Compressed Air
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Toyota Industries Corporation recently set a speed record for compressed air cars, by sending its KU:RIN up to 129.2 km/h (80.3 mph).
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Two undergraduate students from Toronto's Ryerson University have created a prosthetic arm that is controlled by its wearer's brain signals, and powered by compressed air.
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New research suggests that pneumatic or air hybrids that store energy captured from braking as compressed air could halve the fuel consumption of ICE powered vehicles.
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A new type of solar thermal field, tower and research facility is being built in Australia that requires only air and the sun, making it ideal for parts of the world that receive minimal rainfall.
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A team of students from Virginia Tech University have created a vehicle that allows vision impaired drivers to take control of the wheel unassisted.
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Scuderi has been talking up the power, efficiency and emissions benefits of its fascinating split-cycle air/petrol hybrid engine technology for several years now - but will the prototype back it up?
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Intended both as a personal 3-4 seater city commuter and as a getabout for airport, train station and municipal workers, the AIRPod is cute and easy to drive with a joystick instead of a steering wheel and pedals.
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Researchers at the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech have designed a series of serpentine robots that are able to climb poles and inspect structures too dangerous or inaccessible for humans.
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Germany’s Aachen University's Institute of Automotive Engineering has taken home the honors in a competition to create a Model T for the 21st Century. The winning entry is a modular vehicle concept with a centrally located driver's seat.
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URWERK has released the world’s first watch that uses compressed air to regulate the winding system. The UR-202 features a 3-position selector switch that controls the level of air compression generated by its miniature twin turbines, which in turn control the rate of automatic winding.
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Twice as clean as a Prius, and capable of 90mph or 1000 miles to a tank, the Air Car, featuring an ingenious compressed-air motor, is coming to the U.S. - and it'll be well under