Chitin, one of the main components of their exoskeletons, has recently found use in things such as self-healing car paint, biologically-compatible transistors, flu virus filters,
As part of the recent Google Science Fair Texas teen Alex Spiride recently showed off his own bio-inspired Squid-Jet underwater vehicle e
#Nissan and NASA team up for autonomous drive vehicle development It may seem akin to an alliance between a railway and a submarine manufacturer,
but Japanese automaker Nissan has signed a pact with US space agency NASA to develop self-driving cars.
in fact, been in the car business for over forty years, ever since the first Lunar rover went for a spin during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971.
The ultimate goal is to produce zero emission proof-of-concept vehicles capable of self-navigation in difficult situations,
CNN plans on experimenting with the vehicles in producing video content, while the government agency says the initiative will help to inform its drone policy moving forward."
and the vehicles have already been used in news gathering in other parts of the world, from last year's World cup in Brazil to a disaster zones in the Philippines.
If autonomous cars become mainstream that would free us up to focus on other things while in the car.
#Scientists find that exposure to nanoparticles could impact cardiovascular health Due to its huge potential in applications ranging from cheaper vaccinations to energy-storing car panels there's plenty of excitement surrounding the emergence of nanotechnology.
USA Inc."The first generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, launched between 2015 and 2020, will be critical,
and allow electric cars to travel 1. 5 times further though these numbers are still theoretical projections for now.
the number of electric cars boats and bikes in operation continues to grow and it's essential for the future sustainability of the planet that these vehicles are able to cope with the increasing demands being put on them.
What's more wind farms and solar power plants need to be able to store generated electricity effectively for
it will be formally commissioned on January 26 before being put to work making lighter, stronger composite components for aerospace vehicles.
#BMW VW join forces to build fast-charging stations for electric cars in US German car companies, BMW and Volkswagen are teaming up with Chargepoint to install a network of fast-charging stations for electric cars in the U s. The companies plan to install nearly 100 Chargepoint ports on the U s. East
and West Coasts by the end of 2015 as part of an effort to promote greater sales of EVS such as the BMW i3 and the VW e-Golf.
Tom Gage, chairman of EV Grid and an expert in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, said BMW and VW were among the largest vehicle manufacturers to help fund development of the U s. charging network. ost people will rarely use it,
but knowing it is there seems to remove a big purchase barrierfor electric vehicles, said Mr. Gage.
The BMW/VW endeavor follows the establishment by California-based electric car maker Tesla motors Inc of an extensive network of fast-charging stations for its battery-powered Model S sedan.
where Model S owners can quickly recharge their cars for free, now has nearly 2, 000 ports at more than 350 stations around the world, including 160 in the United states and Canada.
The Supercharger port uses a proprietary design that only works with Tesla cars. The Chargepoint network offers several kinds of ports that will accept SAE Combo connectors an industry standard type used on the i3
and vehicle seizures made by local and state police from the program. Federal agencies shared in the proceeds under the program, called quitable Sharing.
cars and other assets seized for dubious reasons. Often these seizures occurred after traffic stops for minor infractions.
In training seminars, some investigators even copped to having ish listsfor cars they wanted to seize.
#Gelatin nanoparticles are a delivery vehicle that could be used to deliver many therapeutics to the brain#Choi said.#
Even during America recent urban renaissance streetcars, apartment buildings and farmers markets, oh my! the centrifugal force in job growth has reversed not.
Non-automobile transportation, meanwhile, is mixed a bag. Cycling is surging as a commuter method. Adjusted for population growth,
Eric Jaffe reports that young people are actually commuting by car at a slightly greater rate than they were in 1980.
St louis, Minneapolis, Baltimore, San antonio and San diego car commuting is more popular than it used to be.
Employment, however, ain where it used to be. prawling development patterns are very difficult for any mode of transportation besides the automobile,
or really any other worker with limited accessibility options if they decide not to use a car.
from the horse-drawn omnibus to the private car, untied that knot. Most people can now live miles from work.
is a design element in everything from Android phones to car steering wheels. Because the technology is currently relatively primitive in the mass market,
#Fast-growing Network Beyond Superchargers One of the most commonly cited arguments against electric cars is range anxiety.
which Model S owners can install in their cars for $1, 500 before delivery, or $3, 600 after delivery.
