Volkswagen surprised everyone last week when its research and development chief Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg presented and rode its first ever bicycle (?)Bik.e at China’s 2010 Auto show.
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Bik.e! Sophisticated, Elegant and Practical.
Posted by Athena on May 4, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/bik-e-sophisticated-elegant-and-practical/
Tired of folding laundry? No worries! PR2 is here for you.
Created by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jeremy Maitin-Shepard, PR2 can liberate you from thr tedious task of towel folding.
Posted by Athena on April 18, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/tired-of-folding-laundry-no-worries-pr2-is-here-for-you/
The spectacular colours of Star Birth
This is Sharpless 2-106 (Sh2-106), the hourglass-shaped (bipolar) nebula, a stellar nursery made up of glowing gas and light-scattering dust. The material shrouds a natal high-mass star thought to be mostly responsible for the hourglass shape of the nebula due to high-speed winds which eject material from the forming star deep within.
Posted by Athena on February 15, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-spectacular-colours-of-star-birth/
Virgin Galactic unveils SS2, the world’s first commercial manned spaceship.
Virgin Galactic is set to unveil on Monday evening the SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the world’s first commercial manned spaceship. The unveiling represents another major milestone in Virgin Galactic’s quest to develop the World’s first commercial space line providing private sector access to space using an environmentally benign launch system for people, payload and science.
Posted by Athena on December 8, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/virgin-galactic-unveils-ss2-the-worlds-first-commercial-manned-spaceship/
It is small, it is cute, it is your new Personal-Neo Urban Transport Vehicle
Honda has just unveiled at the LA Car Show, its controversial new ultracompact car, the P-Nut (Personal-Neo Urban Transport), vehicle, dubbed the P-NUT.
Posted by Athena on December 3, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/it-is-small-it-is-cute-it-is-your-new-personal-neo-urban-transport-vehicle/
Let your – stylish – mask tell you…. your temperature!
Identify a potential H1N1 carrier with a brightly patterned medical face mask, designed by Marjan Kooroshnia. These face masks have printed with thermochromic ink that changes colour when the temperature of wearer’s breath increases with any uptick in breathing temperature.
Posted by Athena on November 29, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/let-your-%e2%80%93-stylish-mask-tell-you%e2%80%a6-your-temperature/
Developing a CO2 Recycler: The “Sunshine to Petrol” system.
Researchers from the United States have successfully demonstrated a prototype machine that uses the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into the molecular building blocks that make up transportation fuels. The “Sunshine to Petrol” system which was developed by Sandia National Laboratories may emerge as an alternative to carbon sequestration and an efficient and practical technique that turns carbon dioxide back into a fuel using the sun’s abundant energy.
Posted by Athena on November 26, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/developing-a-co2-recycler-the-%e2%80%9csunshine-to-petrol%e2%80%9d-system/
Into a – driveless – future. ULTra is here and is being installed at Heathrow Airport.
After 12 year of research and development, it is here. ULTra (Urban Light Transit) is an automated, electric, battery-powered, 200-mpg-equivalent, elevated PRT (personal rapid transit) system with many 5-person vehicles.
Posted by Athena on November 25, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/into-a-%e2%80%93-driveless-%e2%80%93-future-ultra-are-here-and-are-being-installed-at-heathrow-airport/
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA taxies down the runway!
On Thursday, 19 November the Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype made his first “trip”. He taxied down the runway powered by its own engines and going through a series of acceleration and breaking manoeuvres, checking that the calculated and simulated strains are not being exceeded.
Posted by Athena on November 23, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-solar-impulse-hb-sia-taxies-down-the-runway/
SOFIA: The world’s biggest, most advanced airborne observatory for the infrared spectrum.
Short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA will change the way we view the universe. The 17-ton and 9-foot wide telescope is situated into a Boeing 747 which is going to glide through the stratosphere at 45,000 feet, when the operations begin next year.
Posted by Athena on November 23, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sofia-the-worlds-biggest-most-advanced-airborne-observatory-for-the-infrared-spectrum/
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