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Determined to wipe out lingering concerns surrounding electric vehicles, Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada will launch the mock Electriphobia Research Institute at Green Living Show in Toronto on April 16th. The fake institute is intended to poke fun at th
Not sure how many of you have heard about Moore’s law, but, to put things simply; it states that the number of transistors on a silicon device has to double every two years. While, we all have practically seen the dimensions of devices diminishing, we h
The current situation There is no doubt that silicon as material has revolutionized the world that we live in and has been the reason for many of the technological achievements and breakthroughs. Silicon based transistors are the key to all the computer
A Corner Cube Reflector or CCR is a device used in Free Space Optical Communications systems that reflects the light from a base station to the source. Though this technology was introduced more than ten years ago, it faced some nagging problems such as t
It is quite fascinating how we can at times typecast things and believe that the form of a device or gadget has to be of certain design despite changing time and technology. That is the case with automobile industry as well with most of the modern vehicle
The hunt for longer ranging electric vehicles has just been given a boost with IBM announcing that Central Glass and Asahi Kasei have joined the company’s Battery 500 Project to collaborate on researching how to extend the range of EVs. This, it is hope
A Chinese farmer has made the headlines with his creation of a wind powered vehicle that he claims can travel at 90mph. The contraption looks little like a conventional car, sporting a large fan in front and wings at the rear. What is remarkable is that t
Just recently we had talked about how researchers at the
Potsdam’s Clarkson University had converted glucose from living snails into electricity.
Now the same team has moved up the food chain and is experimenting with
lobsters for producing energy from
Brammo Inc., one of the global leaders in electric motorcycle design and technology, recently made public the details of its much-awaited Empulse and Empulse R electric motorcycles. Both bikes make use of the world’s first drivetrain designed and built
About four years ago, fuels saving flywheels were developed for Formula One racing cars, but due to changes in regulations, they could not be used. And now, they might soon find a place on a handful of London buses. Willaim F1 is credited with the develop