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(21 Oct 2017) LEADIN:
Forget plugging in to charge up your new electric car, engineers are now working towards a future where you never need to plug in ever again.
Thatâs some time off, but a new generation of batteries is being designed to power the latest electric cars, from high energy cells to power sports models to those that power over long distances.
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Imagine having your cell phone start to charge when you walk into a room, or your electric car charge as you drive over a particular strip of land. Itâs like a sort of ambient charging environment surrounds you.
Harnessing the power of magnetic fields.
New technology could boost the efficiency of solar power systems by converting waste heat into light.
By Amanda Froelich The furniture retailer is looking at using biodegradable mycelium âfungi packagingâ as part of its efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling. âŠ
Developing synthetic materials that are as dynamic as those found in nature, with reversibly changing properties and which could be used in manufacturing, recycling and other applications, is a strong focus for scientists.
In a world-first, researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Ghent University (UGent) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have pioneered a novel, dynamic, reprogrammable materialâby using green LED light and, remarkably, darkness as the switches to change the materialâs polymer structure, and using only two inexpensive chemical compounds. One of these compounds, naphthalene, is well known as an ingredient in moth repellents.
The new dynamic material could potentially be used as a 3D printing ink to print temporary, easy-to-remove support scaffolds. This would overcome one of the current limitations of the 3D process to print free-hanging structures.
Teslaâs new Roadster is going to come with an optional âSpaceX packageâ that will include cold air thrusters to improve performance.
Now CEO Elon Musk says that the thruster will be hidden behind the license plate.
When first unveiling the vehicle, Musk claimed a list of insanely impressive specs for the new Roadster, including 0â60 mph in 1.9 sec, 620-mile of range, and more.