Assuming Tesla does stick to its 2017 timing for a launch of a lower-cost car,
and that it really can hit its goals of producing 500,000 cars per year by 2020,
Assuming Tesla does stick to its 2017 timing for a launch of a lower-cost car,
and that it really can hit its goals of producing 500,000 cars per year by 2020,
Sure, if electric car sales continue to grow, there will need to be more than two Wall Connectors at Destination Charging locations.
Obviously, the more Tesla cars there are on the road the more demand there will be for charging. But the Supercharger network, with its locations within a Tesla driving range for 80%of the U s. population,
It has exercise machines out front and a van with pictures of smiling elderly people. Even people without symptoms come,
#This prototype NYPD cruiser is the smartest cop car in the world To the untrained eye,
But this high-tech cruiser is the smartest cop car in the world.##It is the department s prototype##smart car,##outfitted with the latest gadgets in public safety.
It has infrared two monitors mounted on the trunk that record any numbers it sees##such as license plates and addresses.
The smart car is one of dozens of projects included in a long-term strategic plan known as NYPD2020,
The smart car prototype has been on the road for about a year and is based out of the 84th Precinct in Brooklyn Heights.
The car s scanner can read license plates, then check the results against a database that contains the plate numbers of cars that are stolen,
may have been involved in a crime, or have outstanding infractions. The data is stored for an indefinite period,
but no other car is outfitted with all of the technology, Mr. del Pozo said, adding that future smart cars might include fingerprint scanners and facial recognition sensors.
Besides getting officers to crime scenes, Mr. del Pozo said, a police cruiser should give officers information that helps them make better decisions in the field.##
I wanted to buy a car, so when I was worked 15, I for a summer doing business-to-business outbound sales.
The company was fined by a German privacy regulator#for the 2010 siphoning of people s passwords and communications by Google s Street view cars.
The car company, Mclaren is designing a sports car that uses a system adapted from fighter jets to keep a driver s vision clear in bad weather without the need for blades.##
is developing the method for its new supercar, expected to roll off the production line in 2015.
F1 car maker Mclaren is remaining tightlipped on the plans and refusing to reveal how the system will work
and Mrs Anderson noticed that drivers had to open the windows of their cars in order to see out of them.
and invented a swinging arm device with a rubber blade that was operated by the driver from within the vehicle using a lever.
but by 1916 windshield wipers had become standard on most vehicles. Via Daily mail#Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorat t
For example,#every time we take a smartphone with us in a car, it beams information on our location and speed to Google.
Wildcat is strikingly agile##watch how it leans into turns like a motorcycle. It s nimble, it runs as fast as you,
Originally designed to haul soldiers gear in terrain too challenging for traditional vehicles, Boston Dynamics upped the ante this year by#giving Big Dog a burly articulated arm.
Sandflea Looks like a slightly chunky remote-control car, right? Maybe, but your kid s RC can t leap tall buildings in a single bound the way this little guy can.
That is the equivalent of removing 2. 1 million cars from the road or planting 262
#Tesla batteries are powering an energy revolution Solarcity generator Tesla motors lithium-ion battery packs aren t just powering electric luxury sports sedans for wealthy any more.
It s also certainly less smelly than powering our vehicles with#poop. Via Dvice Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorat o
#RF Safe-Stop can shut down a vehicle s engine by blasting radio waves Will high-speed car chases become a thing of the past?
A company in the U k. has developed a prototype that could stop cars in their tracks by blasting electromagnetic waves.##
##E2v s#RF Safe-Stop#can stall the engine of a vehicle by confusing its electronic systems with radio frequency.
In demonstrations seen by the BBC, a car drove towards the device at about 15mph (24km/h). As the vehicle entered the range of the RF Safe-Stop,
and the car rolled gently to a halt. Digital audio and video recording devices in the vehicle were affected also.
There are concerns about the technology s effects on electronic braking and steering systems but EV2 says the risks are low.
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if you got a car or some kids in the driveway.####Fedex founder Fred Smith has spoken repeatedly about his desire to#move to a fleet of unmanned aircraft,
##explained NASA Apollo 11 lunar landing vehicle manager Hubert Davis, a member of#the Solar High Study Group#of nine former NASA and Apollo program scientists and retired
Greener and more efficient vehicles of all types are eventually becoming the standard. Even helicopters are becoming greener.
