The samurai of old are widely regarded as being among the best warriors that ever lived, and with good reason. Although those days are long gone, the Japanese people are still keeping their traditions alive to some extent, which is why you can still see sword masters wielding katanas even...
Water from the air? With this new cool new invention (Fontus Bottle), that’s not a problem anymore… If you are going for a long trip on your bike, you already know, how difficult it is to take a sufficient amount of water. It is heavy and the space, that you can...
It’s not only possible, it’s real! And its name is Aeromobil. When Marty McFly, in the movie Back to the Future, traveled forward to 2015, one of the most obvious signs that civilization had advanced was the awesome flying car. Year 2015 is almost here and this “science-fiction” car is truly...
Panoramic view in windowless plane within 10 years might be game changer. Flying is love or hate thing. Relatively small space for your legs in economy class, not so pleasant feeling when there is sudden turbulence and much more, that can make flying really very uncomfortable. However, all these things...
Every one of us is using umbrella almost every day. It is one of those things that you have to have at least one in your home. But did you know that the first design of umbrella is more than 3000 years old? Since then, nothing has really changed –...
Company Tesla has found a great way how to keep its customers on the road at full blast. They have built an international network of supercharger stations. They are able to charge the battery in twenty minutes only in the Model S halfway. This is a good alternative to slow setups that can take hours...
Being able not to land does not seem as such a great feature, but it would allow a drone to do many things that were very hard of impossible before: tracking hurricanes, following smugglers and pirates, migrating animals and even serve as an auxiliary GPS. Theoretically, it could do the...
Military needs advanced tanks for fighting a war and PL-01 tank from Poland is the unique solution. Technological interest of military has certainly changed over the last years. Reduced budgets and better efficiency have contributed to huge interest in drones, and a lot of funding have gone their way too....
Have you ever played Portal 2? You should know, that this PC game can improve your cognitive skills more than special brain training exercise game. Besides being a scientist, Val Shute loves playing videogames. But she does not really think about the games in the same way the average player...
Recently, austrian company The Kormaran created totally new type of transformer boat. The company called the vehicle by its own name – Kormaran. Why they have named it a transformer boat? Because it is capable of speeding on and above water as a trimaran, catamaran, hydrofoil or monohull. The fact...
For over a century, air cars have been just an idealistic concept in engineers’ minds that had little chance of becoming a reality. In theory, using air as a fuel has some enormous advantages: it is ubiquitous, clean, and most of all, free. But of course, things are more complicated....
Electric vehicles haven’t been selling very well in China, the largest car market in the world, despite government efforts and incentives that aim to put 5 million electric eco cars on the roads of the Middle Kingdom by 2020. Californian Tesla Motors wants to change that with its Model S....
What do I mean by term Human De-Evolution? People like to think about themselves as the masterpiece of evolutionary progress. But that’s not really true. Because evolution works only with what is available to it, leading to a body that is full of compromises and far from perfect. In fact,...
Have you been searching for cars with best gas mileage? Volkswagen just came with the most efficient car ever. For many years, automakers have raced in production of cars with best gas mileage and struggled to get fuel economy beyond 100 miles per gallon (2.5 liters per 100km). There have...
Last year, Motorola showed the world its Project Ara, a development initiative that would help to build a modular puzzle unique smartphones with parts that can be put together as easily as LEGO. Users will be able to assemble different screen, batteries, cameras, keyboards, and other parts to create their...
