May 13, 2009

It seems that the old adage ”I’ll believe it when I see it with my own two eyes” is not as reliable as it used to be. A significant amount of research is being conducted into cloaking devices, which will allow objects to become “invisible” at certain frequencies. Research shows that this can be achieved, at certain frequencies, by...

It seems that the latest space shuttle mission which left the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 11th May 2009, has hit a slight glitch. The lift off appeared to go quite smoothly, however, upon close examination of the lift off footage from one of the cameras mounted on the fuel tank, clearly show some debris hitting the underside of the shuttle. Thankfully,...

On my usual read through autobloggreen.com I come across a rather interesting story about the Dodge EV. Even though I am currently working in the Auto industry it seems that I have been living in a box, since this is the first time I have come across this vehicle. The Dodge EV is Chrysler’s attempt to challenge the much hyped Tesla. While the Dodge EV is...

Boeing’s airborne laser project might be on slightly shaky grounds but this isn’t stopping them from the continued development of its fighter sized UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), named Phantom Ray. The UAV is going to be built using technology developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/U.S. Air Force/U.S. Navy...

EADS are proposing to add sails to satellites EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space company) have come up with an idea to reduce the number of future satellites from turning into space junk. The idea proposed by EADS is the addition of “sails”  such that orbiting satellites could passively drag themselves back to earth when no longer...