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The Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet: World’s Fastest Airliner with 1,370 mph Speed Limit

July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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)…

Koenigsegg One:1 creates new Speed Record: 0-300-0 kmh in just 17.95 seconds (w/ Video)

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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.

Automobile Manufacturing Platform: 3D Printed Supercar built from Unique Node System (w/ Video)

June 25, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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.

Convertible SUV coming from Mercedes: Luxury Convertibles

June 24, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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.

Controlling Lightning Bolts with Laser Beams: Protection against Lightning Strikes

June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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.

McLaren-Honda Formula 1 Concept Designs by Andries van Overbeeke: Futuristic Racing Cars

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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.

Tesla Powerwall: Energy Storage System for a Sustainable Home

June 9, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Elon Musk aka Tony Stark of the real life leave no stone unturned when it comes to denting the universe. He concretizes stuff which we can only dream off. His idea of privatizing space travel with Space X, revolutionizing conventional automobile mechanics by introducing electric cars via Tesla motors, his unconventional open tube transport system, the Hyperloop are not the ‘only’ examples of his unlimited desire for uplifting the future of humanity. He has now come up with an energy storage system for home users, called the Powerwall.

Hypersonic Air Vehicle soon to be a Reality: Supersonic Transportation

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Scientists at the AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory) in collaboration with the Pentagon’s research arm are working towards building an innovative hypersonic air vehicle. As the concept suggests, the team aims it touch up to Mach 5’s speed while transporting guidance systems and other materials.

Microfluidic device that mimics the actual Biological System: Alternative to Lung Ventilators

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Technology that would help in fabricating vital characteristics of lung structures would lead to safer and promising alternative to specific types of respiratory and cardiac machines used for treating patients whose lungs have failed to respond due to disease or injury.

Rocket that doesn’t require any Fuel: Graphene-powered Spacecraft

May 29, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Amongst all the amazing properties of graphene, morphing light into action is best of all. Serendipitous discovery of the material had surfaced its remarkable properties like robustness along with high electric and head conduction in flat structure. Yongsheng Chen at Nankai University in Tianjin, China along with his team has been working on to see if the same effect could also be seen on the bigger lattice arrangements of carbon.

Biosensing Chip for Remote Monitoring of Human Metabolism: Implantable Biomedical Device

May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland have developed a centimeter long biosensor chip that lays hidden under a patch of human skin and is communicated via smartphone. The chip tracks the concentration of molecules quantity like glucose, cholesterol and other drugs.

Jahn-Teller Metals, the Newest State of Matter: Transition between Insulator and Conductor

May 13, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

An international team of researchers led by Kosmas Prassides of Tokohu University in Japan has surfaced a material that has combined intrinsic qualities of insulator, superconductor, metal and magnet. The team has asserted that this discovery would lead to the growth of new and efficient high-temperature superconductors.

Fingernail sized NailO controls Phone and Laptop: Wearable Technology

April 23, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

MIT researchers have developed a small fingernail sized trackpad, which they claim can control phone and computer, wirelessly. NailO, the input device is quite similar to stick-on nails fashion accessory. It gets attached on the user’s thumb, from where the control takes place by sweeping a finger in a particular direction over its surface.

The New BMW 7 Series: Remote parking via LCD Display

April 22, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

BMW’s 7 Series is the only sedan or extended-length limousine in BMW’s flagship car and it is about due for a redesign. The German automaker has already initiated testing some of its upcoming features that we might expect when the machine hits the shelves.

Graphene-based Light Bulbs hitting stores soon: A new era of LED Technology

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

LED light technology has again hit the spotlight but this time it is due to the wonder material, graphene. Consumers would soon be using graphene-based light bulbs. It is assumed that the dimmable bulb would help in reducing energy costs by ten percent and might come with a longer shelf life relatively. Although, it is expected that the cost might remain the same as is the conventional LED.