Inspired by the Manta ray, the largest known specimen of the ray family, the German firm “Festo” created the “Air ray” – a remote-controlled ballonet filled with helium and constructed with a flapping-wing drive mechanism, which allows it to “swim” ...
Hydrogen Powered Bike
The Chinese Company Pearl-Hydrogen has developed a new type of fuel-cell powered bicycles. The 32kg (70pounds) bike has a 180W motor and a range of 60 kilometers (37 miles). The bike has a maximum speed of about 25km/h (15mph) and ...
Ford’s Hydrogen Car Sets New Record
Fusion Hydrogen 999 – Ford’s 500-horsepower fuel cell race car, recently broke the land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats at a speed of 207 miles per hour (333 km/h). According to Ford the Fusion is the world’s first ...
Nanohorns Will Store Hydrogen
Researchers at Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France have discovered a solution for storing hydrogen inside special carbon nanotubes. This storage solution may have important applications for the future of renewable energy economy, including hydrogen based cars. ...
Aluminum-Gallium to Make Hydrogen
Researchers from the Purdue University in Indiana have developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water. The hydrogen may be used for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, which in turn could be used ...
Windhunter makes Hydrogen from Wind
The Florida based company Windhunter is developing a new concept that combines an offshore oil rig, huge retractable wind turbines and electrolyzer that separates the hydrogen from the oxygen in water. The result is a floating rig which converts the ...
Hubble Captures Merging Galaxies
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Antennae Galaxies, named for their antenna- or tail-like appendages, is the sharpest yet of this merging spiral pair. Billions of stars will be formed during the course of the collision. One ...