Location and Magnitude of Earthquakes With EQuake3D Software
Just 3 months into the new year we have already experienced two devastating earth quakes. I wanted to get a visual presentation of the earthquake locations and their magnitudes. I found a free...
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