and Plug ships into electricity grid so they dont idle in port reducing emissions equivalent to 12000 cars per ship.
But this raises issues of safety should a hydrogen-fueled car be involved in a collision.
or when the glare from the truck behind keeps you from looking in the rearview mirror a solution might be just around the corner.
and in other low-visibility scenarios could help save at least some of the 32000 people who die in car accidents each year in the U s
Information from the infrared camera is processed by a computer that tries to identify relevant objects on the road such as cars, pedestrians or road signs.
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.
#Radical New DNA Sequencer Finally Gets into Researchers Hands One day in 1989 biophysicist David Deamer pulled his car off California's Interstate 5 to hurriedly scribble down an idea.
If researchers can figure out how to make the stuff in large quantities it could be used as a structural material for making planes and trucks as well as in battery electrodes.
but also heavy so they can t be used as structural materials where weight is critical##for example in the bodies of cars.
This eliminates the need for using tractors, which can damage the high stalks, and reduces the amount of fertilizer needed earlier in the season,
GPS-guided tractors routinely apply seed and fertilizer across large areas, and new airborne drones are providing farmers with high-resolution sensing ability (see gricultural Drones,
It can also be used for a variety of other purposes such as powering natural-gas vehicles heating homes and making fertilizer.
The company rounded up research subjects in the market for a car and then tracked the journey they took from researching to finally buying.
theye most likely ready to buy a car. hat a big deal, says the company senior executive for marketing,
#Longer-Lasting Battery Is Being tested for Wearable devices A type of battery that could eventually store twice as much energy as a conventional one could be about to move beyond niche applications to wearable devices phones and even electric cars.
This could clear the way for slimmer longer-lasting smart watches as well as electric cars with a range similar to gas-powered ones.
and size savings particularly in electric vehicles by reducing the need for complex cooling systems (see TR10:
In a demonstration at IBM Almaden research center, MIT Technology Review saw one recognize cars, people,
To recognize cars in video, for example, a programmer would work out the necessary settings on a simulated version of the chip,
for embedded chipshe type found in car dashboards and coffee makersy the end of the year (see enser, Faster Memory Challenges Both DRAM and Flash.
if tetrahedrite can be used to harness heat from car exhaust. Scullin says that other thermoelectric materials have achieved typically about 2. 5 percent efficiency in cars,
but tetrahedrite could reach 5 to 10 percent efficiency. hese aren incremental improvements, he says. heye really huge improvements that make really significant impact. l
providing a simple way to control access to your home, car, or office and perhaps dissuading would-be thieves.
which is building a huge igafactorythat he says will reduce the cost of batteries for electric cars.
The city of Brescia, in northern Italy, was facing a dramatic increase in the number of automobile accidents involving young drunk drivers.
In Paris, the Mobile Experience Lab worked with the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens to create a bus stop designed not just to help people use the bus system itself
and are important for the generators found in wind turbines and many electric car motors. While Infinium approach can be used to produce other metals,
for one thing, transform car-making. Parts made of these metals weigh far less than the steel parts ordinarily used in cars,
while being just as strong. The weight savings could reduce fuel consumption by 10 percent, according to an auto industry consortium.
Automated System Lets Trucks Convoy as One A recent demonstration involving two trucks tethered by computer control shows how automation
and vehicle-to-vehicle communication are creeping onto the roads. A pair of trucks convoying 10 meters apart on Interstate 80 just outside Reno,
Nevada, might seem like an unusual sightot to mention unsafe. But the two trucks doing this a couple of weeks ago were actually demonstrating a system that could make trucking safer and much more efficient.
While the driver in front drove his truck normally, the truck behind him was operated partly by a computernd it stuck to its leader like glue.
When instructed to do so the computer controlled the gas and brakes to pull to within 10 meters (roughly three car lengths) of the truck ahead.
The computer then kept the two trucks paired at this precise distance, as if linked by some invisible cable,
until the system was disengaged. If the truck in front stopped suddenly, the one behind could have reacted instantaneously to avoid a collision.
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.
