#MASSIVIT 3d shows off GDP Gel Dispensing 3d printing technology by printing a Strati car Jun 26, 2015 By Alecgenerally speaking,
Envisioning a wide variety of applications, the Israeli developers have emphasized just its potential by 3d printing an entire car body in a single piece.
and has good structural strength similar to ABS materials commonly used in 3d printing. The relatively low fluidity parameters of the gel create high advantages
as the Israeli engineers emphasize by 3d printing the body of a car. As reported in Israeli media, they 3d printed the body of a Strati car by Local Motors, with a bit of help from design specialists from Autodesk.
Autodesk Spark design platform was used for this version of the Strati, which will be on display at Ecomotion, a gathering of people from the Smart Transportation industry.
and the printed car is only one example of the opportunities that will be available in the near future.
Similar to the driver assistance systems found within modern cars the Byxee, which was created by Italian AI specialist Riccardo Ricci,
This process of scanning the road in front of the bicycle happens hundreds of times per second at distances of up to 80 feet (25 m)- meaning that the alerts are highly-responsive to any number of potential hazards ranging from pedestrians to cars and flying
have developed previously smart technologies for car brands. According to the team, the Byxee is the result of over two years of research and development that covered every angle including technology, design and of course, functionality.
and ABS, but it can print silicon, ceramic, rubber, and more. With an added end-stop, the Focus can more easily integrate these different print heads,
and launch programmes vice-president Julie Van Kleeck said:""For high-power SEP modules such as those that Nasa envisions for transporting cargo to Mars,
The system uses a peak power tracking capability to increase efficiency of a vehicle electrical system.
In automotive industry 4d printing technology will be useful that can be used for outer layering that will adapt accordingly to different weather conditions.
key enabling catalytic powder materials developed to reduce the dependence on the use of costly platinum group metals (PGMS) in vehicle emission control systems currently undergoing vehicle
resulting in an overall potential cost savings of over $200 per vehicle. Chris Harris, CDTI's President and CEO, stated:"
when we expect to validate our advanced materials platforms on vehicles at independent testing facilities.
The auto industry's reliance on Rh has helped fuel significant price volatility in the past, with prices ranging from $890 to $10, 100 per troy ounce during the past 10 years.
Rh prices could surge as automakers increase usage in order to meet the 80%NOX reduction requirement under the EPA's new Tier 3 regulations,
Benchmark testing of BMARS technology was conducted on a model year 2014 Buick vehicle with a 2. 0 liter engine
and on a 1. 6 liter engine from a model year 2012 BMW Mini using industry standard Federal Test Procedure (FTP) aging and test protocols.
with the Buick's OEM catalyst certified to EPA's Tier 2 Bin 4 standard
and the BMW Mini's OEM catalyst certified to the EURO 5 standard. Initial tests demonstrated BMARS has the potential to significantly reduce the PGM loading on the catalyst
Meanwhile, vehicle and engine testing continues on other CDTI advanced catalyst materials, including Spinel, #with more interim results soon to be announced
and automobile sectors. They are used also in radars and other applications. Recently the emergence of green technology markets of products such as direct drive wind turbine power systems
hybrid and electric vehicles and energy storage units have increased the demand for permanent magnets. China, being the chief global supplier of rare earth elements,
Every time the field flips, the polarity of the bars reverses, drawing the magnetized droplets in a new, predetermined direction, like slot cars on a track.
For example, when placed alongside a battery in an electric car, a supercapacitor is useful when a short burst of power is required,
such as when overtaking another car, with the battery providing the steady power for highway driving. upercapacitors perform a similar function to batteries
pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes. Abbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
The armor provides multi-channel communications and advanced active protection for vehicles, ships and buildings.
or can be utilized as a clean fuel source in the chemical industry, for instance in cars to drive engines.
However, due to its high cost, the use of low-temperature fuel cells in automobile and home applications has been limited.
The research is focused mainly on reducing the expense of cathodes used in fuel cells that power homes and automobiles.
Other applications, including catalytic converters in automobiles, employ significant quantities of platinum. The application of new hollow shells in automobile catalytic converters is limited as these converters function at temperatures that cannot be tolerated by the shells.
However, the platinum nanocages could be used in other industrial processes such as hydrogenation. Besides carrying out experimental work at Georgia Tech,
the technology was intended originally for deployment on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle platform as part of a project to map the dynamic microbial diversity in the world oceans.
