News tagged with flywheel
Saving energy and the environment with Flywheels
Apr 07, 2009 |
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ECE researcher, Dr. Mark Flynn's high-speed flywheel motor controller is reducing fuel consumption and harmful emissions at ports throughout the world. Flynn's design has been incorporated into energy storage systems used ...
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A train on the street
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Streetcar or bus? The AutoTram® offers the best of both: Up to 36 meters long, it can carry as many passengers as a streetcar while being as versatile as a bus. A flywheel energy storage system absorbs part ...
Aerobic exercise for the wheelchair-bound
Sep 10, 2008 |
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University of Texas at Austin alumnus, Chris Stanford (MSEE '91), and Electrical & Computer Engineering undergraduates are working on making exercise fun for wheelchair users. For the last year, Stanford has ...
Power grid chief touts electric-car payback
Sep 25, 2009 |
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U.S. power grid chief Jon Wellinghoff is touting the long-term cost savings of electric cars, saying the vehicles could earn $1,500 a year in paybacks for their owners when their batteries are connected to the power grid.
Polarized particles join toolbox for building unique structures
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created polarized, spherical particles that spontaneously self-assemble into clusters with specific shapes and distributions of electric charge. ...
MIT duo see people-powered 'Crowd Farm'
Jul 26, 2007 |
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Two graduate students at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning want to harvest the energy of human movement in urban settings, like commuters in a train station or fans at a concert.
Students get charge out of pedal power
Nov 09, 2007 |
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MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. Rather than consuming electricity, you'll be burning calories--your own.
Self-ticking oscillator could be next for portable atomic clocks
Dec 10, 2007 |
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“Most conventional atomic clocks need a more conventional, non-atomic clock, like a quartz crystal, to keep them ticking,” William Happer tells PhysOrg.com. “We’ve developed a system that would be self-ticking, using a spec ...
Airless tire project may prove a lifesaver in military combat
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Rarely does one come across a business where the phrase “reinventing the wheel” is not just a metaphor, it’s an operating principle.
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