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It looks a little like the old Honda Grom, and it’s pitched very much at daily commuters on the crazy roads of India, but the Freedom 125’s dual fuel setup gives it an impressive 330 km (205 miles) of range. Two-thirds of that is from the gas cylinder … Continue reading World’s first dual-fuel CNG motorcycle cuts fuel costs in half
Hardware hackers come from a variety of backgrounds, but among us there remains a significant number whose taste for making things was forged through growing up in a farm environment. …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: TVO
A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has completed its first long-duration engine test as part of Venus Aerospace’s partnership with DARPA to develop a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Continue Rea… Continue reading Video: Hypersonic rotating detonation engine in sustained test burn
A simple, cheap pretreatment promises to radically cut the price of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from waste wood biomass – potentially making it cost-competitive with fossil-based jet fuel, while cutting down emissions by up to 80%.Continue Rea… Continue reading Lignin breakthrough unlocks cost-competitive, carbon-neutral jet fuel
In a topsy-turvy bit of military aviation, the US Air Force used a C-5M Super Galaxy heavy transport to refuel a KC-10 Extender refueling tanker aircraft, pumping fuel backwards up the boom from transport to tanker instead of the other way around.Conti… Continue reading US Air Force refuels a tanker plane backwards
All it takes is one knucklehead to go and do something stupid to screw things up for everyone. We’re not exactly sure who the knucklehead is behind the recent ban …read more Continue reading Homebrew Gel Fuel Keeps the Steam Coming, Legally
Airbus innovation division UpNext is testing its next-gen autonomous systems for air-to-air in-flight refueling, which could be a revolutionary leap forward for a variety of military and civil aircraft, radically and safely extending range and enduranc… Continue reading Autonomous air-to-air refueling system will radically boost endurance
Since the 1960s, researchers have been turning to an unlikely harvesting ground for uranium: the world’s oceans. Now, an Australian-led team has moved the prospect of sea-based uranium harvesting another step forward with a cheap and easy-to-make mater… Continue reading New neodymium-doped material can fish uranium out of seawater
As any car-chase action movie will tell you, the gasoline used in our vehicles is flammable, explosive stuff. Scientists have created a new combustible fuel, however, which stays safely non-flammable for transport and storage.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Experimental “fire-safe” fuel won’t ignite unless electrified
As any car-chase action movie will tell you, the gasoline used in our vehicles is flammable, explosive stuff. Scientists have created a new combustible fuel, however, which stays safely non-flammable for transport and storage.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Experimental “fire-safe” fuel won’t ignite unless electrified