With the emergent capability to perform this sort of analysis on an autonomous underwater vehicle the device is quite adaptable to the needs of the researcher
Simultaneously, all power related output values are also available over the 2-Wire digital bus,
#The PAC1921, available in a 10-lead 3x3 mm VDFN package, was designed with the 2-Wire bus to maximize data and diagnostic reporting,
Vehicle and factory emissions have been analysed for decades in high-income countries, but haze smoke, and its impact on health, is understood not well. ot many people have investigated it
Unlike factory and vehicle emissions, wildfire smoke is regulated not by tailpipe scrubbers, catalytic converters or other pollution-mitigating applications.
#Baidu to launch self-drive car Chinese web giant Baidu will launch its first driverless car in the second half of 2015,
It had said previously it was working on such a car but did not say when it would be available.
The firm will work with an unnamed car manufacturer, according to Baidu's senior vice president Jin Wang. He made the announcement at the China Cloud computing conference.
The firm has teamed previously up with BMW to develop semi-autonomous car technology. The head of Baidu's deep learning lab Yu Kai has told previously the press that the firm does not agree with Google's view of a completely autonomous car,
looking instead to develop a vehicle that will retain the traditional pedals but give the driver greater freedom.
Google announced last month that its prototype self-driving cars would take to the public roads this summer around its headquarters in Mountain view, California a
"It's kind of like a parking lot where you want to move one of the cars, but they are jammed all in,
or CARS) used to treat other cancers. The study was developed originally by Carl H. June, M d.,of the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center,
The nurse reassures him as he takes a seat. But then he sees it: the needle.
BIO-X is an open innovation vehicle run by Uppsala BIO. It was established in the Stockholm-Uppsala Region of Sweden almost ten years ago to act as an independent bridge-builder between universities
treating them with a functioning version of the defective gene that is delivered in a viral delivery vehicle called a vector,
and find only the ones containing a Volkswagen bus with a flat tire, or seven oranges in a bowl.
and automatically discover unmarked vans parked outside of banks for four hours without moving. Baidu is interested in other aspects, too."
putting them on trucks, and delivering them to the courthouse, where as many as 300 attorneys would be searching them for anything relevant to the case."
and trying to buy a Rolls-royce. It just looks a bit dodgy.""The eight year old Swedish company grew out of a piece of university research
He even rigged his motorcycle and car so that he could start it without a key.
If you have enabled a NFC phone like most major Android phones, you can also unlock it with an implanted device just by holding it.
Apps that tell commuters when the next bus passes by, or where there's someone driving who can give you a lift
Through his company, Luum, he's pushing tools like carpooling apps to increase the occupants per vehicle while lowering the total number of vehicles on the move.
Irving advocates an integrated platform that brings together automobiles, public transit, cycling and walking, with incentives to drive behaviour,
Ford motor co. pushes a similar strategy with its Blueprint for Mobility, which foresees a transport network connecting vehicles,
transport infrastructure and individual mobile devices. That strategy takes advantage of new-generation cars as rolling collections of sensors
to reduce congestion and prevent accidents, although Ford acknowledges it will require unprecedented co-operation across a number of sectors.
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute think tank expects those and other technologies, like smart parking
A City College of New york study of the New york city system found a two per cent increase in bus ridership through 2013
One of the dramatic developments the planners did not foresee is that total vehicle miles travelled per capita in the U s. actually began to fall in 2006"
For her, public transit, not cars, is where technology could have a transformative role. She notes that increasing vehicle occupancy helps,
but, for example, with 69 per cent of the people coming into downtown Toronto taking public transit,"At the end of the day,
Litman learned that city is buying a fleet of 400 new buses, all with onboard Wi-fi, USB ports at every seat and bike racks.
He says the incremental costs are tiny for new bus fleets but these features could attract 20 to 40 per cent of people who would otherwise drive.
"he adds that interesting new things are happening all over the place, from driverless trolleys and subway trains in Copenhagen, Vancouver and elsewhere,
#EV Batteries Good, Paper EV Batteries 10x Better No matter how fast the cost of oil drops, it just can keep up with the pace of improvements in electric vehicle batteries.
