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Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy.

As the parafoil pulls the boat, seawater would be forced through the turbine, which generates electricity. The [...]

Electric cars like the one above will be rolling through the Harz region in the future. The fleet of cars is supposed to be increased to twenty-five vehicles by June 2011. (Credit: Copyright Fraunhofer IFF/Dirk Mahler)

ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2010) — Electric cars have many merits: They are quieter and require less maintenance than cars with [...]

ScienceDaily (Feb. 3, 2010) — Remote central locking is among the most convenient aspects of modern motoring. Transmission of the radio signal that activates the system is not particularly secure, however. A new encryption technique increases security without draining the key's battery.

An asymmetric algorithm in this car key ensures high security when the car door [...]

ROAD accidents could be slashed if cars had better data on weather and road conditions, according to Sony and VTT, Finland's top transport-research lab.

How slippery when wet? (Image: Transport Image Picture Library/Alamy)
Erecting electronic road signs is expensive and warnings are frequently missed, says Nikolaos Georgis of the Sony Technology Center in San Diego, California.
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ATLANTA — Air traffic delays are more than just annoying: On average, they probably cost the U.S. economy more than hurricanes do.

Most media reports focus on extended delays that leave passengers stranded in airports for days or trapped on the tarmac for hours, said Bob Maxson, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Aviation [...]

Eyes in the dark. Close up of the nocturnally active bee Megalopta, with its night vision eyes. (Credit: Rita Wallén)

ScienceDaily (Jan. 19, 2010) — The ability of animals to see in the dark has led biology professor Eric Warrant at Lund University in Sweden to a collaboration with the automaker Toyota. The collaborative project is [...]

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ScienceDaily (Jan. 16, 2010) — An Oxford University study says the best way to reduce emissions in the short term is a 'drastic downscaling of both size and weight' of conventional petrol and diesel cars.

The research by Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment suggests that we should not rely on manufacturers producing hydrogen [...]

A California company hopes to sell a build-it-yourself kit by 2011

It is safe to bet that a flying motorcycle will never be a practical transportation option, but that has not stopped Samson Motorworks, a small engineering firm in northern California's Sierra Nevada foothills, from playing the long odds.

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The company is building a [...]

The sports car parented by both Toyota and Subaru has been in and out of the spotlight since first being announced late last year. Now, Subaru has made it official that they will be producing their own version of the new concept that will be "Distinctly Subaru."

The announcement was made at the Los Angeles Auto [...]

One of the entries in Solar Splash 2009. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Southampton)

ScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2009) — A team of academics and students at the University of Southampton have begun work on a solar-electric powered boat which they claim will be one of the most sophisticated to enter the annual prestigious Solar Splash [...]