For those of you that have been paying attention to Autodesk’s Revit BIM software and what’s in store for next year, well done. For those that haven’t: STOP THE PRESSES! Revit is about to get a mighty overhaul as Autodesk goes forward with its plans to release Revit Sunrise, sometime…...
Plans for the Latest London Skyscraper
78-year-old Italian architect and engineer, Renzo Piano, has unveiled plans for another London skyscraper at 31 London Street, a mere three years after completing the 1016-foot-tall Shard tower, found at 32 London Bridge Street. Pending city approval, the so-called “Skinny Shard” will be a 734-feet-high, 65-storey multi-purpose building for offices,…...
Micro-optics Light the Way to Your New Car
Vehicle manufacturers always seem to be trying to outdo each other when it comes to how much more courteous and useful they can make their products. First they gave us a roof to keep the rain off and then windows. Next came the car stereo, to entertain us as we…...
London Underground Experiments with Recycled Energy
Over the past five weeks, the London Underground has been using the Victoria line for a trailing energy capture experiment that could reduce the Tube's energy use by up to five per cent, and save millions off its electricity bill. We are all aware of the London Underground's fondness for…...
3D Printed Home and Car Work in Harmony to Power Future Life
Last week saw the unveiling of a new approach to energy use through a combination of clean energy technologies, showcased by a new 3D printed vehicle and building symbiosis project. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory used its inaugural, two-day Renewable Energy Industry Day event to debut its newest idea, developed…...
Apple & Boeing Hired by Pentagon to Develop Wearable Tech
Ashton Carter, the US Secretary of Defence, on Friday August 28th allocated $75 million of government money to a consortium of cutting-edge research and development firms and organisations for the purpose of designing an all new and advanced type of sensor, strong and flexible enough to be moulded onto the…...
Arups’ Breathtaking New Skypool
Taking a dip in the 25metre-long pool that's planned for the 2000-apartment Embassy Gardens development, near Battersea power station in affluent South-East London, is not quite as simple as plunging into your local authority's public swimming baths. Suspended ten storeys and 35 metres above the pavement below, floating between the…...
3D Printed Food to Go
Hod Lipson, Ph.D, professor of engineering at Columbia and co-author of the book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing, said at the recent Institute of Food Technologists symposium in Chicago, “No matter what field you are in, this technology will worm its way in,” and went on to add,…...
Wireless Charging – The Final Frontier for the Mobile World
Thanks to researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), in the city of Daejeon, South Korea, wireless charging is now a step closer. This latest advance in WPT (wireless-power transfer) means that smartphones, tablets, laptops and any other mobile device users may soon be able to…...
Dubai to be Site of the World’s First 3D Printed Office
Dubai, on the coast of the Persian Gulf, the highest populated city in the United Arab Eremites, is a metropolitan salute to wealth and extravagance, where bigger is almost always better and even the police patrol cars include a Bugatti Veyron, a Ferrari FF and a Lamborghini Aventador. The Dubai…...