Student team breaks the 4-minute barrier for EV fast-charging

It’s often the case that technologies developed for racing vehicles trickle down to the wider automotive market. With an endurance race in its sights, a team of more than 30 students at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands has d… Continue reading Student team breaks the 4-minute barrier for EV fast-charging

Human-powered watercraft being developed to break 30-year speed record

French champion of pedal power, Stéphane Rousson, is developing a twin-prop waterbike designed to beat a 30-year-old world record for the fastest human-powered watercraft. The first prototype has been built and tested on the water.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Human-powered watercraft being developed to break 30-year speed record

Student team sets distance record with hydrogen city car concept

A student team from TU Delft presented the latest Eco-Runner in May, a hydrogen-powered city car concept designed to be more than a hundred times more fuel-efficient than modern fossil-fuel vehicles. Now the car has set a Guinness distance record.Conti… Continue reading Student team sets distance record with hydrogen city car concept

Simple Cubes Show Off AI-Driven Runtime Changes in VR

AR and VR developer [Skarredghost] got pretty excited about a virtual blue cube, and for a very good reason. It marked a successful prototype of an augmented reality experience in …read more Continue reading Simple Cubes Show Off AI-Driven Runtime Changes in VR

Concrete shelter puts a starchitect spin on emergency housing

As the founder of Foster + Partners, Sir Norman Foster is usually associated with massive projects like supertall skyscrapers and soccer stadiums, but his latest design sees him turn his hand to something far more modest. Working with sustainable build… Continue reading Concrete shelter puts a starchitect spin on emergency housing

Honda is looking for partners for on-site testing of its 3rd-gen AWV

Back in 2018, Honda chopped off the top half of an ATV to make a modular platform capable of lugging stuff around construction sites, and installed some autonomous vehicle tech so that it could do so without a human worker on board. That Autonomous Wor… Continue reading Honda is looking for partners for on-site testing of its 3rd-gen AWV

Xiaomi reveals wireless AR glasses with “Retina-level” adaptive display

Xiaomi has pulled back the curtain on a pair of augmented-reality glasses it’s working on called the Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, which are reported to be among the first in the industry to boast “Retina-level” image resolution.Continue Reading… Continue reading Xiaomi reveals wireless AR glasses with “Retina-level” adaptive display

Fortescue looks toward greener mining with 240-tonne electric truck

Australian mining company Fortescue has taken delivery of a 1.4-MWh prototype battery that’s heading for a 240-tonne electric mining haul truck developed in partnership with Liebherr, and will begin testing later in the year.Continue ReadingCategory: T… Continue reading Fortescue looks toward greener mining with 240-tonne electric truck