Search results for quiet vehicles
Hybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety? Add engine noise, say human factors researchers
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Important pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid and electric vehicles. These vehicles are relatively quiet—they do not emit the sounds pedestrians and bicyclists are accustomed to hearing as a vehicle ...
Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official.
Hybrid Cars Are Harder to Hear
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Hybrid cars are so quiet when operating only with their electric motors that they may pose a risk to the blind and some other pedestrians, research by a University of California, Riverside psychologist suggests.
ONR and GM partner to test advanced fuel cell vehicles of the future (w/Video)
Mar 18, 2009 |
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As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to Marines ...
Purdue wind tunnel key for 'hypersonic vehicles,' future space planes
Jan 02, 2008 |
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By using the only wind tunnel capable of running quietly at "hypersonic" speeds, Purdue University engineers have conducted experiments to yield critical data for designing an advanced aircraft called the ...
Aeroacoustics Research Could Quiet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held machines, these remotely controlled ...
Drag racing goes green as US electric cars shine
Sep 06, 2009 |
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Far from the fury of traditional race-tracks, spectators got a glimpse of the future as they watched electric cars rev up, and silently bomb off around the Mason-Dixon Dragway.
Experts predict quieter Atlantic hurricane season
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Weather experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.
PS3s help astrophysicists solve mystery of black hole vibrations
Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using only the computing power of 16 Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles, scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, have solved a ...
Noise pollution negatively affects woodland bird communities
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the strongest evidence yet that noise pollution negatively influences bird populations, findings with implications for the fate of ecological communities ...
Let me sleep on it: Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings ...
Nissan rolls out electric car at new headquarters
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first public viewing of its new zero-emission vehicle.
QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June
May 15, 2009 |
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A tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known.
Apple pulls plug on 'Baby Shaker' iPhone program
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. pulled a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" from its iTunes store Wednesday after its premise - quiet a crying baby with a vigorous shake - prompted outrage.
Army looks to hydrogen to lighten soldiers' load
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are developing a portable, hydrogen-generating power system to power everything from laptops to communications gear for soldiers in the battlefield.
