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Order a skyTran two-person transport pod, punch in your destination and soar above traffic on a magnetized guideway. A demo system is going up at Israel Aircraft Industries, and soon in Tel Aviv and beyond. Space-age public transport is coming to Israel by the end of next year.

The skyTran system will soar above cars stuck in traffic.

NASA Space Act company skyTran signed a deal earlier this month with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to construct a 400- to 500-meter loop demonstration syste…

“Future aircraft design following the carrier-pod concept as an enabler for co-modal seamless transport, passenger safety and environmental sustainability”. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 309070.

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THE BLACK GOLD project explores a new sustainable potential of a discarded mega oil tanker ship. The mega oil tanker ship can be seen as the perfect icon representing the geographic, economic and cultural history of the Arabic oil states.

THE BLACK GOLD. Sustainable re-use design for a discarded mega oil tanker in the Southern Gulf Region.

The unprecedented rosy financial prospects of the Arab states in the Southern Gulf region has led to an incredible amount of new buildings with iconic pre…

Was könnte man Sinnvolles mit Öltankern anfangen, wenn diese ausgedient haben? Darüber hat sich ein Team von Designern und Architekten in den Niederlanden Gedanken gemacht – und Entwürfe für ein ziemlich ungewöhnliches Konzept vorgelegt.

Ein schick umgebauter Öltanker am Strand: Diese Vision hat ein niederländisches Team aus Architekten und Designern

Hunderte Öltanker schippern jedes Jahr über die Weltmeere. Im Schnitt wird ein Tanker 20 bis 25 Jahre alt, danach muss er verschrottet werden. Da…

Les Baugh lost his arms as a teenager. Engineers at Johns Hopkins are trying to give them back, but better. Mr. Baugh is testing a robotic prosthetic that he can control with his mind.

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BEDFORDSHIRE - In England hat ein Öko-Bus einen neuen Temporekord für Linienbusse aufgestellt. Angetrieben wird der

Nasa has successfully tested a next-generation set of 'morphing' aircraft wings, which have the potential to save millions of dollars in fuel costs, as well as significantly reduce aircraft noise and the environmental impact of flying.

The wing surface can shift shape mid flight, thanks to seamless bendable, twistable materials. The advanced lightweight materials used to build the flexible wings will not only reduce the weight of wing structures, but allow engineers to tailor them to improve f…

A concept that proposes drones as a way to guide (or scare) birds aways from airport runways in the direction of a safe haven is one of several ideas shortlisted for Airbus' biennial Fly Your Ideas student challenge.

The competition, run in partnership with Unesco, looks for pioneering ideas that have the potential to solve one of six key problems Airbus has identified within the aviation industry. Five finalists have been identified and one will walk away with a prize of €30,000 (£21,400).

An der FHNW wird daran geforscht, wie aus Biomasse dereinst gewonnene Chemikalien Erdöl überflüssig machen könnten. Dabei gab es bereits bahnbrechende Fortschritte.

Mit einem neuen Verfahren könnte schon bald Erdöl ersetzt werden.

In den vergangenen Jahren ist das Bewusstsein für das ökonomische Potenzial ungenutzter Biomasse enorm gewachsen», erklärt Philippe Corvini, Professor für Umweltbiotechnologie an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW. Die Hochschule hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, sich …

No more nail-biting waits at the luggage carousel: Suitcases to be fitted with microchips that tell owners where they are. Suitcase firm is fitting designs with microchips to ease airport stresses. Technology uses GPS to tell owners when luggage will appear on carousel. Bags could also sent alert messages if you stray too far away from them

It's the last thing you need at the end of a holiday. After leaving the plane with a tired and fractious family, you find yourself stood before the luggage …

Hersteller arbeiten an der Entwicklung von Koffern, die mit ihren Besitzern kommunizieren können und diesen verraten, wo sich ihr Gepäckstück befindet und ob es geöffnet wird. Und: Der Koffer soll von allein seinem Besitzer hinterherfahren.

Dank eines eingebauten Chips im neuen „smarten“ Koffer sollen Besitzer künftig erfahren, wann ihr Koffer auf dem Gepäckband eingetroffen ist.

Zum nervigsten Teil einer Flugreise gehört es, nach der Ankunft im Gedränge am Gepäckband zu stehen und auf den K…

Wie wollen wir in der Stadt von morgen leben und arbeiten?

Forget smartphones. One day, we might be enjoying smart kitchens.

IKEA's vision for the kitchen of the future includes fridge-less food storage shelves and an eco-friendly sorting system for reusable sink water.

But the best part is an unbelievably intelligent kitchen table, conceptualized to reheat food, measure baking ingredients and suggest recipes by "reading" the ingredients placed on its top. It's thanks to inspiration from design students and the innovation firm Ideo.

Here's the idea:…

An automated rap-generating algorithm pushes the boundaries of machine creativity, say computer scientists. The ancient skill of creating and performing spoken rhyme is thriving today because of the inexorable rise in the popularity of rapping.

This art form is distinct from ordinary spoken poetry because it is performed to a beat, often with background music.

And the performers have excelled. Adam Bradley, a professor of English at the University of Colorado has described it in glowing term…

The skies are getting crowded. Every year more and more commercial aircraft join the world’s fleets. In the last 40 years the number of passengers flown on the world’s airlines has multiplied 10-fold to three billion a year.

How do air traffic controllers train for any eventuality? At Nasa’s Ames Research Center, they can simulate any airport in the world at the click of a button

By 2030, that’s expected to be six billion a year. Keeping track of all those planes is proving to be a challenge.

Täter und Tatort in 3-D nachgezeichnet - Wie spezialisten der Zürcher Polizei komplexe Kriminalfälle rekonstruieren.

Berechnete Tätergrösse mithilfe angepasster 3-D-Figur aus dem Computer.

«CSI Zürich» spielt beim Beckenhof. Dort, in einem unscheinbaren Bürogebäude der Universität an der Waltersbachstrasse, gehen Kriminaltechniker und Rechtsmediziner seit kurzem auf Hightech-Verbrecherjagd – wie in den populären TV-Krimiserien über die Helden der Spurensicherung in Las Vegas oder Miami. Im Zü…

Google has an extremely secretive unit working to combat advertising fraud — many people within Google don't even know the team exists, but AdAge was given the first look at what the team of about 100 people is working on.

Google's ad-fraud-fighting unit is extremely secretive.

Advertising fraud is a serious problem. The Internet Advertising Bureau predicts ad fraud could cost brands as much as

Bad news for banks: Two startups trying to reinvent finance and destroy traditional lending just teamed up.

Chairman Vernon Hill with Metro Bank employees in central London.

The challenger bank Metro Bank has just struck a deal with Zopa, one of the UK's biggest peer-to-peer consumer lenders, to lend money over Zopa's platform. The amount lent wasn't disclosed, but a source told Business Insider it was around "millions a month."

The pair signalled their ambition in the release announcing the d…

The Obama administration on Monday gave conditional approval to allow Shell to start drilling for oil off the Alaskan coast this summer, a major victory for the petroleum industry and a devastating blow to environmentalists. The decision adds a complex new chapter to the legacy of President Obama, who has pursued the most ambitious environmental agenda of any president but has sought to balance those moves by opening up untouched federal waters to new oil and gas drilling. Shell has sought for …

We're headed towards a dramatically different economy in which most workers will be independent contractors. Freelancers will work on demand for whoever needs their services rather than for fixed periods of time for a single employer.

As The Economist describes, workers will be on a platform that matches them with customers and provides verification, security and payment systems. This is the world of Uber and will increasingly be the world of just about everything: handyman services, cooking, …