10 Futuristic Concept Cars That You Will See On The Roads In Future

NANOTECHNOLOGY 

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

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 10 Futuristic Concept Cars That You Will See On The Roads In Future

This year, the Los Angeles Auto Show featured many cars which gave us a glimpse into the future of automobiles. Here are some of the most interesting concepts and special editions.

1. Toyota Driver Awareness Research Vehicle

Toyota's Driver Awareness Research Vehicle
Toyota’s DAR-V is one of the greatest examples of future car technology. This vehicle aims to limit the factors which may distract a driver during their daily commute, hence reducing the chances of an accident. Toyota achieved this by integrating a display into the side window which shows information about traffic, weather, appointments, fuel level and other details that the driver can view before getting into the car without being distracted by the same information during the drive. The project was completed with the help of Microsoft Research and the display may be controlled by Kinect-gesture control, voice command or key fob activation.

2. Ford Edge Concept

Ford Edge Concept
The Ford Edge Concept showcases Ford’s latest semi-autonomous driving technology. The fully-assisted parking aid and the ultrasonic sensors of the car can be activated from inside the car or from outside via remote control to allow it to park itself without the driver’s input. The obstacle-avoidance system picks up objects in the path of the moving car and alerts the driver, if the driver does not respond on time the car takes evasive action on it’s own. Self-driving cars have yet to become mainstream, but the Edge Concept shows us what they will be like, years before they hit the market.

3. Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupe

The CrossBlue Coupe stands on 22-inch polished aluminum alloy wheels
Volkswagen presented its hybrid car, the CrossBlue Coupe which it described as a ”glimpse at the future”. The CrossBlue has a powertrain which consists of a turbo V6 couple with dual electric motors which give a combined output of 415 hp. With a mileage of up to 70 mpg, the CrossBlue Coupe can travel 570 miles on a full tank and a full battery. On battery alone, the car can travel a range of 13 miles. With a 0-60 mph time of 5.8 seconds and a top speed of 147 mph, the CrossBlue concept is not a sluggish hybrid.

4. Mercedes AMG Vision Gran Turismo

Mercedes shows the AMG Vision Gran Turismo at the 2013 LA Auto Show
When concepts don’t have to go into production or be built (even as prototypes), designers are given a free hand. This AMG Mercedes was built specifically to be featured in the new Gran Turismo 6 coming out next month for the Playstation 4. The virtual car has a twin-turbocharged AMG V8 which produces 585 horsepower and a digital weight of 3,053 lb. A lot of hard work has gone into creating this digital fantasy, and sadly that is exactly how this concept will remain.

5. VIA Motors XTRUX

VIA Motors Xtrux concept at the 2013 LA Auto Show
At first glance this pickup truck may not look like much, but the 4WD XTrux is a state of the art hybrid with more than enough power for its size. The hybrid system contains two electric motors each giving an output of 402 hp as well as a V8 engine. The V8 engine is meant for long range travelling and to charge the two electric motors which provide a range of 40 miles. VIA claims that the truck is capable of 100 mpg and gives the driver instant access to 738 lb-ft of torque. This hybrid is definitely not the one of delicate nature.

6. Subaru Legacy Concept

Subaru debuts the Legacy Concept at the 2013 LA Auto Show
Subaru’s current Legacy sedan was given a makeover with the Legacy Concept which premiered at the LA Auto Show. The concept shows what the sedan would look as a sporty 4-door coupe with meaner and more aggressive looks. The sharp lines and bold shapes used around the exterior of the Legacy Concept give it the mean look that the current car never had. The Ocean Silver Metallic paint gives this car the futuristic look it is supposed to have.

7. 1963 Chevy Corvette “Asteroid”

The 1963 Corvette Asteroid was on display to advertise an upcoming car auction
The only special-edition car in this list. This one-of-a-kind 1963 Corvette Asteroid was a pleasing contrast to all other futuristic cars at the LA Auto Show. The car was customized and given a questionable glittering paint job. But that barely matters when you realize how amazing this particular piece of hardware is. The car is capable of 12.20 second quarter mile run and has got one hell of an engine. Now it’s used as an advertisement by the Barrett Jackson Westworld for Scottsdale auction, starting on January 12.

