Automotive Gas Turbines – Then & Now
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!
Battery fill up via pump?
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 [...]
Big Brother May Not Be The Problem
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.
The BMW 760i – A Car No One Needs
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.
Labor Isn’t The Problem at the Car Makers
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.
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