Extender

The Slide Socket, pictured here plugged into an outlet blocked by a bed

Around The Home

Slide Socket relocates hidden electrical outlets

Chances are that somewhere in your home, you've got at least one electrical outlet that's hidden behind a couch, desk or other piece of furniture. The Slide Socket is designed to make those outlets accessible again, by telescoping out from them.

When fully extended the table stretches 10 feet long and can seat 12 people

Around The Home

Extendable Transformer Table 2.0 covers the long and the short of it

The Transformer Table is more than meets the eye. After the original launched the back in 2016, a newer model of the impressively extendable table has just been revealed on Kickstarter. Instead of wood veneer, the new and improved design now comes in a variety of 100 percent hardwood styles.

DLR's free-piston linear generator could extend the range of electric vehicles by around 600 km (Photo: DLR (CC-BY 3.0))

Automotive

DLR’s free-piston linear generator redesigns the range extender

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed a new type of range extender that can be powered by a range of different fuels.

The fuel cells will be tested on cars based on the based on the current C30 DRIVe Electric

Automotive

Volvo developing fuel cells for extended range EVs

Volvo is initiating development of a hydrogen fuel cell that is expected to increase an electric car’s operating range by up to 250 km (155 miles).

The Lotus Range Extender Engine will maintain hybrid vehicle efficiency and range while reducing the weight and expense of batteries

Automotive

Lotus announces purpose-built Range Extender Engine

Designed specifically for the new breed of efficient hybrid vehicles, Lotus Engineering’s three-cylinder 1.2 litre Range Extender engine provides 15 kW of electrical power at 1,500 rpm and 35 kW at 3,500 rpm via an integrated electrical generator.