The technology demonstrated in Nevada in contrast, could be deployed today, since the system is automated only partially (the driver behind still steers, with the aid of a camera that shows the view ahead of the truck in front).
So it is covered by the same guidelines and regulations as adaptive cruise control, a feature in some cars that automatically keeps vehicles on the highway a safe distance from the ones around them.
This kind of latooning? as it is knowneduces the wind drag on both trucks, and could therefore save trucking companies millions of dollars in fuel every year.
The trucks were fitted with technology developed by a startup called Peloton Tech (elotonis The french word for platoon.
Peloton system consists of radar sensors, a wireless communications system, and computers connected to each truck central computer.
Video screens in both cabs show the drivers views of blind spots around the two vehicles.
Joshua Switkes, CEO of Peloton Tech, says the fuel savings are 4. 5 percent for the front truck and 10 percent for the rear truck.
This could amount to $100, 000 each year. or truck companies, these savings are enormous, Switkes says.
He adds that the technology could even allow competing companies to platoon together to get these savings.
Switkes says the technology should also improve safety since drivers have greater visibility and the radar systems can brake automatically if needed.
In theory, more trucks could be tethered virtually together this way, although the initial plan is to connect only two.
The prospect of two trucks driving so close together under computer control may raise concerns among other drivers,
but the technology involved, including the vehicle-to-vehicle communications system used to share information between the two trucks,
is set to become far more common in the next few years. 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.
This effort is funded by the European commission and involves various companies, including the carmaker Volvo. Another effort, called Energy ITS,
which is backed by the Japanese government and involves several Japanese universities, has been testing platoons made of three semi-automated or fully automated trucks since 2007.
A U s. project, called PATH (Partners for Advanced Transportation technology operated out of the University of California,
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,
Shladover says k
#Genome Editing to Reverse Bubble Boy Syndrome Researchers used an emerging technique to correct the gene behind a fatal immune system disorder in an infant.
A new kind of gene therapy which involves editing, rather than replacing, faulty genes in sick people, is being used experimentally in patients.
Toyota, a Witricity investor, plans to use its technology in forthcoming electric and hybrid cars, and TDK recently licensed Witricity for use in electric car batteries.
and cars to the Internet, unleashing new streams of data about our everyday lives, one mobile ad company scents a new opportunity.
and cars with integrated data connections head to market. Those new data streams could form the basis for many new services and products,
It will launch a $149 device in June that plugs into a car diagnostic port
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.
Sprague says that getting access to data from a car engine and safety systems could unlock some unprecedented approaches to ad targeting.
when a car airbags are deployed, or whether crash sensors on the bumpers have been triggered, potentially allowing ads pegged to incidents on the road. t could be had you just a little fender bender,
Lockhorn says of Kiip experiments in the car. The ad industry in general is interested in finding ways to use online-style ad tactics in the real world.
The way I drive my car is personal information. l
#Implant Lets Patients Regrow Lost Leg Muscle Five people who suffered serious leg injuries have been able to regrow muscle tissue in their legs thanks to a new regenerative medicine treatment.
which can be caused by motorcycle accidents, bomb blasts, and more, lead to debilitating condition with limited treatment options, says Andrés García,
RSS Manufacturing, a company in Costa Mesa, California, that produces custom automobile and plumbing components,
making it possible to create new applications in areas as diverse as factory optimization, car maintenance,
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.
Prasad took data on the on-off state of windshield wipers to come up with a prototype of a warning alert that could someday be dispatched to a car a few kilometers back to warn the driver of wet roads. set it up
and did it in a matter of a few minutesnd I don code for a living,
First, Tesla sold 23,000 cars last year. The gigafactory, which would start production in 2017,
would by 2020 make enough batteries for 500,000 electric cars. It would produce enough batteries annually to store 35 gigawatt hours of electricity, hence the name.
when electric car sales so far come nowhere close to justifying it? The project seems more puzzling in light of the hard times at other electric car battery factories in the United states. In 2009,
because electric car sales have been slow. All of the battery makers involved have struggled (see oo Many Battery factories, Too Few Electric cars,
and one, A123 Systems, went bankrupt. Musk is betting that Tesla can generate a much bigger market for electric cars.
