Thoughts on This and That
I was reading about a new serial hybrid that uses a micro-turbine, and that got me looking at automotive turbines of the past. We’ve come a long way, baby! Continue reading “Automotive Gas Turbines – Then & Now”
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Turns out the crafty Germans are at it again! As reported in the Fraunhofer Research News recently, a group there is working with something called a redox flow battery. Basically it uses a liquid instead of a solid to store the charge. This isn’t new, but the team has brought the energy density up to that of Li-Ion batteries, and that is new! Continue reading “Battery fill up via pump?”
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In Nasa Tech Briefs, there was a little blurb about household robot security. So I dug down to the original paper by Tamara Denning, a grad student at the University of Washington. Turns out that personal robots could be a real security risk. Continue reading “Big Brother May Not Be The Problem”
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First, let me say I’m sure it’s really a sweet ride. Even the 760 iL and iX variants are sure to be every thing that the buyers want and more. But the more I read about the 760i and all it’s variants, all I can think of is a car no one needs. Continue reading “The BMW 760i – A Car No One Needs”
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I learned something new today. All the squawking about labor costs in car manufacturing is a red herring. And I also learned that pretty much every North American car company blew chow in FY 2008. Continue reading “Labor Isn’t The Problem at the Car Makers”
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So, I was reading about some new GPS guided 155mm howitzer shells (think your Garmin Nuvi can take getting shot out of a cannon?), really interesting technology in it’s own right, when I came across an article on some conflicts between wanting to do right and wanting to be reliable. Continue reading “RoHS & COTS hit the DOD – Damned Wiskers!”
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The Western Automotive Journalists hosted Reeves Callaway last night (10/7/2009) and I must say that it was an interesting evening. I mostly know Callaway from the Sledgehammer and Twin Turbo Corvettes of the 90s, but it turns out that there is lots more to the Callaway story. Continue reading “Reeves Callaway – Motivated by Excellence”
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