#NISSAN LEAF Challenges Chicago Slush With Self-Cleaning Paint What the worst part of winter? Some winter-weary northerners might say all the snow wee gotten in the past month is almost intolerable,
but for me nothing is worse than seeing my car covered in slush and road salt.
though, that problem might be solved thanks to self-cleaning paint used on this NISSAN LEAF, which handily defeats Chicago worst slush.
and oil, preventing the car from getting dirty. It been proven effective against road spray, sleet, standing water,
just rolling off the car into a delicious puddle on the ground. Obviously, the ramifications of self-cleaning paint would be huge on the auto industry,
allowing for an additional option automakers can upcharge on. More importantly, this technology would all but put car washes out of business.
Even the most efficient car washes use hundreds of gallons of water to clean a single vehicle.
That would have a tremendous impact on the environment, especially considering how access to clean water is one of the most pressing issues facing the public these days.
We may not have flying cars yet but self-cleaning cars are a good first step
#98 MPG Range-Extended Electric Metrocab Coming To London London will soon be home to 98 MPG range-extended electric Metrocabs,
thanks to Transport for London finally getting around to approving them after several years of work on the topic.
along with a NISSAN LEAF. However, the 98 MPG rating and limited electric driving range (which is unspecified, but I going to guess is between 25 and 35 miles) is estimated to save taxi drives between £20 and £40 per day,
The interior is much more 21st century too, with big comfy seats, air suspension, infotainment screen,
but the savings regardless of the £ to $ exchange rate will be substantial for those driving these fuel efficient vehicles over in London.
#EV Registrations In Europe Surged+60%In 2014 Electric vehicle registrations in Europe rose by more than 60.9%in 2014,
Overall, 65,199 electric cars+commercial vehicles were registered in Europe during 2014 representing a significant increase over the previous year,
which saw 42,194 electric vehicles (EV) sold. Of those 65,199 EVS registered in 2014, more than half were in just two countries Norway and France.
So, what that means, is that more than 10%of all the vehicles sold in Norway in 2014 were EVS (again, not surprising,
the answer isn exactly surprising Nissan-renault took the top easily with 14,385 NISSAN LEAFS registered in 2014,
and 10,980 Renault ZOES. Tesla motors did quite well, though with 8, 744 vehicles registered despite production limitations.
Following those three was the BMW i3 (with 5 620); ) and the Volkswagen e-up!(
with 5, 170. The commercial market saw the Nissan e-NV200 and the Kangoo ZE land a good number of sales,
as well. 2015 looks pretty likely to see continued growth in the portions of the European market that have been seeing growth in recent years.
The relatively untapped portions, though, aren really showing any signs of awakening n
#Bridj A Popup Bus That Learns Travelers Habits Boston transportation has a new private transit app that learns the habits
and locations of travelers as they shift around, thus improving its usefulness in a constantly changing world.
Transit options become streamlined by the app itself. ridj is your everyday transportation system that adapts in real-time to where you live work and play,
or minutes in advance. download The original version of Bridj was for the Bridj bus system in Boston,
Third in the country as far as cities not dependent on owning cars for transportation, Boston is full of transit options.
Perhaps Bridj might look at electric vehicles soon. In the world of electric buses, the big name is BYD, a Zayed Future Energy Prize winner,
but probably not for electric cars, because it can be recharged enough times. Some people drive the same car for ten years,
but they usually change cell phones much more quickly. Lithium-ion batteries have become more high-profile recently because of the very notable success of the Tesla Model S
NISSAN LEAF, and other modern electric cars. A lot more electric cars are following, so it will be intriguing to see
if the advances made by the Boston startup will ever translate to electric cars n
#India Issues Draft Guidelines For 2 GW Solar PV Auction The latest draft guidelines pertain to an impending auction of 2 GW solar PV capacity, possibly within this calendar year.
The auction will be a part of the National Solar Mission, India#s landmark policy initiative to boost solar power capacity.
of which will be enough to fuel 145,000 cars annually. At a recent ceremony that hailed the plant opening,
but local officials noticed it was more important step in pushing California closer to its 2020 clean energy goals. lectricity (to power cars)
said Jim Mckinney, a project manager for CEC Alternative and Renewable fuel and Vehicle technology Program. Mckinney added that the ethanol produced at this plant results in the lowest carbon-emitting ethanol currently refined at an industrial scale throughout California.
This can make owning an electric car difficult, especially as plug-in cars become more prevalent and draw more power from the apartment in question.
Evercharge*has a solution, though, as its unique technology learns driver behavior and can dole out the power as needed to drivers,
having ten plug-in cars charging, all at the same time, could lead to an energy bottleneck that could require tens of thousands of dollars in service upgrades.
