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A common complaint around modern passenger vehicles is that they are over-reliant on electronics, from overly complex infotainment systems to engines that can’t be fixed on one’s own due to …read more Continue reading Resistor Swap Gives Honda Insights More Power
Power delivery in passenger vehicle drivetrains hasn’t changed much since the introduction of the continuously variable (CV) joint in the 1930s. Most electric vehicles still deliver power via the same …read more Continue reading A Revolution in Vehicle Drivetrains?
[Allen Millyard] is a premier British motorcycle builder. In these circles he is widely regarded and his custom motorcycles are nearly world-famous. But when his son took up downhill mountain …read more Continue reading Motorcycle Builder Makes Downhill Mountain Bike
As we’ve learned from past experience, videos from [HowToLou] tend to be a bit controversial. His unique style of expedient engineering isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, especially when it’s combined …read more Continue reading Riding Mower CVT Upgrade Really Gets Things Moving
[James Bruton] is experimenting is a series of interesting mechanical mechanisms, the latest being a CVT transmission system which uses a tilting sphere to get a variable speed output from …read more Continue reading Ball CVT Drives Robot From A Constant Speed Motor
[Emiel] aka [The Practical Engineer] makes all kinds of fun projects in his fully-featured shop, and one of his tangents has been building a series of solenoid engines. These engines …read more Continue reading Can the Solenoid Engine Power a Car?
You often hear that art imitates life, but sometimes technology does too. Pliant Energy Systems’ Velox robot resembles an underwater creature more than it does a robot because it uses undulating fins to propel itself, as you can see in the video below.
The video shows the beast skating, but also swimming, and walking. It really does look more like a lifeform than a device. According to the company, the robot has excellent static thrust/watt and is resistant to becoming entangled in plants and other debris.
The downside of this report is that it is sparse on technical detail. However, …read more