To keep the factory humming he will have to sell more than 10 times as many electric vehicles in a year as Nissan managed last year
(and Nissan has sold more electric cars than any other automaker). Musk has some reason for confidenceast year Tesla sold as many electric cars as Nissan in the United states,
even though Tesla Model S costs two to three times as much as Nissan electric car, the Leaf. He seems to be betting that a huge factory will significantly reduce the cost of making batteries,
which remain the most expensive part of electric cars. In the ideal scenario, that cost reduction would help Tesla produce a mass-market car similar in cost to the Nissan leaf or Chevrolet volt but that,
crucially, will be able to go more than twice as far on a charge (the car would also be able to accelerate faster than the Leaf).
Yet it not clear that a huge factory would deliver the needed cost reductions. According to a presentation to investors, it would lower costs by 30 percent.
Tesla has a good track record for reducing battery costs (see riving Innovation, and even incremental improvements at conventional factories could reduce costs by 15 percent by 2020,
says Menahem Anderman, president of Advanced Automotive Batteries. But it unclear where the remaining 15 percent might come from.
If Tesla can sell as many cars as it hopes, there would likely be no alternative market for those batteries,
Some states are even reconsidering laws that restrict how Tesla can sell cars in their state,
a factory to supply 100,000 cars. anasonic can afford to lose the business, says Anderman.
it worth noting that 500,000 cars is still a tiny fraction of the worldwide auto industry.
GM sold nearly 10 million cars last year. If electric vehicles are ever to make a dent in the world auto market,
then gigafactories will need to become a reality
#The Latest Chat App for iphone Needs No Internet connection Mobile app stores are stuffed with messaging apps from Whatsapp to Tango and their many imitators.
#Apps by the Dashboard Light Starting next month, many car buyers will be getting a novel feature:
Backseat passengers could get streaming movies and fast Wi-fi connections to smart watches and tablets in (and near) the car.
Many other carmakers, including Ford and Toyota, are following suit, both in the U s. and worldwide, using partnerships with wireless carriers to deliver the connectivity.
By providing apps, carmakers see an opportunity for product differentiation and steady revenue streams. They also suggest that connectivity can lead to new safety features
director of product strategy and infotainment for GM vehicles. hey go through rigorous safety and security standards,
since it pulling data from the car, 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,
whose apps will be available in GM cars. Called Kaliki, BT Software app provides audio readings of storiesone by humans, not text-to-speech softwareulled from mainstream publications such as USA Today and TV Guide,
assuming games ever comenless the vehicle transmission is in ark. Despite the hurdles, 4, 000 developers have registered with GM app store,
getting their apps included in a car could help them market versions that work on smartphones.
And apps in cars command much more attention if they are among just a few that a driver can choose from while sitting behind the wheel for an hour or two every day.
In the longer term, apps will emerge that draw on data generated by the car, says GM Ross.
Apps tapping information from many cars could alert drivers to accidents; signals indicating hard braking
or slipping wheels in other cars could warn of slick roads ahead. Sensors can ultimately help bring about semi-autonomous
or fully autonomous cars (see ata Show Google Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You or I. Henry Tirri,
CTO of Nokia, says the potential for apps in cars is given vast the amount of data vehicles produce. he car is already probably the densest sensor hub that an individual owns right now,
he says. See fter Microsoft Deal, What Left of Nokia Will Bet on Internet of things. In Audi case, the service will cost $100 for up to five gigabytes of data over six months,
GM has announced not pricing except to say that customers can get various plans combining service to their homes, phones, and cars.
Both GM and Audi are using AT&T to provide service (see M and AT&T Blur Line Between Car and Smartphone r
Hamedi said the aerogel batteries could be used in electric car bodies, as well as in clothing, providing the garment has a lining.