Video)##E-volo s#vehicle may look bizarre, but the concept is actually brilliant. It has 18 rotors,
##Examples of the links that NEIL has made include the facts that cars are found on roads
#Uber teams with GM and Toyota to help 100k drivers buy cars to get more Ubers on the road The expansion means hundreds of thousands more cars must come onto the Uber system.
Uber is launching a pilot program to finance new cars. The company is partnering with GM, Toyota,
and financial institutions to offer 100,000 driversreduced monthly car payments, in an effort get more Uber drivers on the road.##
##This kind of expansion means hundreds of thousands more cars must come onto the Uber system,
##Uber partner-drivers have a robust, reliable cash flow through the Uber platform every fully utilized car on the Uber system grosses over $100, 000/year.#
##Uber started out as an on-demand service for black town cars and has taken the cab industry by storm.
Users can now hail actual taxis, black cars, lower cost Uberx drivers in regular cars,
or SUVS in the app. The company s success inspired a wave of startups such as Lyft, Sidecar, Instacab,
and Hailo looking to improve the experience of getting from point A to point B in urban areas.
The success of these companies is predicated on the availability of cars. The whole point is on-demand convenience,
and not having enough cars on the roads is a fast way to lose customers and curb growth.
##Helping people buy cars is a smart way to get more Uberx drivers. Uber drivers can make good money
and by lowering the upfront cost of owning a car, Kalanick creates a larger pool of drivers to draw from.##
#How cars of the future will make better use of data they collect every time you drive The interior of the Tesla Model S offers a glimpse of the data-rich driving environments of tomorrow.
Cars will be big data collectors in the future. They will continuously monitoring the operation and function of the many moving parts of the vehicle and hopefully giving you a warning well in advance of pending failure.##
##In its new report,##Emerging Technologies: Big data in the Connected car,##researchers at#IHS Automotive#forecasts there will be 152 million actively connected cars on roads globally by 2020,
generating some 11.1 petabytes of data on an annual basis. That s about 30 terabytes a day.
there already are connected cars on the road. They track things like gas consumption, how many miles are left to be driven on the current tank of gas, tire pressure,
for example, through a cell phone built into the car, Bluetooth transmissions to other devices, or when the car goes in for service.
Boyadjis#admits, ##no one knows what to do with the information at this point, ##but the eventual goal is to learn user habits to improve the interfaces of the car##for example,
how do they use the radio?####and to monitor auto systems and catch failures well in advance.
We take the car in to a shop for an oil change and some other checks while it s there and then get the bad news. Or the car just up and dies on us.
Big data sensors in cars should help eliminate any surprises.####The cr#me de la cr#me is making an autonomous car.
In the era of big data and the car, maintenance intervals don t exist any more because it s based on the condition of the car.
Right now we have diagnostic information but as they collect more and more info, that will become prognostics.
Will be we doing preventive maintenance on automobiles instead of repairs, ##said Boyadjis. There is a concern over privacy, however.
Car rental companies have used GPS systems in their cars to#give customers a ticket #even though the police never caught them.
but feels the data belongs to car owners, who have the choice of opting into any data research and gathering.##
Right now there are just too few vehicles collecting data and most tend to be higher-end cars.##
##It s a challenge of finding a business model and getting it on the market,##said Boyadjis.
#Recharging electric vehicles on the move Researchers have designed this proof-of-concept wireless charger for moving electric vehicles. A problem with electric vehicles is providing power
while the vehicles are moving. One way to extend the range of electric vehicles may be to provide power wirelessly through coils placed under the surface of a road.
But charging moving vehicles with high-power wireless chargers below them is complex.####Researchers at North carolina State university have developed a method to deliver power to moving vehicles using simple electronic components, rather than the expensive power electronics or complex sensors previously employed.
The system uses a specialized receiver that induces a burst of power only when a vehicle passes over a wireless transmitter.
Initial models indicate that placing charging coils in 10 percent of a roadway would extend the driving range of an EV from about 60 miles to 300 miles,
says#Srdjan Lukic, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at NCSU. Wireless charging through magnetic induction##the same type typically used for electric toothbrushes##is being pursued by a number of companies for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.
