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Som Mitra, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and environmental science at New Jersey Institute of Technology, is experimenting with polymers that when dissolved in a solvent become like a paint, and thus can be used as a coating. Solar cells can be inexpensively...
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Military robots are widely used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), reconnaissance, communications, hazmat, security, defense and rescue. TALON SWORDS robots can be configured with M240 or M249 machine guns or Barrett .50 caliber rifles for armed reconnaissance...
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The Jeep Renegade combines a lithium-ion battery pack with a small-displacement BLUETEC diesel engine, which together help it achieve a fuel economy of more than 110 miles per gallon.
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E-Flex is GM's platform for electrically driven vehicles, using multiple propulsion systems that fit into a common chassis. The Saturn Flextreme Concept is one such iteration.
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The Furai translates to "sound of wind". It features a three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that runs on E100 ethanol and produces around 450 horsepower.
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The A-BAT, a truck-car hybrid concept vehicle will have a 4-cylinder gas engine that works with Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive, a powertrain that enables the car to run on both electricity and gas. CALTY Creative Designers Daryl Harris and Matt Sperling...
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ETV is wrapping up for the year 2007, and we wanted to share the top viewed videos of the last year. This years top 10 included a futuristic car, a running robot, a portable EMI tent, water striding robotics and much more.
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Robotics research at Stanford University has developed a climbing robot that is modeled after the best climber in the world, the gecko. The robot uses it's feet to peel off from the wall while actuators move the vehicle up the wall.
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Personal mobility was changed with balancing vehicles, however most personal transports require you to stand. Toyota now introduces the iSwing, a sit-in personal transport that is design to move among people or go on the road.
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The goal of the claytronics project at Carnegie Mellon University is to create a material which can be programmed to form dynamic three dimensional shapes that can visually take on an arbitrary appearance. CMU Professor and Vice Provost for Research Peter...
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When Stanley Kubrick took Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey and transformed it into a four time Academy Award winning movie he was thinking of human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence and extraterrestrial life. Ford Motor Company...