8. SRT Viper GTS Anodized Carbon Special Edition

SRT will build just 50 models of the new special edition Viper
With just 50 examples of this version of the SRT Viper being made, the GTS Anodized Carbon is definitely limited edition. The car represents Chrysler’s first attempt at using metallic matte paint. The new paint is paired with black vapor chrome, five-spoke Rattler wheels and orange brake calipers. Carbon fibre ducts and other styling enhancements give this Viper a very mean look. The GTS Anodized Carbon Special Edition will be be available after January.

9. Shelby Raptor

The 2013/14 Shelby Raptor debuted earlier in the year
Ford and Shelby have had a long and rich history. So the Shelby Raptor should not come as much of a surprise package. Costing $18,000, the Shelby package includes a 150 hp increase over the standard model, a Shelby exhaust, custom interior, serial numbered badges and body graphics. The original SVT Raptor was already a mean machine to begin with, but the Shelby package makes it a special off-roader with a supercharged engine.

10. Volkswagen Design Vision GTI

The Design Vision GTI designers experimented with the C-pillar as an 'autonomous design el...
The most extreme GTI makeover yet. The Design Vision GTI isn’t just astonishing to look at, it has power to go with the newer, wider body. The side blades look a lot like those found on the Audi R8, but they’re actually extensions meant to cover the widened track of the car as well as the larger 20-inch wheels. A twin-turbo 3.0 liter V6 engine gives the Design Vision a total output of 503 hp (more than double the power of the stock GTI). With a 0-62 mph time of 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 186 mph, this GTI is very close to supercar performance levels.

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Monday, 2 December 2013

Shocking Secrets Of The Vedic Science Revealed!

Shocking Secrets Of The Vedic Science Revealed!

The Vedic civilization, according to the ancient scriptures, was at a much higher level of development than our modern society.
In Sanskrit “veda” means knowledge. So what kind of knowledge are we talking about?
From the standpoint of current evolutionary theory, the human race is supposed to be at the top of the society development. However, according to the Vedic literature, in a distant past there have been civilizations in the world, the greatness of which we cannot even imagine.
A detailed study of the Vedic texts was held in Bombay in 1975.
It was a scientific “explosion” in physicist circles when the scientists have discovered the vivid description of subatomic level in the Vedas written some five thousand years ago.
For example, it is stated in the Bhagavata Purana:
“The material manifestation’s ultimate particle, which is indivisible and not formed into a body, is called the atom – Param anuh. It exists always as an invisible identity, even after the dissolution of all forms. The material body is but a combination of such atoms, but it is misunderstood by the common man. ” (Bhagavata Purana 3.11.1)
In the same Bhagavata Purana the different time scales are explained, starting with the atomic. The theory of relativity and quantum physics can be substantially supplemented by information from the Sanskrit texts. Aryans were well aware of such concepts as superconductivity, nuclear and plasma weapons not to mention electricity.


