Well known for having enterprising population, it should not be surprising that Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, may soon be home to one of the world’s most innovative transportation systems.

Silicon Valley-based, skyTran, which is headquartered at NASA Research Park, has developed patented new personal and cargo transportation systems which it intends to deploy in Nigeria and elsewhere around the world.

The systems, known as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) and Cargo Rapid Transit (CRT), use MagLev technology and encompass an elevated rail, along the underside of which levitating, energy-efficient pods travel.

According to reports, once the pods reach a speed of just 10mph, they can glide without any additional power but are also able to travel at speeds of up to 155mph.

The company also says the system can be installed for approximately $13m per mile, compared to around $160m per mile for an underground rail system.

The company has a demonstrator system in Israel, which reportedly showcases all the components required to roll out a commercial system and is also used for testing, monitoring, and improvement of the technology.

A Level-1 trauma center in Staten Island, New York is adding a natural gas-fueled onsite cogeneration plant so the hospital can produce its own power.

Rolls-Royce is providing two combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) trigeneration units for Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC).

The system is expected to provide the hospital’s daily power needs, while generating steam for hot water, heating and air conditioning.

The project will begin powering the hospital in Fall 2022, hospital officials said.

Rated at 1.5MW each, the CCHP units are to be housed in a former laundry facility adjacent to the hospital. The project is being managed by developer Innovative Energy Strategies (IES) and is part of RUMC’s multi-million dollar expansion.

While RUMC will remain connected to the grid, the cogeneration plant will allow it to become self-sufficient, especially during emergency situations. The hospital has recognized the need for an alternative power supply system following outages caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

The Falkirk Wheel is an interesting engineering marvel that represents a rotating boat lift, and it is located in the town that has the same name, Falkirk, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Built in order to connect the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, it is the world’s only rotating boat-lift that is used also as a great attraction to allure people to come and visit the area.

This magnificent, mechanical marvel was built in order to replace a series of lock gates which were built in 19 century, and soon after its completion it became Scotland’s most exciting example of 21 century engineering.

Part of one of the biggest engineering projects that were undertaken by the British Waterways, the Millennium Link Project, the Falkirk Wheel is a successful example of regenerating the canals of Central Scotland, as well as reconnecting once again one of the bigger cities in the country, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

As the boats are approaching from the higher Union Canal, they go through two locks, and then progress through a new long tunnel which is 168 meters (551 feet) long and emerges at the start of a concrete aqueduct which is 104 meters (341 feet) long.

Then the boats continue towards the far end of this aqueduct which opens directly into the upper of the two carrier gondolas of the Falkirk Wheel.

After that is when the “magic” happens, and as the wheel rotates and descends, it goes into a basin which is some 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter, and later with one final lock at the far end of the basin, the boats are finally lowered to the level of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Being one of the more interesting things that deserve to be seen in person, unfortunately, the people coming to see it come by car instead of using the canals.

Still, since its opening on 24 May 2002, the Falkirk Wheel enjoys great attention and since it is one of its kind in the world, it well deserves to be called the Marvel of 21 Century.

All in all, continuing to be used for connecting Scotland’s canals and cities, this tourist attraction shall be used as an example of how something that was in the imagination of the engineers became a reality.

Lauterbrunnen is a small but very interesting village and municipality that is located in a trough valley which is filled with impressive landscape, settled in the Canton of Bern within the Swiss Confederation.

As it is sometimes known by its other more describing name, the Valley of 72 Waterfalls, Lauterbrunnen lies at the bottom of a U-shaped valley that extends some 8 km (5 mi) when it meets the Lauterbrunnen Wall, which is actually a mountain wall comprised of the Bernese Alps.

As the village has a long-standing history, dating back as far as 1240, there were some archaeological findings of a single Roman coin which was discovered in the Blumental, which confirms that the area had residents living around the sheer rock walls for plenty of time.

Still, the history is hypnotized from the sound of water that is rushing down the steep rocks, among which the most impressive and most photographed is the closest one to the village, the Staubach Waterfall.

With a height of 297 meters (974 feet), the plunging waterfall is definitely the first thing one would see when arriving to Lauterbrunnen. In addition to that, the traditional Swiss wooden houses are a definite sign that whatever photo one is taking here, it will be, simply said, breathtaking.

The tallest structure is the Lauterbrunnen village church which appears to be a simple in design, yet its wooden spire rises high above everything else. With plenty of visitors, the tiny picturesque village is one of the most amazing places a person can visit, and with the hikes that are even more amazing, everyone would want to return and be stunned by the stupendous vistas.