Self-assembling vehicles take flight (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Switzerland are developing miniature vehicles that can self-assemble and then take off vertically and fly as a stable array.
News tagged with vehicle assembly
NASA engineers test rotor landing for capsules
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers brought a pair of scale model space capsules to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to try out a rotor system that could be used in place of parachutes ...
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2012
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US automakers wake up to clean cars
Clean cars create jobs. The Big Three automakers, addicted to the profits they made off big SUVs, saw economic ruin in subcompacts, hybrids and battery-powered electric vehicles. But now they're all building them.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 27, 2012
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Creating desirable materials requires salt, but not space
(PhysOrg.com) -- When synthesizing specialized materials for energy-packed batteries, the problem is the template. The pattern for self-assembling the highly desired nanometer-sized spheres falls apart, producing irregular ...
Nanophysics
Sep 27, 2011
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2nd last space shuttle lands; final on launch pad (Update)
NASA's 30-year shuttle program inched closer to the end Wednesday, wrapping up its next-to-last mission and moving Atlantis to the launch pad for next month's final flight.
Space Exploration
Jun 1, 2011
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Ford announces which cities will get first crack at Focus Electric
Ford's first all-electric, zero emissions vehicle, the Ford Focus Electric, will go on sale in late 2011. As is the case with the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, initial availability will be limited to certain markets. Ford ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 22, 2010
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Honda slows Accord, Civic production as buyers shift to SUVs
Honda is slowing production of Accord and Civic cars as U.S. buyers continue to favor SUVs and trucks.
Automotive
Apr 19, 2019
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Slovakia faces challenge of shifting gear into e-cars
A small country but ranked as a major automaker, Slovakia now risks paying a heavy price should it miss out on the accelerating change to electric cars, analysts say.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 1, 2018
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First Rwandan-made Volkswagen rolls off assembly line
The first Rwandan-made Volkswagen car rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday at the country's first auto factory.
Business
Jun 27, 2018
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Entrepreneur giving shuttle truss new uses
(Phys.org) —A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space shuttle engineer-turned-entrepreneur adapts it to everything from a solar-powered electric generator to a mobile ...
Space Exploration
May 15, 2013
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