Collaborate Disseminate
Kawasaki is doing some fascinating work toward decarbonizing motorcycles. After launching the world’s first hybrid streetbike in the Ninja 7 Hybrid, it’s now built a supercharged, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered Ninja H2 SX. An H2 H2, if you will.Cont… Continue reading Kawasaki has built a hydrogen-powered, supercharged Ninja H2 SX
At the new CaliExpress by Flippy, opening soon, you’ll order on a screen, then watch as robots work the burger grill and fry baskets to serve food – without a single pimply human having to drag itself out of bed and pretend to be happy to see you.Conti… Continue reading Fully autonomous restaurant set to open in Pasadena
It’s remarkable to watch the CyberRunner robot rapidly advance from shaky beginner to smooth, seasoned pro – and, like humans, it even finds ways to cheat. A compelling demonstration of AI’s ability to master complex real-world skills.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Open-source AI robot absolutely crushes marble-maze skill game
In fluid dynamics, hard science often comes with dazzling aesthetic beauty – a fact the American Physical Society highlights annually with a photo/video contest. Here are this year’s winners – equal parts fascinating, hypnotic and visually stunning.Con… Continue reading Gallery of Fluid Motion: Science at its most visually stunning
Two wheels, a motor, a seat, some handlebars and some footrests: put ’em in one arrangement, and you’ve got a sportsbike. In another, a cruiser. Or an adventure machine. Or a commuter. Why not a single, shape-shifting architecture that does it all?Cont… Continue reading Ziggymoto perfectly illustrates the shape-shifting motorcycle idea
Two wheels, a motor, a seat, some handlebars and some footrests: put ’em in one arrangement, and you’ve got a sportsbike. In another, a cruiser. Or an adventure machine. Or a commuter. Why not a single, shape-shifting architecture that does it all?Cont… Continue reading Ziggymoto perfectly illustrates the shape-shifting motorcycle idea
Using a temperature-driven “wax motor,” researchers have created an adaptive roof tile system that helps keep a room at a comfortable 18 °C (65 °F). It delivers an extraordinary 3.1X reduction in cooling energy consumption, and 2.6X for heating.Continu… Continue reading Wax-actuated adaptive tiles radically cut heating and cooling energy
Fourth Power says its ultra-high temperature “sun in a box” energy storage tech is more than 10X cheaper than lithium-ion batteries, and vastly more powerful and efficient than any other thermal battery. It’s hoping to prove it with a 1-MWh prototype.C… Continue reading White-hot thermal grid battery aims to decimate lithium on price
DARPA has tapped Raytheon to design and develop a wireless, airborne relay system to “deliver energy into contested environments,” as part of its Energy Web Dominance program, in which DARPA wants to be able to power anything from nearly anywhere.Conti… Continue reading Raytheon to create DARPA’s airborne “wireless internet for energy”
Australian researchers are putting together a supercomputer designed to emulate the world’s most efficient learning machine – a neuromorphic monster capable of the same estimated 228 trillion synaptic operations per second that human brains handle.Cont… Continue reading World’s first human brain-scale neuromorphic supercomputer is coming