The Mahabharata, an ancient historical epic, describes the use of nuclear weapons as follows:
“It was as if all the nature’s forces have been suddenly unleashed. Something dazzling like the sun revolved in circles. Burned with a heat of this weapon, the world was staggering, as in a fever.
Elephants caught fire from the heat and rushed wildly hither and thither in search of protection from the terrible power. Water in the sea turned hot, the animals were dying, the foes were killed and trees were falling in rows under the fury of the forest fire. Elephants blew their trunks fiercely and fell dead on the ground. Horses and chariots were burned on the spot.
Thus, thousands of enemy chariots were destroyed, and then deep silence descended on the sea. Wind began to blow and the earth shined. It was a terrible sight. The corpses of the fallen were mutilated by terrible heat so that they no longer resembled people. Never before have we seen such a terrible weapon and did not hear about it. ” (Drona-parva)
The Vedic texts contain a large number of descriptions of different types of weapons, ranging from primitive stone throwing slings (sarvatobhadra), wall smashing mechanisms (udghatima), to all sorts of high velocity dart throwing devices (yantra-sara), and ending with weapons which damaging force does not have modern analogues.
The tenth canto of Bhagavata Purana describes the various battles with weapons of extraordinary power. Those battles were fought by our ancient ancestors inhabited the planet, as well as representatives from other worlds.
“… Then demon Bhaumasura immediately released the fire weapon, known as shatagnhi, by which he could kill hundreds of soldiers with one stroke.”
(Bhagavata purana 10.59.15)
There were weapons similar to raging nature’s forces.
“… He (Vasudeva) contaracted brahmastra with another brahmastra, and the air weapon – with the mountain weapon”.
So on one side they used the “vayavya-astra” weapon, causing severe hurricane on the battlefield, and in order to counteract it the opposite side immediately used the so-called ” mountain weapon ” which just like a mountain could block the air flow and eliminate it completely.
The weapon “shiva-jvara” is described as heat, which is twelve times more powerful than heat of the sun, and the weapon “narayana-jvara” represents the unbearable cold.
“By that time, almost all the warriors of Shalva were killed, but when he saw that Vasudeva has arrived on the battlefield, he set in motion a terrible weapon of extraordinary power, which flew with a roar in the sky like a giant meteor. It shone with a dazzling, illuminating the sky… “
It is obvious that our ancestors were much more highly developed than we are today. Comparing to them we look like babies, at least in technical terms.
“ It was not an easy task to enter into the city of Prajyotisha-pura, because it was very well fortified. First of all, there were four formidable forts guarding the four directions of the city, and it was well-protected on all sides by formidable military strength. The next boundary was a water canal all around the city, and in addition the whole city was surrounded with electric wires. The next fortification was of anila, a gaseous substance. After this, there was a network of barbed wiring constructed by a demon of the name Mura.”         (Bhagavata Purana, 10 canto)
It appeared that the city was well-protected even in terms of today’s scientific advancement.
In Vedic literature there are many references to flying saucers. In general, they are called the vimana. Vimanas in the Vedas are divided into two categories:
1) the mechanical machines, similar to airplanes and flying with wings like a bird;
2) and very complex machines that can not be precisely classified, which had unlimited possibilities.
Machines of the first category are described mainly in medieval writings in Sanskrit, along with other various automatic devices and military machines.
For example, Bhoja describes an aircraft made of lightwood, which looked like a bird with two wings. The driving force of the apparatus was generated in the fire chamber with mercury, installed on it, as well as flapping wings of the machine.


The devices of the second category are described in ancient books, such as the Rig Veda, the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas, and their description in many ways are similar to modern descriptions of UFOs. The main work in Sanskrit, which includes the classification of ships of all kinds, is called Vimanika-shastra. This work also reveals all sorts of technologies that are known today, such as telephone and television, though, working on an entirely different, unknown to today’s science principles.

Here’s how the vimanas are described in the Ramayana:
“The ship of Rakshasa king (type of demonic creatures) Ravana was amazing. Its walls were glittering, incrusted with diamonds, and the windows were skillfully decorated with gold. The ship could fly in any trajectory, regardless of wind direction, subject only to request of a pilot. He could stand still in the sky at any height, resembling a great shining mountain. The ship had a symmetrical design; the towers of the great artistic work were completed with domes, like mountain peaks. The viman could change its appearance through a variety of devices. After landing, it could camouflage itself as a mountain, lit up by the risen moon. Inside this beautiful spaceship resembled a palace with halls, rooms, swimming pools, etc.”
When we think of our ancestors, according to modern tradition, the image suggests a primitive ape-man with a hefty cudgel in his hands. However, the Vedic descriptions paint a different picture:
“I have heard that Visvavasu, the great Gandharva (type of celestial singers), his mind stupefied with infatuation, fell from his airplane after seeing your daughter playing with a ball on the roof of the palace – harmya-prishthe, for she was indeed beautiful with her tinkling ankle bells and her eyes moving to and fro.” (Bhagavata Purana 3.22.17)

