Scientists just broke the record for the highest efficiency solar cell

A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has created a solar cell with a record efficiency of 39.5 percent under 1-sun global illumination. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

A new computer cooling method enables a 740% increase in power per unit

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Berkeley have recently devised an invention that could cool down electronics more efficiently than other alternative solutions. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

Russia is 'ramping up' efforts to take down Starlink internet over Ukraine

Elon Musk tweeted that Russia is ramping up its cyberattacks on Starlink satellites, and claimed that SpaceX has "resisted jamming and hacking attempts so far". | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

A new all-electric drone is silent. And it uses ion propulsion?

The majority of drones produce noises in the vicinity of 85 to 96 dB, but this one has taken the sounds of progress to a new low of exceptional audio comfort. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

Japanese railway company to use a giant humanoid robot for fixing power lines

Giant robots that can do some heavy-lifting while derisking human lives are a great way for technology to move ahead. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

A 2D printer made of 600 strands of DNA that put themselves together

Researchers designed a printer made out of DNA that assembles itself. Nanotechnology could be used in the future to make complex molecules for pharmaceuticals. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

A new US Army exercise will test the biggest interactive drone swarm ever

The U.S. Army is planning an international exercise that will see up to 30 small drones deployed in the region as a dual air-assault mission, according to a report published by The War Zone. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 1 year ago

A new energy storage system can store solar power for nearly two decades

The energy system designed by the Chalmers University of Technology captures solar energy and stores it for 18 years, and releases that energy on demand. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A new path to nuclear fusion? A novel pistol shrimp-inspired system

A British fusion firm and University of Oxford spinoff First Light Fusion claims it achieved nuclear fusion with a technique inspired by the pistol shrimp. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Slimy turd-like magnetic robot could grab things inside your body

A slimy turd-like robot could one day be used to grab things from inside the body. It is the creation of Prof Li Zhang, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and behaves quite differently according to how you approach it. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Clean energy met 38% of global power demand in 2021

2021 was a landmark year for renewable energy as 38 percent of the world's demand for power was met by clean energy sources. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Why some physicists think we're building computers wrong for A.I.

Could analog computers be better suited for the tasks we're facing in the 21st century than digital ones? This video explains how and why. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Researchers make a quantum storage breakthrough by storing a qubit for 20 ms

The researchers aim to develop a commercial quantum communications "repeater" within 10 years. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Two brothers working at a gas station swindle $1B from a bank

Two brothers from Turkey defrauded a bank of over $1 billion using a loophole they discovered. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Ukraine captures a Russian electronic warfare system, Enigma like device in XXI

Krasukha-4 is capable of jamming ground-based and airborne radars as well as spy satellites. It loss might hit Russian forces hard. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A New E-Bike Drive System Ditches the Classic Chain Design

A new device that removes the need for chains in e-bikes has the potential to carry the design process to new heights. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A 7.5-feet-long mushroom canoe demonstrates the powerful versatility of mycelium

Washington State University student Katy Ayers built a 7.5-foot-long canoe using mycelium in order to raise awareness on its versatility. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

The Origin of the Term 'Computer Bug'

"Bugs" are occupational hazards for programmers and software developers. But have you ever wondered the origin of the term computer bug? | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Ukraine's small combat drone “The Punisher” destroys Russian supply lines

Ukraine is deploying a small undetectable drone called "The Punisher" to hit Russian supply lines and it has proven to be successful. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Why More and More Environmentalists Want to Go Nuclear

Nuclear power could be a big help in the fight against climate change. Learn why more environmentalists are starting to endorse it. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

The first hydraulic drone “flowcopter” can fly for 6 hours without recharging

Flowcopter, a first of its kind hydraulic drone powered by fossil fuels, is claimed to fly 6 hours straight with a range of 560 miles. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

The tiniest battery could power a new generation of wearable sensors

The world's smallest battery, which has self-assembly properties even while being the size of a spec of dust, was inspired by Swiss rolls. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Innovation No more transistors: The end of Moore’s Law

Scientists tell us that transistors can’t be made any smaller, sounding the end of Moore’s Law. Does this threaten our progress in the future? | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Felicity Ace fire: A cargo ship carrying 4k cars caught fire

Felicity Ace, carrying cars from Volkswagen's facility in Germany to the U.S., caught fire earlier this week and had to be abandoned in the ocean. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Google Privacy Changes: Google has new privacy policies in store for Android HP