Such chargers work by sending current through a coil, which produces a magnetic field. When a car with its own coil is placed above the transmitter,
the magnetic field induces a flow of power that charges the batteries. Stationary inductive chargers for electric vehicles typically use sensors to ensure that the receiver coils on the vehicle are aligned above wireless charging pads correctly.
The NCSU researchers system operates without position sensors in an attempt to simplify the design
and make it more efficient. When there are no vehicles, the transmitter coil gives off a weak field.
But when a vehicle with a receiver passes by electronics in the receiver trigger a strong magnetic field
and an accompanying flow of power, says Lukic. Precisely controlling when the roadway coils produce a magnetic field is important for safety reasons;
if the field misses the car s receiving coils, it could attach to parts of the car
or attract stray objects.####Somehow we have to channel or contain the magnetic field produced by the transmitter to always be right below the receiver.
Commercial interest in wireless charging systems for moving vehicles is growing. Qualcomm is working on a##dynamic##charging system that builds off its current stationary#wireless EV charger.
and has spun out a company called Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification#to build commercial products. With the Utah system a bus could charge from coils placed under the road surface where passengers load or at traffic lights.
Dynamic wireless power transfer could also be used for robots. The techniques that the NCSU researchers used for dynamic EV charging have already been applied in some consumer electronics,
a researcher who works on wireless vehicle charging there. The new work addresses only one of the barriers of the dynamic charging,
making the trek by car so they don t have to leave 200-pound Hugo behind.
but he understands his customers well enough to know he isn t the only one who hates cross-country travel by car.
like chirping birds or a passing ice-cream truck. Sound preferences can be adjusted via a circular scroll panel on the face of the device.
but now these driverless robo-cars are breaking free of their confines and heading out into the city streets.
But thanks to a new fleet of pod cars, that might just be about to change. The first few units will be deployed as early as 2015.
the Milton Keynes pod cars will run on electricity, returning to their charging stations between fares.
The pod cars are planned to run along the streets of Milton Keynes for five years as part of a pilot program.
smartphone-hailed pod cars will someday grace the streets of cities all across the world.
Volvo s quest to create the ultimate electric vehicle The battery is the biggest limitation for electric vehicles (EV.#
#Tesla, General motors, Nissan and others install heavy batteries that limit vehicle range and performance. The batteries take up as much as 15%of the vehicle s total weight.##
##So Swedish automobile maker,#Volvo#(now owned by China s#Geely Holding#Group) decided to dispense with the battery entirely,
substituting a super capacitor made from advanced carbon fiber-based nanomaterials that can be integrated into the body panels of the vehicle.
Volvo has chosen the S80 model to demonstrate this concept. The vehicles side body, doors, hood
and roof panels are made of nanomaterial (see image below) that replaces the electric batteries used by conventional EVS.
The vehicle plugs in to initially charge and then recharges the supercapacitor panels during braking.
A single body panel like the hood can easily supply all the energy needed to run the vehicle s internal electronics.
The#Lola B12 69/E, an electric racing car that recently set a land speed record for EVS of 328 kilometers (204 miles per hour,
and a fully-integrated drive train within the body of the vehicle. Via 21st Century Tech Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorat m
when refined, can even be pumped into a car, a boat or motorbike. One kilogram of plastic produces almost one liter of oil.
To convert that amount takes about 1 kwh of electricity, which is approximately#20 or 20 cents worth.
or an electric car receives the power and starts recharging. Witricity says its system can move an impressive 3,
300 watts##enough to charge an electric car##with little efficiency loss. Says Eric Giler, the CEO of Witricity:##
which is reported to have plans to test a wireless charging station for plug-in cars. The technology has applications outside the consumer sphere as well.
and trucks, only to be discarded, thrown into landfills, and onto our streets. And most of our current bottles don degrade.
The project represents a breakthrough in the field of micro-aerial vehicles. It had previously been impossible to pack all the things needed to make a robot fly onto such a small structure and keep it lightweight.
Would you prefer to ride in a completely autonomous self-driving car, like Google s self-driving car,
#Instead of cars that have#no steering wheels, gas pedals, or brake pedals for drivers to control, Baidu is thinking about cars with intelligent assistants who help you drive.##
##This is actually an intelligent assistant collecting data from road situations, Baidu s Kai Yu told The next Web.
the search engine giant in the land of self-reliant independence is building a car that takes over completely.
