Watch this complex object get 3D printed in less than 15 minutes. Sean and Norm visit Carbon, the makers of the M1 3D printer, to get a demo of this new super fast 3D printing technology working in real-time. .

All the efficiency of cargo!

GEORGE HARRISON for the Sun reports THIS is the enormous £23million zeppelin Vladimir Putin is planning to develop in order to open up Siberia. The Putin-led Russian Security Council plans to use the futuristic "half plane, half airship" to acce

Sometimes, regular black just isn't good enough.

Graphite is experimental gold

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A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, according to its US inventors.

The MSU team emphasized on the see-through factor. They developed a transparent luminescent solar concentrator, or TLSC, that can be placed over a window or any other clear surface. The concentrator can harvest solar energy without affecting light tr

Using a Polariton Bose-Einstein condensate form of "liquid light", researchers have created a nanoscale switch that could help vastly improve the speed and efficiency of future electronic components

Carbon Nanotube Fiber.....

A French weapons manufacturer is developing a stratospheric airship, dubbed the Stratobus, that could act as a high-altitude eye in the sky for government agencies around the world.

Sun haters, to the left. Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Abu Dhabi today, becoming the first fuel-free plane to successfully circumnavigate the globe.

SO WE CAN MINE THEM

Orbital ATK unveiled a proposal this week for the creation of a four-person lunar orbit habitat which could be sent to the Moon as early as 2020. The outpost would utilize a modified version of the company's Cygnus cargo ship as well as NASA's Or

Fifteen years ago, an aerospace engineer named Roger Shawyer drafted the first designs of the EmDrive, a new type of engine that uses microwaves to propel spaceships instead of fuel.

This is the solution for people without garden space or a green thumb to maintain produce.

This could change everything when it comes to refueling out on the open sea.

Generally, water repellent objects and those that attract or absorb water have very different microscopic-level attributes that endow them with their behavior.

Learning from your mistakes is a key life lesson, and it's one that researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can attest to.

In a breakthrough new "direct-doping" process, scientists have embedded light-emitting nanoparticles into glass so that it remains almost perfectly transparent, but glows brightly when stimulated by lower frequency light.

No energy technology is more tantalizing than fusion, but no energy technology has proved more disappointing. So how has a fusion company in Southern California raised nearly half a billion dollars from the likes of Goldman Sachs and Paul Allen?

An Australian team has set a new record for squeezing as much electricity as possible out of direct, unfocused sunlight via a new solar cell configuration.

Composite metal foams (CMFs) are little-known materials that are beginning to show some big promise.

While the technology itself is not new, this is the first time that NASA is tapping on them for this technology. The Albuquerque-based company claimed that they have been experimenting and researching the aerosol jet printing since the late 90s.

Panes block sunlight with the flip of a switch

With multiple flights of its New Shepard vehicle under its belt, Blue Origin is appraising the research market for scientific and technological experiments that can be lofted to suborbital space.

Another round of CubeSats, including eight Planet Lab Dove Satellites, were deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) by the Expedition 47 crew. A total of 17 tiny spacecraft were deployed from NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) at the end

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) presented several slides of the design of its future space station, called Tiangong 3--meaning "Heavenly Palace" in Chinese. The station is expected to be built between 2018 and 2022.

Sputnik News Reports VIAM began working in the 3D-printing area in 2015, when it produced a combustion chamber swirler for the next generation PD-14 turbofan being developed by the Aviadvigatel aeroengine manufacturer.

How to make a DIY Tesla Powerwall for $300

Hypersonic travel that could propel people from London to Sydney in just two hours is one step closer to reality, following a successful test.

This is an early prototype Ultra SOLN1 2000W system. I will share a DIY build video as soon as I finalize the design. The final design will be very scalable and easy to build.

The plane just finish a solar-powered journey around the world. Where do the technology and vision go from here?

Over the years, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has produced some impressive innovations, from unmanned sub-chasing ships to self-healing paint for armored vehicles. Now, it's turned its attention towards producing new electrical materials, by loo

MAKE NO MISTAKE: Drones are coming, and they're going to change a lot of things about how we shape our lives. So why shouldn't we change how we shape our buildings to get ready for them?

There may be a time in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that floating homes become passé, but that time doesn't appear to be now.

If a full-scale Raptor engine is undergoing tests, the company is progressing to Mars.

SolarCity's next big product will be a "solar roof" that's entirely composed of solar panels -- a sleeker alternative to covering an existing roof in solar modules sometime after installation.

Boldly restoring like we've never seen before

Spoiler alert: it worked

Recreating a plant's ability to use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into fuel, something known as artificial photosynthesis, is one of the holy grails of green energy research.

Fastbrick Robotics, an ASX-listed company based in Perth, has created a robot brick layer, a form of 3D printing which can create the shell of a house without being touched by human hands.

Along with their unique propulsion system and ability to change color, octopi are also known for their grabby tentacles.

A research team demonstrates over 100 patterns of light used in an optical communication link, potentially increasing the bandwidth of communication systems by 100 times.

7 VEHICLES THAT WILL CARRY HUMANITY INTO ORBIT AND BEYOND VERY SOON

We covered the launch of the Bigelow BEAM bouncy castle earlier; it is intriguing because from an architectural point of view, an inflatable building makes so much sense in space.

Musk: We intend to launch people to Mars in 2024 … Elon Musk will send a mission to Mars without people on it -- on the Flying Dragon version 2 rocket -- starting in 2018 and launch a rocket headed there every 26 months. - CNBC

It ingests hydrogen and carbon dioxide and excretes fuel

India's first re-usable spacecraft will soon take a test flight and will be pitted against the likes of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Blue Origin's New Shephard rocket, in a race to master re-usable technology for space shuttles.