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#Plastic parts for internal combustion engines Efforts to produce lighter vehicles necessarily include engine parts, such as the cylinder casing,
which includes the engine, also accounts for a large proportion of the vehicle weight. Until now, carmakers have relied on aluminum to reduce the weight of engine components such as the cylinder block.
which the piston moves up and down millions of times during the life of the vehicle. The researchers also modified the geometry of these parts to ensure that the plastic is exposed to as little heat as possible.
the technology enables swarms of compact UAVS to take off from ships, tactical vehicles, aircraft or other unmanned platforms.
The military in particular may want to use spinel as transparent armor for vehicles and face shields.
When deploying autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVS), much of an engineer time is spent writing scripts, or low-level commands,
was able to adapt its mission plan to avoid getting in the way of other vehicles,
If another vehicle was taking longer than expected to explore a particular area, the glider, using the MIT system,
in order to avoid potential collisions. e wanted to show that these vehicles could plan their own missions,
freeing the vehicles to explore more remote recesses of the sea. f you look at the ocean right now,
For example, antibodies can serve as transport vehicles for radionuclides, with which the affected regions can be visualized
#Nanoparticles used to breach mucus barrier in lungs Proof-of-concept study conducted in mice a key step toward better treatments for lung diseases Nanotechnology could one day provide an inhaled vehicle to deliver targeted therapeutic genes
and genetic materials and serve as a vehicle for communication between cells. In the nervous system, exosomes guide the direction of nerve growth,
these pseudo-platelets can circulate for up to 30 hours as compared to approximately six hours for the nanoscale vehicles without the coating.
including other kinds of robots, vehicles, and even furniture and clothing, he says a
#Google Bids to Make its Sideshows into Main Attractions Google founders Larry page and Sergey Brin seem determined to prove they gave the world more than a great advertising business.
causing parent company Fiat Chrysler to recall 1. 4 million vehicles. And it's only worse press for the firm from there.
or running air conditioning could be assisted by energy from fuel normally wasted as heat emissions One of the less well-known properties of graphene could enable the carbonaceous wonder-material to help combustion engine vehicles to make better use of the energy from their fuel by converting waste heat into electricity
which could improve the fuel economy of vehicles o
#Tilted nanomagnets open door for advances in computing The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
routes and vehicles to be monitored centrally, controlled and systematised. Autonomous intersection management Once computers are in full control of our cars,
It also gathers data from telematics units installed in fleet vehicles as well as in-dash systems
One way self-driving vehicles may be introduced is latooning with a lead car in control of a train or group of followers, handy for giving lorry drivers a break.
or delayed to treat the platoon as a single long vehicle, said Alan Stevens, chief scientist and research director at transport firm TRL. ither the platoon could signal that it cleared the intersection
giving priority to one vehicle makes things slightly worse for all others. So, there little point in giving one or two connected private passenger vehicles special priority.
then vehicles on key roads might be given priority in order to keep the traffic flowing. The system also gives priority to non-emergency vehicles,
Vodafone Italia's CEO Aldo Bisio has proposed a'newco'should be created, a private-public vehicle in
Power inverters convert direct current into the alternating current that powers the vehicle. The Oak ridge inverter achieves much higher power density with a significant reduction in weight and volume.
Building on the success of this prototype researchers are working on an inverter with an even greater percentage of 3-D printed parts that's half the size of inverters in commercially available vehicles.
It is our vision for the future that such plants in the urban area are served by tank vehicles
In high-performance machines such as vehicle engines which are designed to run at high rotational speeds energy loss can be reduced by a few percentage points In high-torque electric motors such as those used to operate pumps the reduction in energy loss can be as high as twentyfive
The little gadget can be built into the vehicle without taking up space. The way it works is particularly reliable thanks to its special encapsulation.
mounted on the dashboard, the miniature system could monitor the cabin of vehicles and send an alarm for microsleep.
This thinness translates to weight savings on the vehicle. So the NRL-developed nanocrystalline spinel brings improvements in hardness window thickness and weight and cost.
Beyond the use for a harder spinel in armor windows there could be other potential Dod and civilian applications in better/stronger office windows smartphones and tablets screens military/civilian vehicles
it may be possible to design engines that use the mechanical energy stored in spores to propel a full-sized vehicle.
The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
The challenge was to develop a surface strong enough to withstand the weight of large vehicles such as buses
This robotic fuel cap essentially keeps track of the fuel poured into your vehicle independently of the truck itself
and measures the gas poured into the vehicle and prevents siphoning. ompany owners can install it on the fuel tank in less than a minute.
was meant to help them cover the cost of background checks, vehicle screenings, and he development of safety features.
