We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, mining, and even railroads and transportation stand to be much more productive.

Before the Industrial Revolution, making textiles was a slow process carried out by people using simple equipment, mostly in their own homes. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, the ...

The coal age is over in the country that sparked the industrial revolution 200 years ... Coal heated the homes, ran the ...