The system uses a fine powder called metal hydride to absorb hydrogen gas. The researchers have created the system's heat exchanger, which circulates coolant…
With its light body made of Kevlar, sleek aerodynamic design and three Olympic-racing wheelchair tires, it looks like something that escaped from the Batcave. But actually it’s a school project by a team of six Dalhousie University senior mechanical engineering students….
Following a rollover automobile accident, driver and passengers are usually unable to call for help. So, unless the accident occurs on a busy road, rescue is…
The two new transmissions deliver power to a wide range of vehicles available globally from GM, including the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu, Daewoo Tosca and Buick…
Mother nature is a smart builder. The cell structure of bones and honeycombs, for example, is particularly resilient and gets by with extremely little…
This second-generation starter alternator reversible system (StARS) is intended to enable the European automotive industry to meet new EU emissions legislation…
The T20 sockets, moulded from DuPont™ Zytel® HTN PPA (polyphthalamide) withstand higher temperatures than the S8 sockets used in most North American cars….
The Baylor researchers have developed a technology to use coconut fiber as a replacement for synthetic polyester fibers in compression molded composites….
You really can learn a lot from a dummy.For decades, automakers have been crashing test dummies to gain insight to how various auto safety systems protect – or…
The project was initiated by the German government and Volkswagen and is being carried out jointly with partners from industry and universities. It is being…
The university has obtained provisional patents and licensed the invention – Key2SafeDriving – to a private company that hopes to see it on the market within…
As if the drivers of mini vans and utility vehicles needed any more encouragement to drive fast between jobs, US researchers have designed a new rear spoiler…
Scientists and researchers across Europe are working in concert to build a new automotive system that fuses information from a wide variety of sources to…
EUREKA Project E! 3037 TARBAM responded to a situation where mismatching of special effect coatings is almost endemic. Myriad factors can influence perceived…
A child runs across the street without paying attention to the traffic, just as a car approaches at speed. It’s too late to slam on the brakes, and the driver…
Professor Ulrich Trottenberg, head of Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI that co-ordinates the SIMDAT project describes the…
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