It is understood that not only at the present moment but in those days also there were skyscrapers. Herein we find the word harmya-prishthe. The literal translation of the word “harmya” is “a very high palace.” Svad vimanat means “from his own airplane.” It is suggested that private airplanes existed several thousand years ago.
There are even descriptions of the whole flying cities, spreading for several square miles. For example, Hastinapura – a moving city, was well armed and protected against external enemies…
Mathematics, mechanics and related engineering discipline could be raised to a new level thanks to the Vedic scriptures.
In Sanskrit, a machine is called “yantra” which is explained in the Vedic literature as “a device that controls and directs the movement of objects in accordance with their characteristics.”
There are many types of yantras. A simple example might be a taila-yantra – the wheel, pushed by a bull in circles for oil pressing from seeds. Technical devices and machines of the ancient Aryans still amaze us with the level of their engineering skill. There are many plausible descriptions of robots, which were kept at the royal palaces, such as singing and dancing birds, resembling the living ones, clocks with moving figures, and various astronomical models, showing the motion of the planets.
There were robots designed in the form of male and female figures that performed various functions. They were made mostly of wood, but perfectly covered with humanlike skin. Their motions were provided by the system of bolts, iron rods, springs and grooves. These figures played musical instruments, served drinks to guests and did other similar services.
Yantrapurusha or man-machine could behave exactly like a real human. It is described in Bhagaya-vastu how an artist visited home of the yantracharya, or a teacher of mechanical engineering. There he was met by a robot-girl who washed his feet and had a resemblance of a real person until he realized that she was unable to speak. However, it is known that there were even speaking and absolutely fantastic sounding robots.
Are we able now, with all our modern science and computer technology, to repeat a similar level of inventive skill? Can we believe that the technical progress, as it is described in the Vedas, has really existed on Earth? Are Sanskrit texts the only proof of greatness of that ancient civilization?
In order to answer these questions, it would be sufficient to analyze briefly the most famous archaeological monuments of antiquity. For example, in Delhi there is a metal column, known worldwide as “a pillar of Indra.”

For
 several millennia, it has resisted the influence of precipitation, with no trace of rust. The column is made of atomic iron, without admixture of carbon and sulfur at the molecular level. In our time, it is possible to reproduce such a perfectly pure iron only with the sputter coating technique in the outer space and only in small quantities. The height of “Indra’s pillar” corresponds to the three-storey house, in fact, the column goes under the earth for a few tens of meters. How did they do it, what mechanisms were used to produce this miracle?
In the Hari Bhakti Vilas, written by Sanatana Goswami, it is said:
“As bell metal (bronze) is turned into gold when mixed with mercury in an alchemical process, so in that very way, by the process of proper initiation by a bona fide spiritual master – diksa vidhanena, a person becomes a brahmana.”
(Hari Bhakti Vilasa 2.12)
The Vedas can give us tremendous knowledge, both material and spiritual. The greatest culture of people, who could turn a simple bronze into gold, is definitely able to revive our morally degraded society and add great deal of value to our lives.

Sunday, 1 December 2013

The New World After Oil, Cars and Suburbs

The New World After Oil, Cars and Suburbs

Most Americans live in a house. Since World War II, America built over 90 million housing units, mostly in the suburban rings around cities. (Today 14 percent of existing homes stand vacant all year long.)

