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From Dream to Reality: Emerging Technologies Now and When?Jan Tuchman, Editor-in-ChiefEngineering News-RecordRipped from the Headlines, ENR Style

Construction science fiction, projects of the future and features about the latest technology, are all part of ENRs process of exploring ideas for the industrys future.AcknowledgementsUp Front!Tom Sawyer, ENR Technology EditorJeff Rubenstone, ENR New Products EditorFernanda Leite, University of TexasCarl Haas, University of WaterlooJesus de la Garza, Virginia Institute of TechnologyTudor Van Hampton, ENR Deputy EditorBrad Harlin, Chief Technology Officer, Black & VeatchLuke Abaffy, ENR Multimedia EditorEdd Gibson, Arizona State UniversityEva James, MX3DHorizon-360 Team Tracks Global Technologies

For more information on this Fiatech Team contact:Dr. Fernanda Leite, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, Fernanda.Leite@utexas.eduRon Sattan, Vice President, Hatch Mott MacDonald, Ronald.Sattan@hatchmott.comBob Wible, wible@fiatech.orgNOWToday: 3D Printing is Here at Small Scale

360 Architecture (now HOK) put 3D printing to work to win the Atlanta Falcons Stadium commission. A scale model with a motorized roof showed off the kinetic structure that appears to open like a camera shutter. Five 3D printers produced the operable model in time for the presentation.Today: Drones Access Hard to Reach PlacesFirms like Asymmetric Technologies are navigating the FAA rules to win exemptions to do dam, bridge and other civil works inspections with drones. Its a tool in the the inspectors toolbox, says the firms CEO Brian Borkowski.

Watch the Flying High Video from ENR.comToday: Large-Scale Energy Storage Is Possible

Red Lion Energy Center will produce 27 MW for Delmarva Power & Light Co. in Delaware. Its refrigerator sized cabinets house Bloom Energy Serversnatural gas powered fuels cells that use solid-oxide in Blooms patented process.Today: Intelligent Compactor Gets it Just Right

Volvo machine evalutes the state of pavement compaction in real time to avoid over- or under- compactingextending roadway life.Today: Internet of ThingsBridges That Talk BackSensors monitor earthquake motions at the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

WHEN?Far Future: Movies Ideas Stretch Our Imagination

Near: Wearable Computing Nears Market Readiness

But advanced tools like the Golden-i by Koplin Corp. (now Motorola) are farther in the future. Watch the Golden-I video from ENR.comNear: Robots Take Over Awkward Jobs?

NLinks mobile overhead drilling robot made its first sale this spring.1-2 Years: UAV Guides Itself, Navigating in Real TimeCMUs Ariel Robotic Infrastructure Analyst (ARIA) collects 40,000 x-y-z points per second to building a point cloud of its surroundings.

Five Years: New Materials Change the Landscape

Delft Universitys Henk Jonkers patents self-healing concrete.Two Years: 3D Printers Tackle Full-Scale StructuresMX3D will 3D Print a bridge over a canal in Amsterdam. Watch their video.

More and More and More IdeasNano-engineered catalysts, membranes and light-activated materials to make water treatment affordable and portable Bio-geotechnical approaches to boosting the resiliency of infrastructureAutonomous vehiclesAutomated plan checkingTackling political and institutional barriersTHE BIG PICTUREFrom Dream to Reality: Emerging Technologies Now and When?Jan Tuchman, Editor-in-ChiefEngineering News-Record