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Mercedes-Benz unveils Driverless Bus: Future of Public Transport

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 Pooja Kashyap

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…

Non-Invasive Electric Tattoo for mapping Muscle Activity: Nanotech Tattoos

July 14, 2016 Pooja Kashyap

Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have fabricated an electronic tattoo that has the potential of recording muscle movements by mapping facial expressions.

TF-X a reality by 2018: An Era of Flying Car Begins

February 24, 2016December 20, 2022 Pooja Kashyap

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.

Head-up Display for Passenger Vehicles: In-car Technology

November 30, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

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.

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.