With houses came cars. 314 million Americans own over 253 million cars. Nineteen percent of families own three or more vehicles. Americans commute to work and drive to do our errands, collectively racking up 2.9 trillion vehicle-miles per year.
Cars drink oil. Oil was once fabulously cheap in America. The price of a gallon of gas actually dropped 40 cents on an inflation-adjusted basis between 1949 and 1970. Not so any more. Sure gas is cheaper today than last summer, but much more expensive than the halcyon times before 9/11.

fuel alternatives, global warming, climate change
Great cities provide opportunities for transportation, shopping, employment and recreation — all within easy walking distance.

Why dredge up all this ancient history on Thanksgiving ? Because cheap oil, cheap cars and cheap land within commuting distance of downtown generated American wealth and power in the last century. It was a great blessing. We won the Cold War. We ate a lot of turkeys.
But if the oil-car-suburbs economy worked for the Baby Boom generation, it's destroying the country now. Our current way of living is a trap, a siren song, calling us deeper and deeper into economic, environmental and social peril.
Sprawling suburbs make people drive. Cars depend on oil, which is no longer cheap — financially or ecologically. The necessity of obtaining oil, whether from the Middle East or Canadian tar sands or deep water horizons, brings us terrible things: wars, terrorism, climate change, broken landscapes and polluted shores.

We need to seek solutions for our children rather than from their grandparents.
Nature provides many blessings. In America, we assume them, we don't cherish them, at least when it comes to our economy. The way to make nature matter to the economy is to shift taxes off of income and sales and onto natural-resource use and waste instead. The more resources you use, and the more waste you create, the more you pay. I call these gate duties. They stand at the gate between the economy and the rest of nature.
Gate duties will help us rebuild America's towns and cities. Everyone deserves a great town to live in, with enough people in a place to make jobs and wealth for young and old talent. Manhattan-like density is not required, but more density than most suburbs have is. Urban America will lead the economy of the future with innovation that rises from working together. [Urbanization Can Actually Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions ]
Density also frees people to move in different ways. It is a blessing to walk or bike to work. Bicycling is the fastest growing transportation mode on the planet. Coupled with streetcar and light-rail systems — and eventually high speed trains — deployed on the public roadways, Americans can make cars optional for most trips, leaving what oil remains for intercontinental air travel and long-driving vacations, where there is no real alternative.
And having implemented a program of roads to rails, we can finally benefit from the massive, relatively unexploited, renewable energy resources of the nation. Gate duties will tip the economics toward renewables once all the costs of fossil fuels are added in. We can forget about oil wars and oil spills. We can act on climate change. Solar, wind , and geothermal sources — alongside efficient, pumped hydrologic storage — will supply the entire nation with energy for as long as the sun shines.
fuel alternatives, global warming, climate change
Future streetcars could have roof-to-ceiling windows and surfboard racks, and will perform better for less energy than the car.


My fellow Americans, as we settle down to give thanks for what we have, let's also say a prayer for what we desperately need: The new world after oil, cars and suburbs.

NEWS AS ON Saturday, 30 November 2013

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Saturday, 30 November 2013

Electricity Generated from Weight of Traffic and Pedestrians

Electricity Generated from Weight of Traffic and Pedestrians

Nov. 29, 2013 — Mexican entrepreneurs developed a system capable of using the vehicular flow to generate electric energy. This development has the potentiality to produce sufficient electricity to power up a household through a device that "catches" the force of the moving cars.

Mexican entrepreneurs developed a system capable of using the vehicular flow to generate electric energy. (Credit: Image courtesy of Investigación y Desarrollo)
"This is a technology that provides sustainable energy and could be implemented at low prices, since it's a complement of already existing infrastructure: the concrete of streets and avenues," Héctor Ricardo Macías Hernández, developer of the system, said. He added that at a global level there are no records of similar projects, with exception of an English patent, but with the difference that in the European country piezoelectric floors are used, which are too expensive for developing countries.
The technology consists in a system that integrates a ramp-step (elaborated with polymeric material similar to the ones used in the manufacture of tires) that elevates to five centimeters above the level of the street. When receiving the impact of the vehicle, this ramp exerts pressure on a set of bellows below.

