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Protean Electric has recently come up with an in-wheel motor, a revolutionary technology in a compact design with which it boasts of being able to increase the efficiency of a four wheeler. Weighing about 68 pounds/31 kilograms and with a 110…

The megastructure
Zhongshan (named after Dr. Sun Zhongshan, who is also known as Sun Yat-sen), a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province city of Southern China (close to Hong Kong), is long known to be a…

October last year, attention of the entire world was focused on the South American Republic of Chile, which witnessed the miraculous escape of 33 miners, after being trapped in the mines for 69 days. The Chilean miners are in the news once again….

In Manila, vehicle emissions account for 80 percent of all pollution. And Manila based Asia Development Bank has seen 30 percent of all pollution in the Philippines originating out of mass transport system alone. So, it was very thoughtful of the…

What’s happening right now
The initial plants for electricity generation were based on thermal and hydro-electric power. Presently, we also depend on sources like nuclear fuels, natural gas and petroleum to derive power. The depletion of…

In an effort to promote a green, sustainable future, Panasonic has launched the ‘train of ideas’ to showcase various concepts for an eco friendly way of life. This ‘train of ideas’ is an interactive exhibition on the wheels which introduces a no

The latest research in energy generation and harvesting technology clearly raises hope for a better tomorrow. Researchers have developed an Energy Harvesting (EH) skin which is an improvisation over the cantilever that bends and harvests ambient…

We have plenty of ocean water. Why not use it as a source of power? And, guess what! Researchers at Stanford University have found that the salty nature of ocean water can become a good charger for batteries. It is not about extracting energy from…

Although Toyota is credited for the launch of the world’s first hybrid, Porsche, the German luxury automobile giant, has come up with claims that its founders had developed the world’s first hybrid almost a century back.

Porsche…

Shreerang Chhatre, an engineer and entrepreneur at MIT, works on fog harvesting. This method is inspired by a beetle’s physiology. Stenocara gracilipes, a beetle found in the Namib Desert on the west coast of Africa, collects water droplets from…