Hamedi said the aerogel batteries could be used in electric car bodies, as well as in clothing, providing the garment has a lining g
*The BMW i8 electric sports car has a carbon fibre passenger compartment to make up for the weight of its heavy battery.
*The BMW i8 electric sports car has a carbon fibre passenger compartment to make up for the weight of its heavy battery.
but also address a wide range of medical issues such as treatments for people involved in car accidents,
the miracle material that promises to transform everything from smartphones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
Rust-free cars Graphene repels water and is highly conductive. This combination delays the oxidising reaction that causes rust.
the miracle material that promises to transform everything from smartphones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
Rust-free cars Graphene repels water and is highly conductive. This combination delays the oxidising reaction that causes rust t
With regard to the virtual cockpit which was showcased in Q7 Audi said that the Q7 will be the first-of its-kind car that will continue to increase its knowledge;
Announcing its piloted driving system at the CES event Audi said that it is tantalizingly close to bringing its piloted car to the market.
Audi proved that a true turning point for the (autonomous) automobile has arrived d
#Britain's Transport Department has given go-ahead to test driverless cars on public roads According to a statement released by Britain's Department for Transport (Dft),
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,
Companies are ever trying to get their hands on a new patent involving minute aspects of 3d printing (remember Amazon patent for 3d printing aboard delivery trucks?
And what about mounting these scanners of Google street view cars? This scanning ability could be used to make maps far more interactive and realistic,
#World first 3d printed modular supercar is unveiled, built using revolutionary Node technology platform Considered by many to be the ultimate 3d printing challenge,
3d printed cars have been seeing significantly more attention ever since the crowdsourced automobile design and manufacturer Local Motors unveiled their Strati 3d printed car,
which is expected to be released later this year. But while the Strati-which can be built in a matter of hours-represents a monumental shift in modern manufacturing technologies,
materials and capital costs associated with building automobiles and other large complex structures is based San francisco Divergent Microfactories.
and democratize car manufacturing in the form of the company very first 3d printed supercar prototype,
Blade. ociety has made great strides in its awareness and adoption of cleaner and greener cars.
while these cars do now exist, the actual manufacturing of them is anything but environmentally friendly, says Czinger. t Divergent Microfactories,
wee found a way to make automobiles that holds the promise of radically reducing the resource use
It also holds the promise of making large-scale car manufacturing affordable for small teams of innovators.
Wee developed a sustainable path forward for the car industry that we believe will result in a renaissance in car manufacturing, with innovative,
eco-friendly cars like Blade being designed and built in microfactories around the world. hile the Strati is produced using fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3d printing,
a 3d-printed aluminum joint that connects pieces of carbon fiber tubing to make up the car chassis. Among other problems solved by the Node include cutting down on the amount of 3d printing required to build the chassis as well as the time to assemble the car components
Additionally, the reduction of materials and energy usage helps bring the weight of the car down as much as 90%compared to traditional cars,
"Nodes are the key building block we developed to build cars. They are made of a metal alloy
"The nodes, combined with carbon fiber tubes are the key components in building a car chassis. It took less than 30 minutes to assemble the chassis by hand.
"While the Node presents Divergent Microfactoriesnew technology, the Blade presents the new technology in context as the world first 3d printed supercar.
the prototype is one of the greenest and most powerful cars in the world. As for power, the Blade is equipped with a 700-horsepower bi-fuel engine that can use both compressed natural gas or gasoline,
"That's faster than a Mclaren P1 supercar. It also has 2x the power-to-weight ratio of a Bugatti Veyron."
"The company has plans to sell a limited number of the high-performance vehicles which are expected to be manufactured
While the ability to create their own cars using their technology is one thing, Divergent Microfactories plans on releasing the platform into the hands of entrepreneurs
and small businesses around the world in an effort to help them set up their own microfactories to build their own cars and complex structures.
between the developments in self-driving cars as well as disruptions to car manufacturing itself, this is an exciting time for the near-future of transportation
#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.
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.
and the printed car is only one example of the opportunities that will be available in the near future.
As we start to see an evolution of smart cars that feature a number of connected sensors
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 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.
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
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,
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