-A $1 million insurance policy on each ride (as personal auto insurance generally doesn cover commercial use)- Background checks-Regular vehicle records checks Sidecar is taking on Uber et al. with an interesting tactic:
which designs, builds and sells vehicles through the use of co-creation and microfactories in Chandler, Ariz.,
If we bring manufacturing of big hardware (home appliances, vehicles) within 100 miles of the most densely populated areas in the world,
and exchange ideas on vehicle innovations. GE Appliances is building a microfactory called Firstbuild with the goal of speeding appliance innovations to market by opening up the process to the brightest minds from around the globe.
The company is already working with Alibaba to bring its navigation and music services to its in-vehicle screens.
The company said in July that it sees consumer spending go up 30%after a customer adopts a Paypal credit vehicle,
As members of Michigan Autonomous Aerial Vehicles the APRIL laboratory and the autonomous boat team at the university of Michigan Skyspecs founding team met.
and uploads photos of the vehicle. All bookings are made through the site, with the startup handling the required insurance
This is a known stumbling block for self-driving vehicles and one can envision how the extension of these concepts might lead to better sensors for advanced active safety and driverless car systems.
It can also be used for a variety of other purposes such as powering natural-gas vehicles heating homes and making fertilizer.
and vehicle-to-vehicle communication are creeping onto the roads. A pair of trucks convoying 10 meters apart on Interstate 80 just outside Reno,
Most automobile companies are working on full vehicle automation, but they need to overcome significant challenges before they can deploy those technologies (see riverless Cars Are Further Away Than You Think.
a feature in some cars that automatically keeps vehicles on the highway a safe distance from the ones around them.
Video screens in both cabs show the drivers views of blind spots around the two vehicles.
but the technology involved, including the vehicle-to-vehicle communications system used to share information between the two trucks,
The U s. Department of transportation has indicated that it plans to mandate such communications systems in new vehicles in the hopes of improving road safety (see he Internet of Cars Is Approaching a Crossroads.
Vehicle platooning has been a subject of research in industry and academia for decades, but efforts have intensified in recent years as the underlying technology has advanced.
A European project, called SARTRE (Safe Road trains for the Environment), has been exploring ways for vehicles to travel in platoons since 2009.
Berkeley, is testing vehicle platooning along with other technologies designed to improve transportation. Steven Shladover, a research engineer at UC Berkeley involved with PATH, says that his own experiments indicate that platooning vehicles even closer togetherust a few meters apartcould lead to fuel savings of 20 percent.
But it would also introduce new risks. Once trains of trucks get too long, it much harder for drivers of other cars to change lanes. would not advocate running very long sequences of these trucks close together,
and streams vehicle data to a smartphone app to help users track their driving, their fuel economy,
and their vehicle maintenance status. Kiip will use data from that device to target promotions inside the Mojio phone app.
Yet Freeboard stands out among the various platforms because t the easiest to use, says Venkatesh Prasad, group and technical leader for vehicle design and infotronics at Ford motor.
Prasad showed how Freeboard could quickly unlock the value of vehicle-generated data. He been experimenting with Freeboard using a car data interface called Open XC.
director of product strategy and infotainment for GM vehicles. hey go through rigorous safety and security standards,
it locked down before it ever gets into the vehicle. As a result the technology and interface need to be almost as simple as an analog radio knob,
assuming games ever comenless the vehicle transmission is in ark. Despite the hurdles, 4, 000 developers have registered with GM app store,
the amount of data vehicles produce. he car is already probably the densest sensor hub that an individual owns right now,
The Dft statement has revealed that driverless vehicle testing has been approved by the government on the condition that there should be a driver present in the vehicles to take control of the vehicles in case of an emergency.
and be placed within the body using the hydrogel as a vehicle and support structure. Among other shapes that Zhao and the team were able to print with the new hydrogel include a hollow cube, a hemisphere, a pyramid, a twisted bundle,
"The company has plans to sell a limited number of the high-performance vehicles which are expected to be manufactured
The system uses a peak power tracking capability to increase efficiency of a vehicle electrical system.
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.
Benchmark testing of BMARS technology was conducted on a model year 2014 Buick vehicle with a 2. 0 liter engine
Meanwhile, vehicle and engine testing continues on other CDTI advanced catalyst materials, including Spinel, #with more interim results soon to be announced
The armor provides multi-channel communications and advanced active protection for vehicles, ships and buildings.
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
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
looking instead to develop a vehicle that will retain the traditional pedals but give the driver greater freedom.
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,
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.
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
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,
Even the most efficient car washes use hundreds of gallons of water to clean a single vehicle.
but the savings regardless of the £ to $ exchange rate will be substantial for those driving these fuel efficient vehicles over in London.
