SpaceX launches Immarsat 5 F4: continuing the Elon Musk tradition of innovation with commercial payback
Currently, as I write this, the Immarsat-5 Flight 4, livecast via YouTube (below) is at an altitude of 166 km and a speed of 21,844 km/hr, according to the stage 2 […]
Richard Browning invents super human 450 km per hour “Iron Man” flight suit (video)
The idea of having superhuman capabilities, especially the ability to fly, has captivated us since at least the time of Ancient Greece, when, in myth, Daedalus fabricated wings so he, […]
Clean technologies for mining: Green Mining’s time has come
In the United States, metal mining “creates nearly 30% of all the toxic releases measured annually by the EPA.”[1] This is changing, slowly, although political winds blow both ways. Public […]
Is Clean Diesel a myth, or a yet-to-come promise?
Four big cities have already moved to ban diesel from their cities: Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City. An often-cited report claimed over 51,000 people might have died prematurely because […]
Auto Sales Down Again for Big Car Makers
Demand is down again for automobiles in April, after an already weak March 2017. Overall, in April, numbers were down 5% for April 2017 versus April 2016.[1] Demand […]
Technology that could help save the earth: Carbon Capture and Storage
No one technology can “save the earth” but, since carbon dioxide emissions are one of the major causes of climatic change, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) remains one of the […]
Creative work skills helping drive the 4th Industrial Revolution, the fusion of biological, digital and physical
The fusion of three worlds — biological, digital and physical — gave rise to the massive potential of the fourth industrial revolution. The third Industrial revolution was triggered by computers […]
3D printed homes in 24 Hours — printed on site: printed villas, offices and floating saunas?
3D Printing’s potential has hardly been tapped. NASA has programs in place to 3D print components for base stations on Mars and replacement parts for space ships. Medical clinics use […]
Wind capacity reaches 82,183 megawatts in US, enough to power 24 million homes
The United States is chasing after wind-friendly Europe and Asia. With wind power generating more power than hydro — for the first time — it now produces 5.5 percent of […]
Tesla is now the number one valued carmaker in America, jumping ahead of GM
No one could argue that Elon Musk’s visionary approach to automobile engineering made Tesla the acknowledged industry leader in innovation. What may surprise many is that this vision translated […]
Manufacturing continues to grow but exports decline, increasing Canada’s trade deficit in February
Canada’s manufacturing sector continued to grow in March according to the Markit Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) which measures business conditions in the sector. The PMI rose from 54.7 […]
“Fireworks” in Canada’s economy as GDP rises 2.3 per cent in January
Canada’s economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.3 per cent in January, reports Statistics Canada, with widespread growth reported in both goods and service-producing industries. The actual increase was […]
