This device allows for power to be generated from streams and rivers instead of just from huge dams. I like that they designed it to utilize the water that exits the first device to generate power with another mini hydro generator. Anyways, if you have some spare time the video is worth watching.

One of the first houses completely run off of solar energy and hydrogen. (The background music is kind of lame but the house is pretty cool)

Some say that the one and only time that energy has been created is when the big bang happened. This brings up a question that I have found myself losing sleep over– What created the original matter that burst into what we now call our universe? Everything comes from something, and for the substance to be in existence in the first place it had to be made. Yes, many people use the “it was just there” line, but I don’t buy it.

I’ve seen the photographs taken of the energy trails left by the original blast (which is pretty cool by the way) and I believe it is how our universe started, but how did that original substance that banged big come to exist?… and what did it exist in if there was no universe to hold it?…  Ah, so many questions and no answers to satisfy them.

The T-Rex is fuel efficient, quick, and looks like something out of a futuristic movie. It can go from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds, putting most high-end sports cars to shame. The cost for this unique vehicle is roughly 33,000 pounds or $65,118.90 American dollars. Besides the fuel economy of the T-Rex it can also handle amazingly well. You can take corners at speeds that would result in a crash in a normal sized vehicle. For more information you can visit the T-Rex homepage here. There is a video onYouTube from Top Gear which is also pretty informative.

This inventor was looking for a way to cure cancer and in the process developed a machine that can burn salt water. You can find the video here.

You can find the video here. This car is interesting in the fact that if you don’t like the model, you can go to the dealership and have the chassis of the car taken off and one of your liking put on. Worth a view if you have the time. Some of the items in the car are pointless and are not cost effective– the rear view mirror for instance is replaced with a camera, something you see on most high-end cars like Lincoln.

With the ever rising price of gasoline and the current dependence of the United States on foreign oil comes that sickening feeling you get in your stomach before something really bad happens. Ever since I was younger I’ve wanted to develop an alternative fuel, or at the least something to increase the efficiency of our vehicles. It seems my dream is shared by millions of others in the world who are currently working to develop such an invention.

The people who strive to develop products to better humanity undergo extreme scrutiny and are often repeated the same laws of physics in which they state they cannot achieve a certain level of efficiency. To this I say why the hell can’t we get 99.9% efficiency. It hasn’t happened yet, but that does not mean it won’t happen. The laws of physics (thermodynamics) simply state nothing can be 100% efficient, which is completely understandable.

Compare where we are today to that of 200+ years ago. Do you think that they thought we would have progressed as far as we have? The answer is NO. We do not need pessimistic ideologies that simply deny that we can achieve more, we need optimistic people who are at least willing to try and better society with more advanced technology for the good of mankind as a whole.

I will be posting more on the subject after I gather more information that I know to be reliable on some up-and-coming products that have begun to unveil a little bit of hope for the future.

This car is incredible. It can reach a top speed of 250 mph (about 407 km/h), and when it is going that fast it sucks as much air in every minute as we do in 4 days.

As the driver approaches top speed he jokes “the tires will only last for about 15 minutes, but its okay because the fuel runs out in 12.” Here is the VIDEO of the Bugatti Veyron on an episode of Top Gear.

So I was pretty excited when I saw this. I’ve always been interested by things that push the limits of engineering, and this is one of them. If I ever get the chance to visit Dubai after this building is built, I will most definitely be going.

This country simply amazes me with one engineering project after the other. It is truly the home to some of the most creative engineering ideas that have been created. The VIDEO (brought to you by Dubaisession.com).

This bridge, which took over 6 years to build at a whopping half billion euros in cost, connects Berlin’s inland harbor with the ports along the Rhine river. The bridge is about 918 meters long, and required 24,000 metric tons of steel & 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build. Talk about insane.