The bellows contain air that is expelled at a certain pressure through a hose; later, this element travels to a tank where it is compressed and relaunched to an electricity generating turbine. Macías Hernández also said that the accumulation of electric energy is proportional to the flow of cars over a determinate spot; however, in places with low vehicular flow, several ramp-steps could be placed to multiply the impact of every individual vehicle.
The developer added that the technology could also be implemented in places with high pedestrian flow. This way, the steps of the people would generate electricity according to the laws of gravitational energy, and this principle could be implemented in places like the subway.
According to Macías Hernández, this development is translated in a source of sustainable energy that implies a low execution cost. The entrepreneur also mentioned that the support of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) was essential to achieve the technological development given that the institution elaborated a previous study regarding the viability of the project and gave advice to structure the necessary patents of the invention.

Friday, 29 November 2013

Amazing Kite That Produces Electricity As You Fly It

Amazing Kite That Produces Electricity As You Fly It

empa power kite

Empa’s flying kiteThis era can very well be termed as the era of technology and science. These days, as you may have noticed, science is focused on finding alternative energy sources. A lot of debate and research is being done on wind and solar energy and there have been so many ideas popping up and being put to use to harness them and create electricity from them. The solar panels and how to use them has been floating in the market for quite long and there have been many windmills that have been installed to harness wind energy. But they are becoming problematic. They are not only taking up too much space but they are also resulting in the killing of birds and act as a potential threat to private planes.Empa’s flying kite 3 Keeping all this in view, Empa’s ‘Centre for Synergetic Structures’ joined forces with the University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland, the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), and the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) to come up with something innovative and efficient.  The key concept is that they will harness wind energy without the problems associated with the windmills. Empa’s flying kite 2Using the technology of Tensairity, owned by Empa, Empa’s engineers have created what they are calling TwingTex TwingKite or just Twing for short. It is a kite, quite lightweight, which by design is supposed to fly at heights of more than 100 meters above the ground. The winds at this height are quite strong and keep blowing for longer spans. The kite will be attached to a reel at the ground station via line. The tension created by the wind in the line will get the reel into motion and then using electromagnetic induction electrical energy will be produced. However, this is not a perpetual machine and so when the kite reaches its maximum design height the reel pulls it back so that it can rise again and generate more electricity.

Empa’s flying kite 4According to the team, these flights are two minutes long before the reel needs to pull the kite down and they can create significant amount of electricity. The kite, Twing, is basically airfoil, quite rigid, and is resilient to crashes yet lightweight and very much maneuverable.  Engineers are busy on working as to how to improve the design of this kite so that it can survive variable winds and be more efficient.

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Thursday, 28 November 2013

Personal Transporter Designed by Indian Student

Personal Transporter Designed by Student

 Segways are a well-known form of personal transportation. They are both economical and environmentally friendly, which makes them very likely to be the future of transportation. A design student, Bimal Rajappan, created a radical concept for the next generation of this popular mode of transport.

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Rajappan designed the concept for the Design Degree Show hosted by the IIT Bombay’s Industrial Design Centre in Mumbai. His design is one that the user can wear. The wheels are powered by an electric motor and are hubless to save weight and space. The forearm-mounted controls are used to operate the vehicle and it can be folded and worn like a pair of over-sized boots. The suspension comprises of a pneumatic system which uses dampers called “air muscles”. The control unit of the vehicle is located at the posterior and illuminated by LED’s, providing stability and control to the unit.
This personal transporter is not only a representation of the future of personal vehicles, but also an embodiment of what today’s young minds are capable of. We hope that this concept will soon come into production and we will see more and more people using these transporters around us.
Segway-style personal mobility vehicles always tend to look extra geeky to us. For us they are the future of transportation where geeks will get around sans polluting the surroundings. This is exactly what an Indian design student Bimal Rajappan wants to convey with his concept of a Segway-inspired personal mobility vehicle that was the most radical concept at the Design Degree Show organized by IIT Bombay’s Industrial Design Centre in Mumbai.
Techtree reports, the wearable personal transporter concept that’s more of a Segway strapped to the riders legs, has a pair of hubless wheels powered by an electric-motor. The device operated with forearm-mounted controls can be worn to look like a pair of oversized jackboots. The concept vehicle has pneumatic system comprising of dampers or “air muscles” for suspension and an LED-illuminated unit on the wearer’s posterior that works as the vehicle’s brain (control unit) to provide it with the much needed stability and control for a safe ride.

