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Tesla Motors, Inc. started with the Tesla Roadster high performance car and has now launched it’s latest consumer-focused vehicle, the S-Coupe. Peter Rawlinson, VP and Chief Engineer walks us through the new generation of energy efficient sports cars...
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With the auto industry, “changing gears” on how they design cars, one company started with the idea of a green sports-coop and never looked in the rear-view mirror. With more open engineering jobs than they can fill, you might want to watch and see what...
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We continue our interview with Preet Anand about the Refract House, which uses a holistic and environmentally conscious design to produce a contemporary architectural solution using highly efficient and sustainable systems and materials. The U.S. Department...
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For three weeks in October 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy will host the Solar Decathlon—a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient...
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Designed for active, sun-loving young drivers on a budget, the Kia Soul'Ster is an open-air variation concept based on Kia's Soul compact crossover SUV. Tom Kearns, Chief Designer at Kia Motors, discusses his team's design process for the...
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Paragon has received authorization to begin work on NASA’s Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS). Paragon is beginning this work on the first major space suit redesign in over 40 years as part of a team led by Oceaneering International. Paragon has key...
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What does it take to grow plants on the Moon? Paragon Space Development Corporation CEO Taber MacCallum answers that question from the 25th International Space Symposium. Growing the first plant on another world has enormous symbolic importance as well...
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The first Moon flower will become a reality when private lunar expedition partners Odyssey Moon and Paragon Space Development Corporation deliver a biological greenhouse to the lunar surface. Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon partnered with...
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Odyssey Moon's partnership with NASA will allow them to develop the "MoonOne" (M-1) lunar lander based on the Common Spacecraft Bus (CSB) developed at the NASA Ames Research Center. The Hover Test Vehicle used for ground testing of the CSB...
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From the 25th International Space Symposium, Bob Richards, CEO of Odyssey Moon, talks about their commercial space enterprise, their involvement with the Lunar X PRIZE, and some unique payloads they plan on delivering to the surface of the moon. Odyssey...
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Most camera lenses refract light, leading to the familiar cylindrical tube geometry. In some cases, where extended focal length or reduced track length are required, concentric mirrors can be used to effectively reduce barrel length. Recent advances in...
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Interdisciplinary research addressing fundamental issues and questions, a systems level approach, along with close ties to industry, all brought together to yield relevant and timely research is the formula for success in the ECE Department at Carnegie...
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At Carnegie Mellon University, Professor Elias Towe's group pursues research in basic optical and quantum phenomena in materials for applications in novel photonic devices that enable a new generation of information processing systems for communication...
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BluWāv's experience with in-wheel hub motors, in collaboration with Raytheon and Tucson Embedded Systems, has led to the design and development of a complete electric drive and energy storage system for the Raytheon BluWāv Hy-DRA, a purpose built...
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In joint development with a Raytheon, BluWāv Systems developed a series hybrid system consisting of four in-wheel hub motors and battery system. The Hy-DRA (Hybrid-Defense Recon Assault) vehicle can be powered by an on-vehicle or removable generator set...