Technology advancement in harnessing renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind has reached a long way. However, tapping marine energy efficiently and reliably at the same time has always remained a challenging task.
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New Building Material From Waste Plastic: RePlast The Future Of Plastics
Plastic waste management is one of the major problems worldwide. Plastics production utilizes valuable fossil feedstock and has a notable carbon impact. They are not only hard to decompose but are also occupying our landfills and entering the oceans.
Read MoreUshering An Era of Quantum Computers with Built-in Optics: The Qubit Technology
Quantum computers are hypothetical devices with higher computational power than a traditional computer. The classical system involves bits as the smallest unit of data, that is represented by 0 or 1, while quantum computers are made up of quantum bits, also known as qubits. Unlike the conventional computer, where a bit has to be either 0 or 1, quantum mechanics grants a qubit to be in both the states at the same time. A qubit would be represented as 0 and 1 simultaneously, a hallmark which is rudimentary to quantum…
Read MoreChina’s Transit Elevated Bus Increases Utilization of Road Space: The Future of Traffic
Traffic Jams are one of the worst nightmares of urban commuters these days. China, which has some worst traffic jams ever, has come up with an innovative mode of transport known as the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) to move around even in the most congested road.
Read MoreRoboRacing: Fusing AI with Automotive Technology
Driverless cars are the future of private transportation, where crashes are rare occurrences. Raj Nair, Ford’s head of product development claimed that the year 2020 will mark autonomous vehicle at SAE Level 4 [1 step below full automation] into the mainstream auto market.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz unveils Driverless Bus: Future of Public Transport
Future Bus is the new city bus coming straight from the vault of Mercedes-Benz. Unlike its previous autonomous semi-truck Actros that was targeted only for highways, CityPilot ridden technology bus is developed especially for an urban market. The German automaker has demonstrated that its self-driven bus is proficient enough of maneuvering through an urban environment stretching across a distance of 12-miles. It’s been nearly a decade since Mercedes-Benz has been working on automated driving technologies and the current CityPilot technology too is based on Actros Highway Pilot, the autonomous technology…
Read MoreNon-Invasive Electric Tattoo for mapping Muscle Activity: Nanotech Tattoos
Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have fabricated an electronic tattoo that has the potential of recording muscle movements by mapping facial expressions.
Read MoreTF-X a reality by 2018: An Era of Flying Car Begins
Massachusetts-based Terrafugia aims to provide true door-to-door transportation with a flying car within the next decade. The firm’s concept vehicle TF-X is a solution to the ever-growing traffic, which is a pain for people who commute between work and home by car daily.
Read MoreHead-up Display for Passenger Vehicles: In-car Technology
Researchers at Cambridge have unleashed an era of Head-up displays (HUD) using laser holographic techniques. The technology has introduced for the first time into Jaguar Land Rover vehicles. The human machine interface has developed to project data like speed, direction and navigation directly onto the windscreen. It’s an attempt to provide, relevant and real time information to the driver in a non-intrusive way.
Read MoreThe Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet: World’s Fastest Airliner with 1,370 mph Speed Limit
In an attempt of re-inventing the future of travel, Spike Aerospace has unleashed the world’s fastest airliner, the S-512 Supersonic Jet. Effortlessly, the S-512 is able to touch a supersonic gliding speed of Mach 1.6, which is around 1,220 mph while its upper limit is nearly the speed of 1,370 mph equivalent to that of Mach 1.8. The US-based aerospace engineering & design company affirmed that in order to concretize the concept, they are willing to shed $80 million. Upgrading travelling A similar concept called SABRE (Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine)…
Read MoreKoenigsegg One:1 creates new Speed Record: 0-300-0 kmh in just 17.95 seconds (w/ Video)
In a recent track testing, the Koenigsegg One:1 Megacar smashed 0-300kmh in mere 17.95 seconds thus beating its previous World Record of 21.19 seconds. As per the makers, the car is expected to accelerate faster in the near future.
Read MoreAutomobile Manufacturing Platform: 3D Printed Supercar built from Unique Node System (w/ Video)
San Francisco based Divergent Microfactories has unleashed an innovative technique for revolutionizing automobile manufacturing. They have incorporated 3D printing with an aim of lessening pollution, minimum resources and lighter costs associated with building autos and other huge complex structures.
Read MoreConvertible SUV coming from Mercedes: Luxury Convertibles
After expanding an array of crossover and SUV lineup, Mercedes is trying its hand on convertible too. According to Wolf-Dieter Kurz, Mercedes’ chief, although convertible has lesser market chunk with respect to SUV portfolio yet they would like to go ahead with convertible SUV. They are positive as far as their new line of automobile is concerned, even a slim yet targeted market is enough for the sporty beast, claimed the boss.
Read MoreControlling Lightning Bolts with Laser Beams: Protection against Lightning Strikes
An interesting research has come up where scientists have attempted in controlling lightning with lasers. Huge architectural monuments and buildings (both residential and office) till now have been protected via lightning rods, which assured the predictability of bolts striking at one place, however, the pattern for route taken still remained an unsolved issue.
Read MoreMcLaren-Honda Formula 1 Concept Designs by Andries van Overbeeke: Futuristic Racing Cars
In an attempt to tame the wild spirit of motor racing in terms of making the event safer relatively, Dutch designer Andries van Overbeeke has come up with new and stunning designs for futuristic racing cars.
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