Collaborate Disseminate
New research published in Nature Medicine has found COVID-19 vaccination can reduce a person’s infectious viral load. The study compared the infectiousness of different SARS-CoV-2 variants between vaccinated and unvaccinated subjects.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading mRNA vaccination found to reduce COVID-19 infectious viral load
French company Valeo is a vast and formidable entity doing some 20 billion euros’ worth of business as a global automotive parts supplier, so when it announced in 2020 that it was planning to revolutionize the ebike world, people sat up and listened.Co… Continue reading 14 ebike manufacturers take on Valeo’s impressive auto-shift drive unit
Despite the best efforts of scientists around the world, the current global pandemic continues onward. But even if you aren’t working on a new vaccine or trying to curb the …read more Continue reading Fight Disease With A Raspberry Pi
The automatic transmission in your average automobile can be a complicated, hydraulic-y thing full of spooky fluids and many spinning parts. However, simpler designs for “automatic” gearboxes exist, like this …read more Continue reading A Simple LEGO Automatic Transmission
The world record for fastest internet speed has been utterly shattered as Japanese engineers have demonstrated a data transmission rate of 319 Terabits per second (Tb/s) through optical fibers. The record was set over more than 3,000 km (1,864 miles) o… Continue reading Data transmission speed record clocks blistering 319 Terabits per second
Music lovers who want to stream tunes from their smartphone to the living room hi-fi or from the hi-fi to wireless headphones might be disappointed. Many setups, including audio gear from McIntosh Labs, don’t support Bluetooth, so the company set out t… Continue reading McIntosh transceiver adds two-way Bluetooth streaming to any hi-fi setup
A new review article published in The Lancet has presented 10 key scientific reasons why SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is predominantly spread though the air. The research adds to a growing chorus of experts saying the evidence for airbor… Continue reading Evidence of COVID-19 airborne transmission “overwhelming” say experts
[Levi Janssen] has a secret: he doesn’t like harmonic drives. But rather than abandon the torque-amplifying transmission completely, he decided to see about improving them using 3D-printed compliant mechanisms. For …read more Continue reading Harmonic Drive Uses Compliant Mechanism to Slim Down
Recently, I was offered a 1997 Volkswagen Golf for the low, low price of free — assuming I could haul it away, as it suffered from a thoroughly borked automatic transmission. Being incapable of saying no to such an opportunity, I set about trailering the poor convertible home and immediately …read more
Continue reading Peeking Inside A VW Gearbox Reveals Die Casting Truths
Many dream of tooling around in a high performance sports car, but the cost of owning, maintaining, and insuring one of them make it a difficult proposition. While this LEGO version of the Corvette ZR1 might not be exactly like the real thing, it’s 4-speed manual and electronic gauge cluster …read more
Continue reading LEGO Delivers Corvette Experience on a Budget