Bill Gates recently got to check out the Omniprocessor, an ingenious machine designed and built by Janicki Bioenergy, which turns human waste into water and electricity. In places without good waste treatment plants, it could be a real game-changer.

THE SOUND of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel / Cover Cello by HAUSER: Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains Within the sound of silence...

The intermodal container changed our world. We would never have the interconnected and global economy of today without Malcolm McLean and his system of containerization.

At Mexico's Chichen Itza, archaeologists discover Mayan scoreboard The circular piece, measuring just over 32 centimeters (12.6 inches) in diameter and weighing 40 kilos (88 lb), displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball.The circular stone board dates back betwee...

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates had an informative conversation with Ellen about his foundation’s efforts to help find a vaccine and therapeutics for COVID-19, the effect the pandemic is having on the economy, when we can expect to get back to “normal life,” and what gives him hope d

A Chinese company is using 3D-printed blocks to build cheap and quickly assembled houses as a possible solution to the urgent problem of modernizing housing conditions in Chinese villages. The blocks are made from a mixture of sand, concrete and glass fiber, materials processed from common construct...

The recent advances in state estimation, perception, and navigation algorithms have significantly contributed to the ubiquitous use of quadrotors for inspection, mapping, and aerial imaging. To further increase the versatility of quadrotors, recent works investigated the use of an adaptive morpholog...

The future of sea travel could be here -- and it just might help save the planet. A hydrogen-powered ferry that produces zero emissions will soon launch in the San Francisco bay.

DroneGun provides a safe countermeasure against a wide range of drone models. It allows for a controlled management of drone payload such as explosives, with no damage to common drones models or surrounding environment due to the drones generally responding via a vertical controlled landing on the s...

Megavac™ Mechanical Thrombectomy System
– Centers and secures the catheter tip position within the vessel. Proximally occludes antegrade blood flow from the target work zone creating a static work environment. Has the ability to deliver lesion disruptive devices and other therapeutic devices.