So, what that means, is that more than 10%of all the vehicles sold in Norway in 2014 were EVS (again, not surprising,
though with 8, 744 vehicles registered despite production limitations. Following those three was the BMW i3 (with 5
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.
when 40,000 vehicles hit the road but O3 levels were low because sunshine had started just its photochemical reactions.
However, experts claim that refining an advanced manoeuvring thruster is probably just a small part of the vehicle's true mission set.
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 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 drive a vehicle through a simulated disaster zone in the DARPA Robotics Challenge final showdown-with a'mystery'round thrown in.
Climbing ladders and driving vehicles are among the obstacles robots will face in environments engineered for people.
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.
and could'communicate'with other vehicles. Its multimodal navigation and smart routing lets riders filter journeys based on cost, time,
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.'
Divergent Microfactories plans to sell a limited number of high-performance vehicles that will be manufactured in its own microfactory.
and vehicle Lexus has built a car that pulsates with light in time with the driver's heartbeat in order to display the connection between the driver and the car.
though imperfect method of access to homes, vehicles and even cupboards. why do we still use them?
Connected vehicles will create a new business opportunity proving the internet-based mobile services to the driver.
Autonomous connected vehicles are seen as the first major market for so-called internet of things (Iot. This will be an important market for IC and hardware system suppliers.
In order to address the connected vehicle opportunity it will be necessary to form cross-industry groups. This will combine car makers with electronics firms and software services suppliers.
Connecting vehicles to the internet will add a far greater level of complexity to the automotive business model.
Their core activity will be designing new forms of autonomous connected vehicles, but to be successful in the connected vehicles market they will need to develop
and sell internet based services. Whether they are successful in doing this will determine they business growth in the years ahead.
The initiative will total more than $90 million in 2015 with EEI member companies adding more than 800 new plug-in vehicles
and its partnering member companies to invest at least 5 percent of their annual fleet budgets in plug-in vehicles and technologies.
Ford motor company announced it would allow competitors to purchase its electrified vehicle technology patents in an effort to help accelerate industry-wide research and development of electrified vehicles
hassle-free refueling network for owners of fuel cell vehicles (FCVS). The joint project (conducted alongside the Japanese government support for hydrogen stations) will partially cover hydrogen station operating expenses incurred by infrastructure companies.
#lastic bucklinghoneycomb structures bounce right back from major impacts The concept of impact resistance likely brings to mind vehicle airbags, trampolines, helmets, kneepads,
The satellites will be put into orbit by Launcherone Virgin galactic under-construction orbital launch vehicle a method which Branson considers highly cost effective. t much more efficient than the big rockets of the pasthe said. e can literally take off every three
and conduct engine tests to see how it performs before eventually trying it out in vehicle fleets.
#Air2nitrous device claimed to cut vehicle exhaust emissions by 90 percent Driving an electric car that gives off no emissions is one of the best ways to reduce your personal transport carbon footprint.
As air from the atmosphere passes through the vehicle air filter, it then passes unobstructed through the converter ring located in the air intake duct.
Vehicle and machinery operators trying A2n out are reporting fuel savings of six to 20 percent
including long haul transportation and trucking, agriculture (tractors), mining and off-road vehicles, motorcycles, diesel trains, generators, container ships and aircraft, among others.
A2n has passed already California emissions standards on vehicles with and without catalytic converters. The device was shown recently at the Earth Day Fair organized by the American Chamber of commerce in Shanghai on April 22,
if the smartphone or the car key get more than 10 meters (33 ft) from the vehicle.
The battery can be charged directly from the vehicle outlet. The multipurpose, breakaway frame may have you thinking that the Mode:
and taillight technology, derived from vehicles like the F-150 and Ford GT, integrated into its construction."
It also syncs with the rider's Ford vehicle to provide parking location, lock/unlock functions,
and access to vehicle information including mileage, EV charge status and maintenance manual. Ford revealed the new Mode:
its sections of decking sliding out end-to-end to provide a platform for vehicles. From the time it arrives until the time that it can be used is about an hour
#Morphing tire concept adapts to suit driving conditions As the point of contact between a vehicle and the road,
To pump water away from the contact patch between vehicle and road in wet conditions to prevent hydroplaning,
One solution for boosting domestic supply of residential storage systems is to leverage vehicle battery manufacturers,
and straightforward implementation of both concurrent supercomputing over global distances and implemention of very efficient workflows and here it serves as an ideal vehicle to serve both Big data
Each charging station will come with two Level 2 chargers that can charge vehicles in several hours plus one Direct current
or DC Fast Charger that can juice up compatible vehicles in less than an hour. The state is also working with Tesla motors to help increase the number of Tesla fast chargers in the state as well.
