Turbine

With two small military grade turbine engines producing 537 lb of thrust, mounted either side of the rider’s head, Australian Daz Fellow’s hopes to break the 300 mph speed record riding only 10 mm off the deck on his customized carbon fiber street luge next year.

Three DARPA-sponsored research teams have developed the world's smallest vacuum pumps.

Wind-watcher Mike Barnard explains why innovative wind technologies are rarely if ever a match for plain old three-blade turbines.

NASA has developed a world-first test facility to study turbofan icing at high altitudes.

GE Aviation is developing a "Superjet" variable cycle jet engine for future fighter planes.

Developers of a "Jet Vest" personal flight system are asking for Kickstarter funding.

ESA researchers have used hypergravity to help develop an aircraft-grade alloy they claim is twice as light as the nickel superalloys currently used in conventional jet engines.

Jet engine-tinkerer Seth Kettleman is currently selling a custom-built jet-powered go-kart on eBay.

An auto restorer and designer has built a replica Batmobile, that is powered by an actual jet engine.

The H2O Power radio generates its own operating power via the force of the running water from your shower.

Industrial design student Anthony Reale has borrowed from the basking shark to create ‘strait power,’ a water-powered turbine generator that 40 percent more efficient that current designs.

India is the latest country to wade into the tidal power waters with the announcement of its first commercial scale tidal current power plant to be constructed in the Indian State of Gujarat.