More On Innovations
Truckers can’t miss Australia’s water...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 17, 2013
Via our sister site Better Roads and the always entertaining Jalopnik, when faced with the rampant problem of semi trucks ...
Welding helmet with air filter wins Popular Science...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 13, 2013
Popular Science has tapped an innovative new welding helmet as one of its 2013 Invention Awards winners. The Windmaker, developed by ...
Re-recycling: Biofuel waste used to make stronger...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on April 22, 2013
The ash from burnt corn stalks and leaves, a byproduct of producing biofuel, is used in a new stronger ...
Wirtgen wins a Bauma 2013 innovation award with...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on April 19, 2013
The Bauma construction equipment trade show, currently wrapping up in Munich, Germany has named its five innovations award winners for ...
German manufacturers create glow-in-the-dark concrete
Posted by Wayne Grayson on April 11, 2013
Two German manufacturers, Kann and NightTec, have collaborated to create a pretty cool new product they call "Leuchsteine" or Light ...
Colorful asphalt coatings could keep cities cooler
Posted by Wayne Grayson on April 09, 2013
More so than any other color, black absorbs sunlight and then radiates that heat. And when black asphalt comprises one-third ...
Supercapacitors may solve battery woes plaguing hybrid...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on March 27, 2013
A piece of silicon carbide disk covered with a layer of graphene. Credit: Kacper Pempel/Reuters A new article from Slate ...
Boston tests asphalt alternatives for filling potholes
Posted by Wayne Grayson on March 26, 2013
Aquaphalt's asphalt alternative for filling potholes is installed during a test in Boston. According to a report from our sister ...
Roads of the future could power our homes and the...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on March 18, 2013
Our sister publication Better Roads has an interesting report today on the roads of the future. Two U.S. companies are ...
Light Transmitting Concrete turns walls into screens
Posted by Wayne Grayson on March 15, 2013
From a functionality standpoint, innovations like this may seem a bit silly to those of us who use concrete to, ...





