NASA and JAXA designing a Toyota-made ‘RV for the moon’

NASA is set to send the first woman and next many to the moon in 2024 and has revealed what the crew will call home – an RV rover. The American space agency is ditching concepts of inflatable tents and underground bases, and is now looking at a pressurized surface vehicle. The space group recently … Read more

Couple spends seven years designing and building a home made entirely from TRASH in Spain 

A couple has revealed how they spent seven years designing and building a home made entirely out of bits of trash. Laura Davies and Dave Buchanan, both 55, live in their so-called ‘Earthship’ in the Almeria province of Andalucia in Spain. The pair moved to Spain in 2002 and initially purchased an old Cortijo, a … Read more

Learning more about pterosaurs could help in designing more efficient drones 

Studying flying reptiles called pterosaurs that lived 200 million years ago could help engineers develop a new generation of ‘super drones’ with better stability.  The prehistoric reptiles that soared above the dinosaurs are the biggest animals ever to take to the air and they ruled the skies for 160 million years. Despite their aeronautic excellence, … Read more