-and Windows-enhanced cars will not start tapping into the next generation of Siri s, Google Now s and Cortana s intelligence.
But a new New Frontier in humanless vehicles is now emerging, one in which Google may already be left in the dust.
#Here s why automakers want 4g technology in cars Automakers are counting on the connected car.
Today s cars are trying to replicate the smartphone experience. Touchscreen interfaces are common. Dashboard designers take UI tips from iphones,
and#automakers want to build apps for cars. Large automakers like General motors are taking the next obvious step
and#integrating 4G LTE service into their cars starting this year. Drivers pay a monthly service fee for#in-car 4g#that s separate from their smartphones,
and use it for an array of services from movies for kids in the backseat to sophisticated#GPS-on-steroids solutions.
debuted the option in their 2015 A3 car. GM is adding 4g capability to nearly all of their 2015 Buick models,
While some luxury cars have come with built in 3g in the past, there are two major game changers here:
New#car buyers#would be given a 3 gigabyte trial and data plans would be set up by AT&T The cheapest $5 plan offers 250 megabytes usable in a 24-hour period;
The use case of cars is different than phones. In promotional materials, Audi and GM both emphasize 4G LTE service as a mechanism for users to get in-car entertainment, rather than for navigation or safety monitoring.
Buick boasts they cankeep everyone happy with streamed movies, music, and games, while Audi emphasizesfaster downloads and high-definition video streaming for up to eight devices used by passengers over the in-vehicle#Wi-fi#hotspot.
Smartphone and#car convergence#has been happening for quite some time and in-car 4g allows automakers to solve the vexing customer issue of answering demand to integrate smartphones without sacrificing safety or usability,
while simultaneously pushing a#lucrative car option#to market. Audi is offering drivers their a new and data-intensive navigation system,
which feeds the dashboard with information on#nearby gas stations, restaurants, and all sorts of Google earth overlays.
GM, meanwhile, is revamping their previously 2g Onstar system to take advantage of the new data possibilities.
#In-car 4g hotspots#are potentially lucrative businessespecially when there s a $50 monthly fee attached.
or businesspeople who constantly travel by car. Beyond the obvious use cases of Netflix and#data-heavy navigation systems, 4G LTE service also means drivers can send#SMS#text messages by voice dictation,
While drivers and passengers might not necessarily need#high-speed Internet#in their cars it s arrived on the market
##and it s a safe bet to say we ll see it in most new cars sooner rather than later.
This enables more vehicles that are connected not to one another to run more often on the network.
but there are also those who are accustomed to being able to move about in an individual manner with cars.
Many of the demonstration renderings and footage show the cars moving through what seem to be business districts,
but in more residential areas, residents might be opposed to the cars roving past their windows and disrupting their privacy.
Instead of large vehicles that run on a schedule, Skytran s cars will be small and personal, designed for two people,
and will be summonable with a smartphone app. The system s automated nature, transit expert Joe Dignan told#BBC News,
Benches can now be added to the list of things like watches, cars, phones, and everything else that comes in a smart variety.
The findings, reported in the journal Science, could lead to cheaper and greener cars, planes and electronics.
thermosets are used throughout modern cars and aircraft, often mixed with carbon fibers to form composites. Some 50%of the new Airbus a350 jet, for example, will be made from composites.
Brought on by development of auto-drive vehicles, this new industry will need station designers and architects, traffic-flow analyzers, command center operators,
or Darpa, the government s futurist agency that worked on the predecessor to the Internet and self-driving cars.
#Electric car travels over 1, 100 miles without a recharge on a new aluminum-air battery Together the Israeli company, Phinergy,
and the aluminum giant, Alcoa Canada, demonstrated an electric vehicle (EV) capable of driving over 1, 100 miles between charges using a combination of aluminum-air and lithium-ion storage technologies.#
#The Phinergy aluminum-air battery at 100 kilograms (220 pounds) weight contained enough on board energy to allow the vehicle to travel up to 3, 000 kilometers (over 1, 860 miles.
Compare that to the best, current lithium-ion batteries in the Tesla Model S sedan.
In the case of the test car demonstrated at the#Canadian International Aluminum Conference#on Wednesday in Montreal,
To feed the chemical reaction from the aluminum-air battery drivers using a test car like this would add tap water every month
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