InMar Technologies, a marine engineering firm, and energy systems developer OptiFuel Systems are planning a Blue Economy VITAL 100 MW Kraaken, a giant ship that would house a data center, desalinate water for folks onshore, and make enough electricity to power the data center and send extra to homes and businesses on land.
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority has granted the country’s first permit for a driverless truck to travel public roads without a human aboard, or space for a human.
Junk plastic has been transformed into things ranging from motor fuel to park benches. Now engineers at Japan’s Chiba University have found a way to turn plastic into fertilizer “that actively benefits ecosystems,” they say.