Archive : Discoveries & Developments

Tokyo Sky Tree, a broadcasting tower is the newest landmark of Japan, stands at six hundred and thirty  four meters high overlooking a major part of the city and suburban areas. It is a symbol of technological excellence and progress which is a combination of modern technology and culture. The rare design emerged after three and half year’s construction [...]

Two-man planing submarine is the world’s first Q-Sub 2400 designed by Hugh Fulton to find solutions for very difficult problems. It eliminates the problem of surface ships to lift them from water. It has been built according to the requirements of GL and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) which is capable of diving up to the depth of four hundred [...]

Tire companies across the world would need to start thinking about alternative products and services, if Bridgestone’s new airless tire comes into being. The new tire is made of an intricate resin spoke system that provides the same level of shock absorption as an inflated tire, but only it would never get punctured. In fact, you could drive on [...]

At times of natural disasters or other incidents that lead to trapped victims under tons of rubble, one of the most persistent problems faced by rescuers is, detection. With so many smells in the area on top a chaotic environment, it becomes might difficult to locate and rescue all of the trapped victims. Now, scientists in the U.K are experimenting [...]

Can you program your computer to generate plots for stories that you could recount to your children? It seems yes, as London designer David Benque has developed a program for Microsoft called the Infinite Adventure Machine that can generate crude outlines for almost an infinite number of children’s stories. It provides you with the basic plot for [...]

Cruising down a dark road at dead of night can be quite an eerie experience, especially if your car’s headlights are somewhat dim in their illumination of the road ahead. Now, as per the folks over at the Germany luxury auto giant, BMW, this could all soon be history as the company is currently conducting research on the development and deployment [...]

Long gone are those days when you would sit in the bathroom attending your daily needs while being bored out of your mind. One of the most revered and respected newspapers in the world, New York Times (NYT) is now reportedly working on a state of the art bathroom mirror for the future of news dispersal. This incredible initiative called ‘Magic Mirror’ [...]

As the world of televisions and state of the art displays continues to evolves, there seems to be absolutely no curbing their evolutionary curve as more and more companies keep bringing out the very cutting edge of engineering. Now, at the IFA 2011 trade show in Berlin, Germany, one of the leading consumer electronics firms, Sharp Corporation has [...]

If you though that Google’s 1Gbps fiber to home ultra-high speed broadband was the fast enough, then you need to refresh that thought, as the world’s fastest land automobile, the North American Eagle is all set to break the ultimate web speed record as well. The makers of this fabulous machine have now submitted to the  U.S Federal Communications [...]

Nieman Journalism Lab is open of the most important labs that we know today. If you were looking for something that is abysmally great and somehow futuristic, you should keep a track of what the lab is up to. Lately, they have brought this video straight from New York Times R&D Lab which is about the usage of Surface. Surface 1.0 is one of the greatest [...]