Norway is arguably at the forefront of marine technology and innovation. One of the more recent products of Norway’s efforts in this arena is the Far Solitude – the first of a new class of vessels overflowing with novel marine technology that serves to make shipping safer, cleaner, and cheaper too. Created to function as…
Data recording technology devices commonly found in airliners called “black boxes” allow investigators to discover what caused an airliner to crash. Similar recording systems are fitted to some trains, ships and lorries. Now a bill in America’s Congress seeks to make it compulsory for data recorders to be fitted to all cars by 2015. The idea is that…
Recent studies done revealed that people are generally poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that grants the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by external factors. But in a world of quotas and limits, two researchers suspected that it was actually a weakness….
Recently, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel began to forge a closer relationship than many expected. According to Reuters’ findings, the two leaders met discreetly in Paris to have a lengthy one-on-one discussion. As for the purpose of the meeting, sources mean that Merkel sought Hollande’s buy-in for bold steps towards greater political…
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3D printing entrepreneur Lisa Harouni is the co-founder of Digital Forming – a company operating in the “additive manufacturing” or 3D printing space. In this eye-opening TED Talk, Harouni introduces us to the world of 3D printing; past, present and future. Harouni highlights the fact that the 3D printer, while a new concept to most,…
Beyond Einstein’s theory of relativity, the time for breakthroughs in quantum physics is not over by a long shot. After five decades, billions of dollars and millions of man-hours, British physicist Peter Higgs has good reason for celebration. Along with four other scientists, he made a discovery that puts the finishing flourish on the “Standard Model”, the…