But its main job is as a igh-tech mobile laboratory it says trying out technologies that will eventually make it to production vehicles u
#Toyota Nissan Honda to jointly support hydrogen station infrastructure development Toyota motor Corp Nissan motor co and Honda motor Co have agreed to work together to help accelerate the development of hydrogen station infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles (FCVS.
"If you want a vehicle to fly for you, what does need it to be like? It needs to be safe,
and sell fuel cell vehicles, and to parts suppliers and companies interested in building and operating fueling stations,
Tesla motors, freely available. 10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Life"The first-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,
Fuel cell vehicle-related patents will be available royalty-free until the end of 2020, while hydrogen-production and supply patents will remain free indefinitely.
This little device plugs into the diagnostic port of your vehicle, which is tucked typically between the dashboard and the brake pedal.
paving the way for new types of unmanned vehicles that could one day carry people.
and earlier this month, the prototype was displayed at the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International's 2015 conference, in Atlanta.
and plans a echnically mature, customer-ready vehicle sometime after 2020. Germany has one of the better hydrogen networks globally, with 18 stations and plans for 50.
It also may be possible to create an active camouflage on the exterior of vehicles that would change color to better match the surrounding environment.
Yu explains. o this may generate useful applications such as a cooling surface for vehicles, buildings, instruments,
though it doesn't match the lithium ion battery formats commonly used in electronic devices and vehicles.""This is the first time I've seen a capacitor beat a battery on energy density,
#Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
the nanogenerator ultimately could provide automobile manufacturers a new way to squeeze greater efficiency out of their vehicles.
The nanogenerator relies on the triboelectric effect to harness energy from the changing electric potential between the pavement and a vehicle's wheels.
"The friction between the tire and the ground consumes about 10 percent of a vehicle's fuel,
Therefore the amount of energy saved can vary depending on the vehicle -but Wang estimates about a 10-percent increase in the average vehicle's gas mileage given 50-percent friction energy conversion efficiency."
"There's big potential with this type of energy, "Wang says.""I think the impact could be huge."
For vehicle diesel, that takes about one year, and for kerosene about three years, Axel Kraft adds s
many people had to abandon their vehicles and escape on foot. And it's not even over yet:
Having an emergency bug out bag in your vehicle was a key preparedness strategy for those who had to abandon their vehicles
Many people had to abandon their vehicles in areas unfamiliar to them. It's astonishingly easy to lose your sense of direction inside a thunderstorm.
something that would be impractical in a vehicle. Jaguar land rover is investigating a method already used by NASA to develop a pilot concentration skills
On top of brainwave monitoring, Jaguar land rover is also assessing how a vehicle could monitor the well-being of the driver using a medical-grade sensor embedded in the seat of a JAGUAR XJ.
A Science article commenting on the new superlubricated surface mentions that"nearly one-third of a vehicle's fuel energy is spent on overcoming engine
Pavegen CEO and Founder Laurence Kemball-Cook shares, ut we need several hundred thousand footsteps to allow the vehicle to drive 20 minutes within London busiest streets. avegen electricity
and line flexible and odd-shaped materials such as clothing or the bodies of vehicles.""There are limits to how thin a battery can be,
#BMW wants to turn street lights into electric car charging stations A new technology that allows electric car drivers to charge their vehicles directly from street lights has been showcased by the BMW Mini team at the annual Low Carbon Oxford Week event in the UK.
and pressure sensors can measure how the forces of movement are affecting those inside a vehicle, for example.
and production of future vehicles and military gear to improve safety. Array"Whether you're serving our country in uniform, playing in a big game,
kicking off the robotic vehicle's clandestine fourth mission as well as the first flight of a tiny solar-sailing spacecraft.
"With the demonstrated success of the first three missions, we're able to shift our focus from initial checkouts of the vehicle to testing of experimental payloads."
saying the X-37b is simply testing out technologies for reusable vehicles and future spacecraft.
OTV-3 lifted off in December 2012, sending the vehicle that flew OTV-1 to space for 675 days record for a reusable space vehicle.
The technology might also help keep communication lines open to other hypersonic vehicles, such as military planes and ballistic missiles.
When a vehicle travels at hypersonic speeds that is, five or more times the speed of sound an envelope of hot,
cutting off radio communications with anything outside the vehicle. Photos: US Military Tests Hypersonic Craft As NASA's Apollo 13 crisis revealed in 1970,
"When a re-entry vehicle is unable to be connected, the only thing you can do is pray for it,
For instance, scientists have suggested changing the shape of hypersonic vehicles, because sharp-nosed vehicles have thinner plasma sheaths than blunt-nosed ones.
But sometimes, blunt-nosed bodies are preferable because they can withstand heat better and slow down more quickly.
It does not rely on a particular shape of vehicle in order to work, nor does it consume additional energy
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