6,000 Mile Long Panoramic Photo

Kyle Maxey posted on May 23, 2013

NASA satellite captures images of the “Long Swath”

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-23-13 - China's Sky City

Kyle Maxey posted on May 23, 2013

Changsha, China could be home to the world’s tallest building by the end of the year. According to Broad Group, the masterminds behind the proje...

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IKEA style Truck for the Developing World

Kyle Maxey posted on May 22, 2013

Flat pack and assemble-on-site vehicle for remote villages

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - F-35B Vertical Take Off & Landing

Kyle Maxey posted on May 22, 2013

Lockheed Martin has just announced that its F-35B fighter jet has completed its first successful vertical take-off and landing. A few weeks back the F...

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Teen Creates Cheap Self-Driving Car, Wins Top Intel Prize

Kyle Maxey posted on May 21, 2013

Nineteen-year-old Romanian Ionut Budisteanu has won top prize at the Intel International Science with a driverless car and a small host of webcams. B...

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-21-13 - Aston Martin's CC100

Kyle Maxey posted on May 21, 2013

English auto company Aston Martin are celebrating its 100th birthday by unveiling their stunning CC100 speedster concept car. The 6.0 liter v12 CC100 ...

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Harnessing the Wind and Tide in One Power Station

Kyle Maxey posted on May 20, 2013

According to MODEC, a Japanese engineering firm, the world’s first hybrid wind-current power generation plant will be installed off the coast of...

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Designer Edge Image of the Day – 5-2-13 – A Bright Explosion on the Moon

Kyle Maxey posted on May 20, 2013

Among the numerous jobs that NASA takes care of on a daily basis is the critical task of monitoring the heavens for large asteroids. On March 17, whil...

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NASA & Google Team Up For AI Research

Kyle Maxey posted on May 17, 2013

At its week-long conference in San Francisco, Google announced that it is partnering with NASA to further the field of artificial intelligence. Goog...

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-17-13 - NASA's Next Shuttle?

Kyle Maxey posted on May 17, 2013

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser recently arrived at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. In coming weeks it will begin flight tests ...

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Discount Space Station - SkyLab2

Kyle Maxey posted on May 16, 2013

The International Space Station will be retired in 2020. NASA has plans for an economic new outpost.

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-16-13 - X-47B Launched From Carrier Deck

Kyle Maxey posted on May 16, 2013

Earlier this week the X-47B, a highly publicized UAV developed by Northrop Grumman, made history by completing a catapult assisted launch from the dec...

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Will Quantum Computer up-end Moore’s Law?

Kyle Maxey posted on May 15, 2013

Moore’s Law famously states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every year. This has roughly proven true, with computing...

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-15-13 - A View from 1,776ft Above Manhattan

Kyle Maxey posted on May 15, 2013

Just a few short days ago the new World Trade Center became the tallest tower in North America and the third tallest tower in the world. To reach this...

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Planting Pumpkins on the Moon: A New Lunar Lander

Kyle Maxey posted on May 14, 2013

Northrop Grumman has completed a feasibility study to determine the best lander design for an upcoming manned mission to the Moon, but NASA has nothin...

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-14-13 - Leaping Robots

Kyle Maxey posted on May 14, 2013

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kod*Lab have created a robot that leaps. Named X-RHex-Light, the six-legged robot is the test-be...

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Lockheed Martin Test Fires High Energy Laser

Kyle Maxey posted on May 13, 2013

In a recent video, Lockhead Martin test-fired a high energy laser, destroying a Qassam-style rocket at a range of 1.5km (.9 miles). Lockheed’s...

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Designer Edge Image of the Day - 5-13-13 - FermiLab's Big Move

Kyle Maxey posted on May 13, 2013

How do you reduce the cost of particle physics experiments? You borrow other people’s equipment. In early June Brookhaven National Labor...

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Impressive animation of a 5-part footbridge with a novel cantilevered fan design.

Kyle Maxey posted on May 10, 2013

City of London approved a new footbridge that opens and closes like a Japanese Fan.

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Designer Edge Image of the Day -5-10-13 - 1986 Buick Touch Screen Dash

Kyle Maxey posted on May 10, 2013

In 1986 Buick introduced the first in-dash touchscreen control panel. Named the Graphic Control Center (GCC) this 3x4" cathode ray tube allowed d...

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