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Travel in a Tube?

Travel in a Tube?
Travel in a Tube?
Travel in a Tube?
Travel in a Tube?

Transportation should be clean, green, fast, comfortable and affordable for all; It must also be financially sustainable on a global level. THE TIME FOR A NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS NOW!

 

 WHAT IS ET3TM  and HOW DOES IT WORK?  

ET3 is literally "Space Travel on Earth". ET3 is silent, low cost, safe, faster than jets, and is electric.
Car sized passenger capsules travel in 1.5m (5') diameter tubes on frictionless maglev. Air is permanently removed from the two-way tubes that are built along a travel route. Airlocks at stations allow transfer of capsules without admitting air. Linear electric motors accelerate the capsules, which then coast through the vacuum for the remainder of the trip using no additional power. Most of the energy is regenerated as the capsules slow down. ET3 can provide 50 times more transportation per kWh than electric cars or trains.
Speed in initial ET3 systems is 600km/h (370 mph) for in state trips, and will be developed to 6,500 km/h (4,000 mph) for international travel that will allow passenger or cargo travel from New York to Beijing in 2 hours. ET3 is networked like freeways, except the capsules are automatically routed from origin to destination.
ET3 capsules weigh only 183 kg (400 lbs), yet like an automobile, can carry up to six people or 367 kg (800 lbs) of cargo. Compared to high speed rail, ET3 needs only 1/20th the material to build because the vehicles are so light. With automated passive switching, a pair of ET3 tubes can exceed the capacity of a 32 lane freeway. ET3 can be built for 1/10th the cost of High Speed Rail, or 1/4th the cost of a freeway.
ET3 stands for Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies. The company ET3.com Inc. is wholly owned and operated as a subsidiary of ET3 Global Alliance Inc. and is an open consortium of licensees dedicated to global implementation of Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT).  Our immediate focus is to finalize the location to build a production ready demonstration of ET3 to operate at 600km/h (375mph)++.   The ET3 demo requires 3 miles of straight right-of-way, and will showcase all elements necessary to network ET3 on a regional basis.

NEWS AS ON Wednesday, 27 November 2013


Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Travel in a Tube?

Travel in a Tube?
Travel in a Tube?
Travel in a Tube?
Travel in a Tube?

Transportation should be clean, green, fast, comfortable and affordable for all; It must also be financially sustainable on a global level. THE TIME FOR A NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS NOW!

 

 WHAT IS ET3TM  and HOW DOES IT WORK?  

ET3 is literally "Space Travel on Earth". ET3 is silent, low cost, safe, faster than jets, and is electric.
Car sized passenger capsules travel in 1.5m (5') diameter tubes on frictionless maglev. Air is permanently removed from the two-way tubes that are built along a travel route. Airlocks at stations allow transfer of capsules without admitting air. Linear electric motors accelerate the capsules, which then coast through the vacuum for the remainder of the trip using no additional power. Most of the energy is regenerated as the capsules slow down. ET3 can provide 50 times more transportation per kWh than electric cars or trains.
Speed in initial ET3 systems is 600km/h (370 mph) for in state trips, and will be developed to 6,500 km/h (4,000 mph) for international travel that will allow passenger or cargo travel from New York to Beijing in 2 hours. ET3 is networked like freeways, except the capsules are automatically routed from origin to destination.
ET3 capsules weigh only 183 kg (400 lbs), yet like an automobile, can carry up to six people or 367 kg (800 lbs) of cargo. Compared to high speed rail, ET3 needs only 1/20th the material to build because the vehicles are so light. With automated passive switching, a pair of ET3 tubes can exceed the capacity of a 32 lane freeway. ET3 can be built for 1/10th the cost of High Speed Rail, or 1/4th the cost of a freeway.
ET3 stands for Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies. The company ET3.com Inc. is wholly owned and operated as a subsidiary of ET3 Global Alliance Inc. and is an open consortium of licensees dedicated to global implementation of Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT).  Our immediate focus is to finalize the location to build a production ready demonstration of ET3 to operate at 600km/h (375mph)++.   The ET3 demo requires 3 miles of straight right-of-way, and will showcase all elements necessary to network ET3 on a regional basis.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