Evercharge intelligently divvies up the available energy between all the electric cars plugged into an apartment building. It also keeps track
Sure, it not the sexiest advancement in electric car technology, but with the number of plug-in cars expected to multiply exponentially,
it could become an essential component in many new apartment buildings. With so many people choosing apartment life over home ownership,
helping these residents adopt to the plug-in lifestyle will be key in spreading electric cars to the masses.
offsetting 45 million metric tons of damaging carbon emissions the equivalent of removing 10 million cars off our roads
Chris Van Hollen (MD-8; Paul Tonko (NY-20; Bill Keating (MA-9; Peter Welch (VT-At-large;
#Weirdest Biofuel Ever Powers Strangest Car Ever The folks at Columbia University have come up with a loating enginethat runs on evaporating water
Weirdest Biofuel Ever, For anything Columbia press materials sum up the strange new car in one pithy sentence:
Eva, the first evaporation-powered car, rolls along, thanks to a moisture mill a turbine engine driven by water evaporating from wet paper strips lining its walls.
On Monday, BMW teased out word of its plans for a fuel cell electric vehicle launch in 2020.
Then we add in electric cars, which are now on the same path converting a staid, slow moving industry (traditional auto companies like GM) into a disruptive technology-driven one (innovators like Tesla).
Electric cars will accelerate the end of fossil fuels by joining with renewables to create a system shift,
both directly by using clean power to charge them and indirectly by driving battery costs down to create storage for distributed renewables.
will find the motor vehicle fuels market very appealing. This would then unleash a huge political and commercial driver for growth in electric cars with the utility sector providing infrastructure to use their product
locking in customers with long-term supply deals backed by renewable power and lobbying for electric cars (to also protect the grid).
Within a decade, electric cars will be more reliable, cheaper to own and more fun to drive than petrol-fueled cars.
Then it will just be a matter of turning over the fleet. Oil companies will then have their Kodak moment.
Coal will already largely be gone, replaced by renewables. The incumbents won respond in time. They are steeped in their analysis that they are the underpinning foundation of the economy
Other companies like utilities and auto companies, meanwhile, have great options like taking away a large share of the oil industry market with renewable powered electric cars.
And electric car maker Tesla, producing less than 40,000 cars per year, is valued at over half of GM, which produces 9 million cars per year!
The market can smell death and knows that fast beats slow. For climate advocates and policy makers, nothing changes in their approach,
It that competing energy products of renewables and batteries, in a system with electric vehicles, will behave as a disruptive technology always does,
The obvious example is utilities promoting electric cars as an enormous new market opportunity, which will assist them in avoiding the eath spiralthreat posed by the end of centralised generation.
and Google who are both developing battery and car opportunities, with a close eye on the technology integration opportunity.
Tech startup Aclima just announced a partnership with Google earth Outreach to equip Google street view cars with its mobile sensor platform.
Google street view Maps Urban Air pollution Like Never Before Aclima equipped three Google street view vehicles for the Denver pilot program for a month-long system test during the DISCOVER-AQ study conducted by NASA and EPA.
The cars spent 750 hours of drive time gathering 150 million data points on nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, black carbon
when 40,000 vehicles hit the road but O3 levels were low because sunshine had started just its photochemical reactions.
and Street view cars, said Davida Herzl, Aclima Cofounder and CEO. ith more than half of the world population now living in cities,
The mystery test vehicle essentially a technology test bed is designed to orbit the Earth and then land like one of NASA's old shuttles.
However, experts claim that refining an advanced manoeuvring thruster is probably just a small part of the vehicle's true mission set.
otherwise known as the Orbital Test vehicle, is blasted into orbit by a rocket. However, it lands using a runway like a normal aircraft.
but does have a cargo bay similar to that of a pickup truck, which is just large enough to carry a small satellite.
The Planetary Society's revolutionary Lightsail vehicle took off on an Atlas v rocket today, and it will later unfurl its giant sail in orbit
and will allow vehicles to explore distant destinations, such as the moon and Mars, at very low cost.
In total, the core of the vehicle weighs 22lbs (10kg) and is just 11.8-inches (30cm) high and 3. 9-inches (10cm) wide-about the size of a loaf of bread.
and then think of a repetitive task that will be associated with driving the car. Once the headset has been calibrated,
and the driver can control the shoebox-sized vehicle by thinking about their repetitive task.
