New food storage product claims to keep produce fresher for 80% longer
Posted on 8 Jun 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Imagine if we could store our food for almost twice as long as the standard time before it expires. News
‘Next generation’ driverless car to be unveiled by RDM Group
Posted on 6 Jun 2016 by Jonny Williamson
Coventry-based RDM Group, which is heavily involved in the Government-backed LUTZ and UK AutoDrive projects, is set to reveal the next generation of driverless car - its new ‘Pod Zero’ range, at the major automotive event Automechanika in Birmingham this week. Broadwind Energy signs $137m contract to supply wind turbine towers
Posted on 6 Jun 2016 by Aiden Burgess
US wind turbine producer Broadwind Energy has signed a US$137m deal to supply wind turbine towers to a US wind turbine manufacturer over the next three years. Solar cell efficiency reaches new levels, decades ahead of expectations
Posted on 3 Jun 2016 by Doug Neale
Australian researchers have broken the record of solar cell efficiency by 44%, nearing levels previously expected to be achieved in 2050. Xstat bullet wound syringe saves first life with sponge injection
Posted on 1 Jun 2016 by Tim Brown
The makers of the XSTAT hemostatic device, a syringe filled with tiny sponges used to stem excessive blood caused by a severe injury, has announced the first documented clinical use of the product since its release. Microsoft smartphone manufacturing to be streamlined as it cuts more jobs
Posted on 1 Jun 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Microsoft has announced plans to streamline the smartphone hardware business it bought from Nokia in 2014 for $7.2bn. Faraday Future manufacturing site to be put to a vote by California city council
Posted on 31 May 2016 by Aiden Burgess
California’s Vallejo City Council has scheduled a pivotal meeting for later today (May 31, 2016) to decide whether to approve an application by electric vehicle start up, Faraday Future, to construct a manufacturing facility in the region. Fire at world’s largest concentrated solar power plant caused by own mirrors
Posted on 25 May 2016 by Aiden Burgess
The world’s largest concentrated solar power plant was shut down last week after a small fire broke out at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located near the California-Nevada border. India tests home-grown space plane demonstrator
Posted on 23 May 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
India’s first ever indigenously manufactured spacecraft was successfully tested today.
Futuristic skyTran levitating pod transportation set for Lagos, Nigeria
Posted on 23 May 2016 by Tim Brown
Well known as having a very enterprising population, in both good and bad ways, it should not be surprising that Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, may soon be home to one of the world's most innovative transportation systems.