Researchers from Aalborg University are involved in an international project to develop portable robot skeletons for the elderly so they can continue to be active longer. Think of it as a to... Read more
It might be possible to use linear motors for landings, too. READERS of a certain age may remember “Fireball XL5”, a children’s television programme devised by Gerry Anderson about a... Read more
The electric light was a failure. Invented by the British chemist Humphry Davy in the early 1800s, it spent nearly 80 years being passed from one initially hopeful researcher to another, lik... Read more
What you get is a two-person electric hydrofoil The field of motorized recreational toys is currently undergoing a renaissance due to the availability of high performance electric mot... Read more
Image via Wikipedia THERE are many innovations turning up in the latest experimental and production electric cars, affecting everything from batteries to motors to control systems. The need... Read more
Image via Wikipedia “SMOOTH and quiet as an electric motor” is a phrase that has been used repeatedly to compliment gasoline and diesel engines that are especially well-mannered. As more hyb... Read more