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Inception Drive – Compact Infinitely Variable Transmission

By Paul Crowe

Inception Drive - the extremely compact, infinitely variable transmission

The Inception Drive, just invented by SRI International, is an extremely compact, infinitely variable transmission developed for robotics, but which could have all sorts of other applications. You have to watch the video and think about it for a while to see what's going on and even then, you'll have to think a little more to picture it in your mind. When you watch the video, … [Read more...]

Motorhead 2.0 – Working in the Garage is Cool Again

By Paul Crowe

Macchina - the Arduino based automotive hacking tool

Motorheads start young. Sure, someone over 30 or even 40 can develop an interest in cars and high performance and begin working on engines for fun, but based on past experience, it’s more likely teenagers who first get the bug, maybe developing a passion for a hobby or career that lasts the rest of their lives. As Baby Boomers, many of us lived through the heyday of hot rodding … [Read more...]

3D Printing Functional Jet Engines

By Paul Crowe

3D printed jet engine

If you've been following along as new technologies advance, you already know 3D printing is heavily hyped. Just think of all of the things we'll be able to print on demand, they say, unfortunately, those things usually look ... not very functional often disappoint. Lately, though, the quality has been rising while the variety of the parts and pieces being printed is moving into … [Read more...]

Time for New Knowledge New Skills and a New Course

By Paul Crowe

You may have noticed, I’ve been writing a lot less, in fact, I haven’t written for quite some time. Perhaps you poked The Kneeslider link in your browser checking for signs of life and wondered, “Is there a pulse?” and gone away still unsure. Well, I’ve been wondering myself. A lot of factors have played a part in my absence from regular writing here, the changing economics … [Read more...]

NHTSA Proposes Requiring Vehicle to Vehicle Communication – Just Like We Predicted

By Paul Crowe

NHTSA proposes requiring transponders in new light vehicles

Just over a month ago, I wrote this: you still have a little time before the mass adoption of robotic vehicles makes every trip a chance to catch up on your sleep, but, near term, there may be some intermediate steps in the process and I think transponders will be among them. Just like the "motor vehicles only" signs of today, I can easily imagine "transponder equipped motor … [Read more...]

Riding Motorcycles Among the Robots

By Paul Crowe

In a world of full inter vehicle communication, motorcycles have to play along or stay off the road

A little while back we had a pretty lively discussion about robots on our roads, but, even with the rapidly approaching technology, you still have a little time before the mass adoption of robotic vehicles makes every trip a chance to catch up on your sleep, but, near term, there may be some intermediate steps in the process and I think transponders will be among them. Just … [Read more...]

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