Researchers from Carnegie mellon University in the US demonstrated they were able to use their iris recognition technology to identify drivers from an image of their eye captured from their vehicle's side mirror.
and other everyday objects such as computers or cars could make people see the technology as useful and easy to operate.
scale buildings and even hold a car's steering wheel. CHIMP is roughly the size of a human,
and drive a vehicle through a simulated disaster zone in the DARPA Robotics Challenge final showdown-with a'mystery'round thrown in.
or turning a steering wheel without step-by-step direction from the human controller, circumventing the lag between command and execution.'
Climbing ladders and driving vehicles are among the obstacles robots will face in environments engineered for people.
Scroll down for video This is detailed enough to be able to see cars and even people moving around the planet
#Ford unveils its all-terrain electric bike: Folding Mode: Flex has sat-nav, collision sensors and adapts to roads and mountains By Victoria Woollaston for Mailonline Published:
but Ford is hoping to bring the concept to your morning commute. At a conference in California, the car maker unveiled its latest prototype folding electric bike called Mode:
Flex. It builds on the technology used in Ford's previous electric bikes but adds a twist-the battery,
motor and wheels can be swapped easily and replaced for different riders and varying terrains. Scroll down for video The Mode:
Pro bikes unveiled at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona under Ford's Handle on Mobility scheme.
fold to fit on a train or in the boot of a car, and with pedal assist, help riders reach speeds of up to 15mph (25km/h). They are also part of the company's wider Smart mobility plan,
designed to make cars and other vehicles more connected. With all of its protoypes, Ford took inspiration from technology seen in cars including rear-facing ultrasonic sensors.
These sensors link with the handlebars to discreetly alert the rider when a car is about to overtake using subtle vibrations.
These handlebars also light up to make the bikes more visible to motorists. And each of the bikes works with an app called Mode:
and could'communicate'with other vehicles. Its multimodal navigation and smart routing lets riders filter journeys based on cost, time,
Ford said:''Mode: Flex is Ford's third, most versatile ebike yet-easily reconfigurable for different customer needs.
The bike's centre frame assembly includes the motor and battery, while the front and rear assemblies and wheels can be configured for road,
driving your vehicle from home to work is explained not feasible Ford.''Mode: Flex is Ford's third, most versatile ebike yet-easily reconfigurable for different customer needs.'
'The bike's centre frame assembly includes the motor and battery, while the front and rear assemblies and wheels can be configured for road, mountain or city riding.'
'It added the bike can also be charged while stowed in the back of a car.
As part of the announcement, Ford also said it is extending its Mode: Link app for use on the smartwatch to bring real-time data to the rider's wrist.
This includes a'no sweat'mode which increases electric pedal assist based on heart rate. The wearable also provides safety notifications.
but Ford said they will help test alternative transportation ideas. t
#Medical cannabis DOESN'T ease pain, nausea, vomiting, sleep disorders or Tourette's By Lizzie Parry for Mailonline Published:
#The gas powered 3d printed supercar that can go from 0-60 in TWO seconds It can go from 0-60mph in just two seconds,
and weighs 90%less that traditional cars. According to San francisco firm Divergent Microfactories, the Blade is the first 3d printed supercar,
and is created using a series of chassis parts held together by carbon rods-rather like a giant Lego kit.
and altogether it weighs just 1400lbs-90%less than some modern cars. Scroll down for video'Society has made great strides in its awareness and adoption of cleaner and greener cars'
said Divergent Microfactories CEO Kevin Czinger.''The problem is that while these cars do now exist,
the actual manufacturing of them is anything but environmentally friendly, 'The firm says its approach incorporates 3d printing to dramatically reduce the pollution,
materials and capital costs associated with building automobiles and other large complex structures.''At Divergent Microfactories, we've found a way to make automobiles that holds the promise of radically reducing the resource use
and pollution generated by manufacturing.''It also holds the promise of making large-scale car manufacturing affordable for small teams of innovators.'
'The Blade is made using a proprietary solution called a Node: a 3d printed aluminum joint that connects pieces of carbon fiber tubing to make up the car's chassis. This solves the problem of time
and space by cutting down on the actual amount of 3d printing required to build the chassis
In addition to dramatically reducing materials and energy use, the weight of the Node-enabled chassis is up to 90%lighter than traditional cars,
Divergent Microfactories plans to sell a limited number of high-performance vehicles that will be manufactured in its own microfactory.
allowing them to set up their own microfactories and build their own cars and, eventually, other large complex structures.
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