You're out riding your new electric motorcycle and the battery is getting low. No problem, just pull over and fill 'er up. That's the hope of researchers working on an improved redox flow battery. Electric motorcycles, like electric cars, are just beginning to appear for sale as serious, if somewhat expensive, alternatives to your regular ICE powered vehicle. They're almost … [Read more...]
Titanium Hydride Dramatically Lowers Manufacturing Cost of Titanium Parts
Finished titanium parts can be manufactured for $25 per pound compared to $213 per pound, using a technique based on titanium hydride (TiH2) powder. The technology was developed under a Department of Energy Global Initiative for Proliferation Prevention (DOE/GIPP) project performed in the Ukraine. By reducing the cost of titanium and the associated processing the performance … [Read more...]
Studebaker Astral – One Wheel Atomic Concept Car
Charles Taylor built a one wheel gyro stabilized vehicle and it worked. It was functional, not flashy, but the guy actually built it and the videos show how it evolved over the years. Just after writing that article the other day I came across a short piece in a 1958 issue of Science and Mechanics that mentioned the Studebaker Astral. It, too, had one central wheel with gyro … [Read more...]
Cyclone Green Revolution External Combustion Engine
Problem: Conventional engines and new tech engines need fuel to run, often a very specific type, but some fuels are in short or easily interrupted supply and often very expensive or they need a totally new not yet installed, supply infrastructure. Solution: External combustion engines can run on an extremely wide range of fuels, whatever is available, they are true multi fuel … [Read more...]
Free Piston Engine as Efficient as Fuel Cells
There's a lot of heavy duty R&D going on these days to reinvent the engine or replace the engines we're using altogether. The free piston engine, though invented in the 1920s, is getting more attention because it is less expensive than fuel cells for generating electricity while potentially just as efficient. The free piston engine has a straight rod that moves back and … [Read more...]
Titanium and Carbon Fiber Costs Coming Down
Look at your average MotoGP bike and you'll see lots of titanium and carbon fiber pieces, same goes for high end bikes like the Ducati Desmosedici or any motorcycle needing the strongest and lightest materials. Unfortunately, all of those exotic bits mean high prices, but, we could see more of those materials used in the not too distant future due to advances being made which … [Read more...]
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