Like SAN GIULIANO: Rays of the winter sun bounce off gleaming mirrors on the tiny lake of Colignola in Italy, where engineers have built a cost-effective prototype for floating, rotating solar panels. “You are standing on a photovoltaic floating plant which tracks the sun, it’s the first platform of its kind in the world!” said [...]
LikeA chameleon small enough to sit comfortably on the head of a matchstick has been discovered on a tiny islet in Madagascar. The new dwarf chameleon, which has been given the scientific name Brookesia micra, grows to a length of less than 30 millimetres from snout to tail and lives only on the islet of [...]
Like Look out Smart car – something even greener has come to town. US engineering expertise merges with Basque manufacturing techniques in the launch of the Hiroko (Basque for “urban”), a small car that gets even smaller. Less than 100 inches long and electric-battery powered, it’s been called the CityCar [...]
LikeA self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the US military. The bullet uses tiny fins to correct the course of its flight allowing it to hit laser-illuminated targets. It is designed to be capable of hitting objects at distances of about 2km (1.24 miles). Work on [...]
