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26 Jul 2013
3D-printed rocket engine gets its first fiery test
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, or 3D printing.14 Jul 2013
Synkera Technologies Inc
Synkera was initially founded as an R&D and incubator company in nanotechnology, with a majority of the revenues coming from contracts under the SBIR program (Small Business Innovation Research). In recent years, the company has observed increased interest in their sensor technology and is now focusing on developing gas sensors for smartphones and mobile devices.14 Jun 2013
Will graphene supercapacitors be the best?
Questions arise as to how much supercapacitors can improve if organisations more like NASA took over. After all, if supercapacitors can replace many batteries when, as today, they store one tenth of their energy, what will happen in the marketplace if they approach the theoretical ten times the lithium-ion battery figure while acting as a near-perfect "battery"?30 May 2013
3D printing: food in Space
3D printing is gaining much interest in electronics. Here is progress of 3D printing beyond electronics.28 May 2013
Solar powered wheelchair wins
The chair uses lightweight and robust materials and high-efficiency solar cells with custom-fabricated solar panels that encompass over one square meter when deployed without adding significantly to its length, width, height or weight when stored.8 May 2013
New growth opportunities for electroactive polymers
IDTechEx Research finds that the electroactive polymer (EAP) market will be US$ 245 million in 2013.3 May 2013
Solar Impulse to fly across America - day and night without fuel
Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar powered airplane, plans to depart from San Francisco today with Bertrand Piccard in the single seater cockpit, to complete the first leg of its coast-to-coast flights across the USA. It is the first time that a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel, will attempt to fly across America.2 May 2013
7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: Second day
Day 2 of this event took place on Saturday April 27. The start was less dramatic than the excellent Day 1. Dean Sigler, Editor, CAFE Technology Blog told us to get back to the early days of airports, his title being, "Sustainable, Neighborly Airports".1 May 2013
7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: First day
This excellent event "7th Electric Aircraft Symposium" in Santa Rosa, USA was acclaimed as the best ever in the series. Over 150 people attended, an eclectic mix from NASA and Siemens to hobbyists, universities and technology startups were there.29 Apr 2013
Energy scavenging for the battlefield using SmartBED
SmartBED is one way we think Soldiers would be able to link up to the power they need. It will ultimately bring complex pieces together -- generator, solar systems and energy storage -- in a flexible, resilient way into an energy network.15 Mar 2013
Peratech Ltd
14 Mar 2013
Advancing bio-inspired micro-robotics technology
BAE Systems has been awarded $43 million to lead the Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance for an additional five years to advance bio-inspired micro-robotics technology to extend the remote sensing capability of U.S. ground forces.13 Feb 2013
FLEX 2013
The FLEX 2013 conference and exhibition took place in Phoenix, Arizona between the 30th of January and the 1st of February 2013.6 Feb 2013
Funding and collaboration to develop redox flow battery
German researchers are developing a long-lasting battery by teaming up four German universities, two research institutes and two companies.1 Feb 2013
Electric vehicles land, water and air in 2013 - PART TWO
In this article, we look at other aspects of what will and will not happen with electric vehicles land, water and air in 2013, whether they are hybrid or pure electric.2012
27 Dec 2012
Multifunctional graphene nanocomposite foams for space applications
Materials combined with a small amount of nanoparticles offer new possibilities in the synthesizing of multifunctional materials.29 Nov 2012
nanoComposix
nanoComposix specializes in the fabrication, characterization, and integration of nanomaterials into products and systems.31 Oct 2012
Biomimetic aircraft snatch power aloft
Solar powered aircraft are old news. However, if we benchmark what is happening with other electric vehicles such as Autonomous Underwater Vehicles AUV, then multiple energy harvesting should be the order of the day, even with aircraft.24 Oct 2012
Untethered, flying wind power plant
The idea of harnessing high altitude winds blowing at 10,000 meters altitude seems to be promising.19 Oct 2012
NASA must reinvest in nanotechnology research
The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes — especially in nanotechnology — a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.