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  Fetching Future

  03.22.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Fetching Future

  Pet Operated Ball ThrowerImage Credit: Patently Silly If you have a dog that likes to fetch, then you’re going to love the video above. YouTube user Lamgngo posted this video in January and no doubt, Jerry the dog and his son have been having fun since. I smell a patent…Speaking of which, there is this […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Exploding Wind Turbine

  03.21.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  These things cost upwards of $5M and can stand as tall as 400 feet. It’s amazing that they’ve caught the failure on video, clearly there is a wind turbine problem to be solved as this failure is number 36…

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Ducted Blade Rotary Engine

  03.21.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Pyscho-Active, a project working to win the Automotive X-Prize has designed another version of the rotary engine, similar to the EngineAir design discussed earlier this week. The difference is that this is a mixed fuel vehicle combining combustion with pneumatic assist to boost fuel efficiency to greater than 100mpg. In addition to the engine breakthrough, […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Vehicles with Pneumatic Propulsion

  03.20.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Vehicles with Pneumatic Propulsion

  Keeping with the air theme established this week, here’s yet another approach to the air powered propulsion potential. French company, K’AirMobiles has proposed a new class of vehicle, the VPP or vehicles with pneumatic propulsion class. This would include full-fledged cars like ZPM’s from earlier in the week, EngineAir’s runabouts, and indeed, these glorified bicycles […]

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  Another Air Power Innovation

  03.19.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Another Air Power Innovation

  EngineAir, of Melborne, Australia has invented a 13kg rotary air motor that will replace traditional combustion engines. Unlike the ZPM approach of using a standard piston/cylinder setup, this is a departure from traditional automotive engine design (Mazda’s combustion rotary engine has been around for awhile, but it’s far from mainstream.) This breakthrough was made by […]

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