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PNNL researchers have discovered that dissolving a simple sugar into the electrolyte in a flow battery boosts peak power output by a remarkable 60%. What’s more, after being constantly cycled for a year, the battery lost almost none of its capacity.Con… Continue reading Adding sugar to flow battery creates huge power and longevity boost
Doroni has hit a milestone in the development of its two-seat, US$195,000 buy ‘n’ fly eVTOL aircraft. Recently, CEO Doron Merdinger was confident enough to hop in and put his own butt on the line, taking a prototype for its first manned flight.Continue… Continue reading Doroni celebrates its first manned eVTOL flight
All I wanted to do was get rid of my glasses, but when my local laser eye surgery clinic recommended some odd-sounding advanced Presbyond treatment developed by Zeiss, I said sure, if that’s what the cool kids are getting. Here’s what’s happened.Contin… Continue reading Review: Presbyond surgery gave my eyes two different focal points
Chinese company Fourier Intelligence says it plans to manufacture 100 of its GR-1 general-purpose humanoid robots by the end of 2023, making the remarkable promise that they’ll be able to carry nearly their own weight. They also have a unique focus.Con… Continue reading GR-1 general-purpose humanoid robot will carry nearly its own weight
If you want an electric boat to get very far, you either need huge amounts of battery, or you need to lift your hull out of the water on a hydrofoil system to cut down energy-sapping drag. The SpiritBARTech35EF does both, for record-smashing range.
Tags: Hydrofoil, Electric Boats, World’s Longest
Continue reading World’s longest-range electric hydrofoil packs 120-kWh of battery
Gates- and Bezos-backed startup Form Energy is one of the most exciting companies in the grid-level renewable energy storage space, with a multi-day iron-air battery system just 10% the cost of lithium. A 10-MW/1-GWh demo system has now been approved.C… Continue reading Super-cheap gigawatt-scale rust battery greenlit for Minnesota
There’s a lot of news going around today about the French Government’s new policy to allow police to remotely take over a suspect’s devices, with access to cameras, microphones and GPS data. But if you think that’s uncommon, you’d be very mistaken.Cont… Continue reading It’s not just France: Your phone is a surveillance device
EPFL researchers have developed a 100% effective, ultra-thin active noise cancelling system that uses an ionized air plasma propulsion system instead of speakers. A 17-mm-thick (0.6-in) layer can block 20 Hz noise as well as a 4-m-thick (13-ft) wall.Co… Continue reading Plasma-based noise cancelling could silence rooms, cars and planes
We haven’t been paying much attention to the custom motorcycle world lately, but this jaw-dropping project demanded our attention. It’s a Hayabusa engine wrapped in a spectacular titanium frame, swingarm, exhaust, subframe and bodywork.Continue Reading… Continue reading World’s first all-titanium motorcycle is spectacular, and nearly done
A husband-and-wife precision engineering team has set a new world record standing 1/8th mile time for steam-powered motorcycles. The Force of Nature is effectively a rocket on wheels, and the team says it should go much faster in the next attempt.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Steam Power, Motorcycle, Land+Speed+Records, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Fastest steam-powered motorcycle in history tears up the 1/8th mile