European aerospace giant EADS on Sunday unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (Zehst) rocket plane it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050.
Engineering
Jun 19, 2011
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Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to reach Paris from Brussels on Tuesday after a previous flight was aborted due to technical problems, its team said.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 13, 2011
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With the completion of a successful prototype, engineers at Oregon State University have made a major step toward addressing one of the leading problems in energy use around the world today – the waste of half or more ...
Engineering
Jun 10, 2011
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A team of Japanese inventors have come with a new device that blends the country's fascination with cuteness and its penchant for experimental high-tech -- brainwave-controlled cat ears.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 8, 2011
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A minor modification to your car could reduce fuel consumption by over seven per cent.
Engineering
Jun 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart, University of Duisburg-Essen and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence have created a prototype automotive steering wheel that uses ...
Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop on Wednesday dismissed as "baseless" a report that Microsoft had agreed to purchase the Finnish company's mobile business.
Business
Jun 2, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The international ITER project is setting out to store the energy of stars in a reactor. To meet this challenge, scientists must be able to measure the properties of matter in fusion. A team at EPFL has just ...
General Physics
May 30, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us forget how much our cell phones are a part of the day-to-day of our lives until we don't have access to them. I'm not just talking about when you leave it at home, in a callous act of irresponsibility. ...
A group of engineers at Carlos III University of Madrid has developed a prototype of a high-performance electric motorcycle, which has recently participated in the first electric motorcycle world championship.
Engineering
May 23, 2011
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