So long, breadboard: Draw circuits instantly with the Circuit Scribe pen

So long, breadboard: Draw circuits instantly with the Circuit Scribe pen

Paper circuits have been growing more common. A new Kickstarter campaign hawks a product that lets students and hobbyists draw them with a pen.
Circuit Scribe
The process of learning about electronic circuits today is pretty low-tech. You are sitting in a high school physics classroom. The teacher demonstrates a circuit at the front of the room while you draw a rough sketch and attempt to describe in words why connecting this thingy with that other thingy makes the light thingy light up.
The Circuit Scribe wants to make learning about and creating circuits much, much easier. A gel pen filled with conductive ink, the Circuit Scribe lets you draw circuits that dry instantly, meaning you could create a working circuit among the notes in your notebook.
Circuit Scribe
A Circuit Scribe campaign went live today on Kickstarter, where its creators are asking for $85,000. The campaign had raised just more than $15,000 at the time this post was published. Backers can get their hands on the pen for $20 or spring for a more advanced kit for up to $100. Everything will supposedly ship in June 2014.
The team behind Circuit Scribe wants to use the money to scale up production of the pen. Right now, they empty Gelly Roll pens (yes, like those sparkly ones you used in high school) and then carefully refill them with their conductive silver ink.
If you tended to fall asleep in that physics class, a circuit is a loop through which an electric current can pass. You use the Circuit Scribe to draw that physical loop. You can pair it with accessories like batteries, LEDs and sensors to give it different functions. It can also be paired with platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi for added functionality.

The pens can replace just about any existing circuit technology–from breadboards to copper tape. It can be used to create electronic bracelets, add functionality to pictures and sculpture, make game controllers and more.
Circuit Scribe is not the first conductive ink pen, but its creators say its ink dries instantly while others smudge. It coincides with a wave of circuit printers that print on paper, one of which has already hit Kickstarter.





source:http://www.electroninks.com/

Sunday, 24 November 2013

Hybrid Plane from NASA

Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA

Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
Hybrid Plane from NASA
 Hybrid Plane from NASA

Many hybrid cars arrived in the last decade due to the need of less polluting vehicles. Shortly explained, these cars are propelled by electric motors while their batteries are charged by internal combustion engine. Is the hybrid technology applicable to aircrafts? NASA answers “yes, it is”. The space agency has launched the ERA (Environmentally Responsible Aviation) where students from the University of Virginia focused on construction of a hybrid aircraft.



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The team used ATR 42-600 airplane for body of their idea. It is a vehicle powered by two turbines which is able transport 48 passengers. Sohail Ahmad and Kelly Thomas led the project and they used the help of FLOPS (Flight Optimization System) the most proper vehicle.
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There was some sort of competition between two technologies for choosing the more effective one: series and parallel. In the parallel technology the rotor is powered by electric motor and combustion engine together. This system is considered to be more efficient for the project purpose than the series technology, where the combustion engine serves as a battery charger.
The overall power output is 3000 kW (i.e. 1500kW per engine) and the food for these “hungry boys” is provided by Lithium-polymer batteries. It is calculated that such vehicle will be much more fuel efficient at distances of 480 km than the usual aircrafts.
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