Tesla’s Battery Swap Plan Needs Less Than 3 Minutes for a Full Recharge
At an event in Los Angeles last year, Tesla showed that it can swap the battery pack in a Model S sedan faster than it takes to fill a gas tank. Tesla is now ready…
Energy
Heating & Cooling Buildings With High-Tech Inflector Windows
More than 70% of all electricity consumed in the United States and more than 30% of carbon emissions come from efforts to warm people in the winter and cool them in the summer. Both jobs…
King’s Hawaiian Automated Bakery Produces 8,000 Pounds of Bread an Hour
King’s Hawaiian (King’s) bread is nearly as well known as the Hawaiian Lei. For over 50 years, the company has been baking rounded lobes of sweet bread served up to tourists and purchased for friends…
AMO Breakthroughs Keep Atomic Clocks Accurate for More Than 60 Million Years
Controlling The Quantum World A recent breakthrough in the Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock in Boulder, Colorado improved the clock’s accuracy from about 1 x 10 -15 to 5 x 10 -16 seconds meaning it would not gain…
This Year’s Super Bowl Will Be Lit Up Entirely By LEDs, Use 75% Less Power
Super Bowl XLIX, to be played today at Arizona’s University of Phoenix Stadium, will make history apart from everything that goes on during the actual game. The Arizona Cardinals recently upgraded over 780 metal halide fixtures…
Ben Ainslie Racing Partners With Low Carbon to Build Sustainable HQ
Ben Ainslie is one of the most successful sailors in Olympic history. He won four gold medals in four consecutive Olympics. Now he plans to build a high-tech headquarters for his commercial sporting team Ben…
Microsoft HoloLens Headset Creates Interactible 3-D Images
In the world of gizmos and gadgets dominated by Apple products, Microsoft just dropped a bomb with its new hologram technology, the HoloLens. The HoloLens is an innovative headset. This headset allows the user to…
Golden Gate Bridge ‘Zipper Truck’ Lays Out 3,500 Traffic Barriers in a Matter of Minutes
Traffic congestion is a big problem for every city, especially on bridges. As the daily traffic on a bridge increases, the best way to increase bridge capacity is to create a managed lanes facility. By doing so, additional lanes…
Set The Mood From Your Phone With The Revogi Smartbulb!
With a Revogi lightbulb and a smartphone, you can change the mood of any room with just a few taps. The Revogi smart-bulb and app system gives you complete control over the color and brightness…
To Celebrate Success of Its Record-Breaking Car, Donkervoort Announces D8 GTO Bilster Berg Edition
Dutch sports car maker Donkervoort has officially unveiled a special edition of its D8 GTO sports car. The D8 GTO Bilster Berg Edition has been created to celebrate the success of the company’s record-breaking test…
