Audi is sending a robotic version of its TTS sports car to navigate to the top of Pikes Peak only guided by computers and GPS NO DRIVER NEEDED: This driverless Audi TTS is headed to the top of Colorado's Pikes Peak next month. © SUSAN KUCHINSKAS In September a driverless Audi TTS will speed to [...]
What can the development of the F-1 engine in the 1960s teach us for a new large hydrocarbon engine to be developed in the 2010s? (credit: NASA) When President Obama visited Kennedy Space Center on April 15, one of the topics he addressed was an initiative to develop a new heavy-lift rocket. “Next, we will [...]
WayPilot has developed systems for warning drivers when their vehicle unintentionally is leaving a marked lane. (Credit: Image courtesy of SINTEF) ScienceDaily (June 5, 2010) — When the steering wheel starts vibrating strongly, your car is too close to the edge of the road. WayPilot, a new Norwegian product, helps to keep it where it [...]
Two brothers carry on dream of efficient internal combustion The IRIS engine works by expanding and contracting like the iris of an eye. Its creators say its greater working surface makes the IRIS more efficient than traditional piston-driven internal combustion. In the past year, the U.S. auto industry has reeled under market pressure, faced bankruptcy, [...]
Àlvar Sánchez (UAB), Xavier Granados (ICMAB-CSIC), and Du-Xing Chen (UAB) at Nexans (Hannover). (Credit: Image courtesy of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ScienceDaily (May 6, 2010) — Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, and the firms Labein Tecnalia and Nexans, coordinated by the electrical company Endesa, have constructed a 30m cable and the terminals needed [...]
It may seem dirty and outdated compared with the batteries that power electric vehicles, but the internal combustion engine is set for a makeover that could halve its greenhouse gas emissions. Engineering a makeover (Image: WestEnd61/Rex Features) Today's engines are pretty inefficient, converting only around a quarter of the energy contained in fuel into motion; [...]
Humpback Whale ScienceDaily (Nov. 24, 2009) — Rocket science is opening new doors to understanding how sounds associated with Navy sonar might affect the hearing of a marine mammal — or if they hear it at all. The same type of large industrial sized X-ray scanners that NASA uses to detect flaws in the space [...]
Honda has been working hard on the upcoming VFR1200 touring bike, with the introduction of a dual clutch gearbox into the motorcycle being among the many pieces of technology they plan on including. On top the more efficient transmission , it now appears that Honda is planning on cylinder deactivation to help keep fuel consumption [...]
The Jointmaker Pro R2 uses custom Japanese saw blades and a little elbow grease to achieve what look to be ridiculously accurate (and easy) cuts. It is a hybrid device, a hand saw that employs custom Japanese saw blades offered in crosscut and rip grinds. The blade moves up and down via a hand-crank [...]
The portrait was painted in around 1560. Art experts think they may have found the world’s oldest painting to feature an image of a watch. The Science Museum is investigating the 450-year-old portrait, thought to be of Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence, holding a golden timepiece. Curators have sent their findings to [...]
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