Automobiles have made great strides in recent years in becoming cleaner and greener, but according to Divergent Microfactories, they still have miles to go. The problem, as the company sees... Read more
Carbon and glass fibers reinforce synthetics so that they can be used for vehicle body construction. But in this regard, there is an abundance of potential found in natural fibers – obtained... Read more
Battery weight has long vexed engineers designing electric cars for the mass market. Bigger batteries are needed to power a car for longer distances, but their weight in turn requires the ca... Read more
Will be able to hover at an altitude of 20 km (12 miles) Satellites may be very useful for communications, navigation and other applications, but they’re awfully expensive to build and... Read more
There could be hundreds or thousands of applications for this new technology, especially within the prosthetic industry, as carbon fiber is the perfect material for prosthesis. This is the w... Read more
The material, consisting of carbon fibre, nano structured batteries and super capacitors, offers lighter energy storage that requires less space in the car Volvo Car Group has developed a re... Read more
For the past 70 years, the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory has conducted ocean research and engineering. Now they are teaming up with a local submersible company to bui... Read more
In the future, electric cars and plug-in hybrids may be able to carry their own solar charging station with them, folded up and ready to deploy, right from the car’s trunk. The first o... Read more
New material created at Rice University with graphene oxide flakes Large flakes of graphene oxide are the essential ingredient in a new recipe for robust carbon fiber created at Rice Univers... Read more
A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward WHEN Elisha Otis stood on a platform at the 1854 World Fair in New York and ordered an axeman to cut the rope used to hoist h... Read more
A lot of UAV research is focused on making flying robots that can navigate by themselves using sophisticated sensor systems, intelligently avoiding crashing into things. This is a fantastic... Read more
The only reinforcing material that is stronger than cellulose nanocrystals is a carbon nanotube, which costs about 100 times as much The Forest Products Laboratory of the US Forest Service h... Read more
Ehsani’s new pipe can be built onsite as a single section of virtually infinite length, hence the product name InfinitPipe Carbon fiber fabric and lightweight honeycomb materials, plus... Read more
Eight times stronger than aluminum while 66 percent lighter The purveyors of fine nanotech-enabled lightweight boats at Zyvex Technologies have been in touch to tell Gizmag about their lates... Read more
This type of robot could be useful in exploring hard-to-reach or dangerous areas, Flying robots are adept aviators, flipping through small openings, building structures and playing tennis. B... Read more
