One of my readers recently asked me to write about flying cars. I have looked at this technology in the past and considered it of little value as a common mode of transportation. Cars drive on roads. Airplanes take off from private or commercial airports. When you fly you file a fligh

Another interesting week of technology and science announcements has led me to pick the following five stories:   World’s Biggest Companies Tackling Climate Change; Idaho Potato Gets Better by Mixing Genes from Five Spud Varieties; Google Timelapse Shows Decades of Planetar

I know it is April 1 and the traditional day for publishing a nonsense or “non-science” article. But this is not one of them. So no April Fools. Two chemistry professors, Curtis Berlinguette and Simon Trudel, at the University of Calgary have published a paper in the journ

In Part 2 of 10 Technologies from Space We Use Here on Earth, we complete the list first reported on March 19 in Information Week in an article by Elena Malykhina.  All these space technologies are in use for Earthly applications today and have been honoured in the Space Technology Ha

Today’s automobiles are computers on wheels. When you take it in for service diagnostics get measured through a data port. What if you could connect to your car this way? Well that’s what Automatic Link does, a plug in device that links your car wirelessly to a smartphone

Urbee II seen in the image below, sounds like it is, a cuddly urban three-wheel automobile that is futuristic in its design. What makes it different from any other vehicle on the road today? Much of it is produced using 3D printing technology. The exterior is molded impact-resistant p

The MIT Technology Review has put together its list of 50 candidates representing innovative companies that will have a telling affect on the world this year and in years to come. Each company on the list has been chosen because it has either created a new market or challenged leaders

Dr. Dennis Cravens has taken the engine out of a 1928 Model “A” Ford he bought and will replace it with a cold fusion power source. He is looking to raise $20,000 using crowdfunding. In the video he posted on YouTube he states that if he can make cold fusion work a liter o

This week’s headlines include: Breathing Out on Your Cell Phone Can Measure Your Lung Health; Crowdfunding Finances New Solar Powered Electric City Car; Tribe in Ecuador Fighting Exploitation by Oil Companies; “Star Trek” Holodeck a Decade Away; Crab Lice Becoming an

Here we are in the last week of 2012 with another 88 years before we see the end of the current century and I am one of those who is hopeful that we have the tools to make the world by then a much better place for all of humanity and the biodiversity that surrounds us. That’s be