Google has new privacy policies in store for Android smartphones, but it's aiming to avoid the major fallout big tech suffered from Apple's. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

You Could Download Video Games from the Radio in the 1980s

Many radio broadcasters in the 1980s used their stations to send out video game data via radio-wave transmissions for listeners to download and play. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Student's AI model turns American Sign Language into English in real-time

Engineering student Priyanjali Gupta's pre-trained AI model translates some American Sign Language signs to English instantly. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A new silicon battery design beat Tesla's energy density and it's shipping

The "world's highest density" commercially available lithium-ion battery cells have been shipped by Amprius Technologies, shaping the future of mobility. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

North Korea funding missile program through stolen crypto

In 2021, North Korean cyber criminals saw a 40 percent increase in wealth gained. Cyber attacks are also a means to get technological know-how. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Apple's privacy changes have cut $278B from 4 Big Tech firms

Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms are feeling the loss of user tracking permissions! Since Apple rolled out its iOS privacy policy. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

New 'game-changing' technology removes 99% of carbon dioxide from the air

Engineers from the University of Delaware devised a method that can capture 99 percent of the CO2 from the air. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A DIY YouTuber Made a New Retractable Lightsaber. and He Broke the World Record

A Russian YouTuber has broken yet another world record with his invention of a Star Wars laser that actually works. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

VR Goggles on Cows to Get More Milk

A farmer in Turkey is testing VR headsets on his cows to see if they would produce more milk when they're tricked into thinking they're on green fields. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

The New 'Air Yacht' Is a Catamaran That Floats to the Skies

The Air Yacht uses solar energy as an extra power source thanks to two solar-powered blimps instead of traditional parallel hulls. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Get Used to Chip Shortages: They Are Not Going Away Anytime Soon

Intel, TSMC and Samsung are investing in new factories but it will still take at least two years until they are up and running. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A New Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Will Put China '20 to 30 Years Ahead' of the West

A new announcement from China shows a soon-to-be-unveiled wind tunnel in Beijing will be used in testing hypersonic weapons technology. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

MIT Researchers Figured Out How to Make Batteries That Are a Kilometer Long

Researchers at MIT have developed a 140-meter-long rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can provide power for fiber-based electronic devices and sensors. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

BioNTech's mRNA Cancer Vaccine Has Started Phase 2 Clinical Trial

Colorectal cancer was chosen by BioNTech as an experimental vaccine target due to the disease's relatively high relapse rate. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Elon Musk Tax: Elon Musk Tweets He'll Pay His 2021 Taxes, and It's over $11B

Elon Musk Taxes: From the $0 in 2018 to a whopping $11 billion in 2021, Musk's tax payments have seen both extremes, garnering great interest from the public. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

C-RAM: An Advanced Automated Point-Defense Gatling Gun – IE

Got a missile or mortar problem? Then why not get yourself a C-RAM automated Gatling gun? | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

MIT Researchers Just Discovered an AI Mimicking the Brain on Its Own

AI can tell us a lot about the brain. Learn how MIT researchers discovered machine learning mimicking both brain function and evolution. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

New Flying Car: A UK Startup Aims to Bring Its Flying Car to the Market by 2028

UK company Bellwether Industries aims to bring the eVTOL to market by 2028. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

New FDA Approved Eye Drops Eliminate the Need for Reading Glasses

The drops take effect in about 15 minutes and the effects last for six to 10 hours. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Thomas Edison's pre-employment test

How intelligent are you? Find out by taking Thomas Edison's intelligence test that he gave out to potential employees back in 1921. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

A New Aerogel Could Produce 70 Times More Hydrogen Than Rival Methods

A new method of creating aerogels can produce up to 70 times more hydrogen than other means! This could help enable hydrogen power at greater scales. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

China's New Aircraft Is Based on a Rejected NASA Design

A team of researchers in China has built and tested a prototype hypersonic flight engine based on a design that was scrapped by NASA over 20 years ago. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft's New Molecular Controller Makes DNA Writing 1k Times Faster

Microsoft Research developed a new method that allows it to read and write much faster in DNA format. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago

'Squeezed' Light Can Give Nano-Imaging a Much Needed Boost

Researchers have conceived of an imaging technology that compresses lamp light into a nanometer-sized spot, holding that light at the end of a silver nanowire. This allows it to reveal previously invisible details such as colors.  | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 2 years ago