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- (A greener home, room by room)
- If you really want to go green ...Your house will need additional power wiring. One is to distribute low voltage DC power for LED lighting. A big snafu no one has really addressed with LED lighting is surge supression. I bought two AC powered LED lamps a few years back,...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- MotorDataE 3.0 (Mobile)
- Designed for electrical engineers, electricians and safety inspectors. Provides quick access to the most important information related to electric motors and their feeders. The application will allow you to select (via tapping drop-down lists and ring lists), motor sizes from 1/6 HP to 200 HP A.C or D.C-. Based on...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- E-motorcycle hits S.F. streets
- CNET News reporter Mats Lewan takes the brand new Zero S electric motorcycle for a test drive in downtown San Francisco. Currently, electric scooter-style and offroad bikes can be used on the streets. But the Zero S can reach up to 60 mph, and its creator, Zero Motorcycles, says it's...
- Videos 2009-05-07
- Art of pizza tossing inspires micro motor design
- Researchers at Monash University in Australia have unlocked the physics of the perfect pizza toss and will use it to design the next generation of standing wave ultrasonic motors SWUMs, devices thinner than a human hair. [caption id="attachment_1510" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Credit: Aubrie & Joseph via Flickr"][/caption] ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transport
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transportIt's a motor, a battery, and an engine."Not a surprise, the auto industry is crap at explaining these vehicles to potential buyers."It's a motor, engine, and a battery. The motor can power the wheels. It gets great mileage.That's about as much explaining as you need....
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Can light drive a motor?
- Can light drive a motor?.....Now that is some cool tech! And look who developed it! Wasn't the "all powerful" Americans, that's for sure. It's innovations like this that will drive the world into the future. Nice to see someone is at least making progress. ]:)What progress?We've been able to turn...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Can light drive a motor?
- According to a research team led by professor Tomiki Ikeda at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the answer is yes. But this kind of motor is far too small to power your car -- at least today. In fact, these chemists have developed a plastic motor powered by light. The...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- (Photos: Tesla Roadster ready to hit the streets)
- (Photos: Tesla Roadster ready to hit the streets)It does have airbagsThe company got an exemption on putting in air bags for now.Actually it has airbags, just not ones that adjust for body weight,etc.So instead of paying for gas ....... you pay 5X more in electricity?? The idea of a...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- Photos: A look inside the green, high-tech Genzyme Center
- This platinum-level, LEED-certified green building uses building automation for daylighting, fresh air and to lower energy costs.Biotech company Genzyme went green when it built its corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Called Genzyme Center, the 4-year-old building is a Platinum-level LEED-certified green building, the highest level possible. (LEED stands for Leadership...
- Image galleries 2007-08-22
- A virtual chainsaw to train lumberjacks
- German researchers have developed a virtual chainsaw for a tool manufacturer. By using the concept of 'mixed reality,' which combines the real world and virtual reality, they've created a simulation tool to train workers to use dangerous tools with no risk to be harmed. As they said, 'It looks like...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Photos: Dry your hands in a jiffy
- A motor inside the Airblade sucks in air, creates an air curtain, and strips water off your hands in 6 to 12 seconds.
- Image galleries 2007-06-22
- Alerting vests for soldiers
- If you were a soldier, Im sure you would like to be warned in real time of an imminent danger. According to New Scientist, MIT researchers have developed a vibrating vest which could send alerts to soldiers. But here comes the tricky part: the alerts will wirelessly be sent to...
- Blog posts 2007-01-03
- Putting the electric motor on a diet
- Putting the electric motor on a dietI have a much better dreamAn energy policy that strives to make energy so cheap and abundant that our grandchildren will laugh at our stories of how we were all worried about conserving energy.Gold in energy conservation researchImagine if the federal government would invest...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Photos: Get your (sneaker's) motor running
- Eight designers worked on the Adidas_1 project in secret. Motor in running shoe's sole is designed to really respond.
- Image galleries 2006-04-14
- Robots with square wheels?
- Robots with square wheels?Why?It's an interesting project... but if you have enough power to spin that arm, why wouldn't you just apply it to the wheels instead?Holy GrailIf that actually works, then a kid has come up with the single most important scientific discovery in history.The implications are enormous.Forget moving...
- Discussion threads 2005-12-05
- Molecular motors on the run
- In the nanotech world, molecular 'motors' have been heavily investigated during the last decade. And you probably read that these nano-carriers will one day be able to move a useful drug right where it's needed inside your body. But think for a minute to the size gap between yourself and...
- Blog posts 2005-11-15
- Motor 1.0.9 (Mac)
- Calculates all you need to start safely a trifasic motor.
- Software downloads 2003-08-11
- CRM Is Like an Outboard Motor
- It's as simple as that! Control, speed and visibility. If a person has ever rowed a boat he or she might know what the author wants to say. When a person rows a boat he or she faces backwards, he or she don't have precise control over the direction he...
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- 2010 Lexus RX 450h
- Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 450hRemember that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza said, "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable?" Well, sitting in the 2010 Lexus RX 450h is like being draped in velvet, and, with the economical hybrid drivetrain, it is socially responsible. Lexus vehicles show...
- Product reviews 2009-11-03
- The perfect computer?
- Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...
- News items 2009-11-02
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