How Porsche Plans to Revolutionise Turbo Engines with Variable Compression Ratio
4 May 2015, 11:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Variable Compression Ratio Engines have been some sort of a Holy Grail, and now Porsche proposes a viable solution for this
Tiny Robots Use Spider-Man Abilities to Haul Weight 2,000 Times Heavier
29 Apr 2015, 13:48 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Imagine a world where tiny bots would haul trucks or even buildings. There is a team working on that type of technology as we speak
FlexPV Is an Open Source Vehicle Development Kit that Turns You into an Inventor
28 Apr 2015, 15:35 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Imagine a wheel that you could use to build your own vehicle. It's a device that integrates motor, battery and controller
Meet Iris Viseo, the French Electric Transformer Vehicle that Could Be Used for Riots
23 Apr 2015, 14:46 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A company based in Northern France has created an peculiar EV that is able to lift off the cabin of the passenger up to 9.8 feet high while still driving
NASA Just Patented a Metal that Turns Heat into Electricity, Will Change the Auto Industry
9 Apr 2015, 14:25 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Imagine you're driving a hybrid that is able to use the waste heat from your engine in order to create electricity which it sends back into the car
The Navy Is Working on a Flying Submarine Drone, and It’s Scary
2 Apr 2015, 09:39 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Tests have been running for some time now, and the latest version of Flimmer the Navy is “playing” with is an aerodynamic fish called the Flying WANDA
3D Printed Stirling Engine Works on Solar Power and... a Cup of Hot Tea
2 Apr 2015, 08:28 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / German engineer Andreas Haeuser from Hodenhagen, Lower Saxony, Germany took this mechanical principle and switched into an affordable, 21st century green engin
This Wooden Kinetic Sculpture Is in Fact a Penny-Farthing with Mechanical Legs
30 Mar 2015, 13:21 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Ron’s Big Wheel incarnation was specially created for the 2014 OneSpark fare, an annual crowdfunding festival held in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida
The Ultimate Convertible Comes in the Shape of a House · Video, Photo Gallery
16 Mar 2015, 11:45 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / The moving system works through rails that are set into the ground. It allows people to create outdoor living areas only if they so wish for
Scientists Develop Flexible Clothes that Harness Human-Produced Electricity
15 Mar 2015, 08:03 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A team of scientists from Korea and Australia has reported they are working on a first durable, flexible cloth that harnesses human motion to generate energy
Epic: Brazilian Artist Fights War with a ‘Weapon of Mass Instruction’
11 Mar 2015, 18:31 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Raul Lemesoff is a Brazilian artist from Buenos Aires who figured that it would be about time humans think of a weapon of mass instruction for a change
Kormaran Is a New Class of Boat Able to Transform Like Optimus Prime
10 Sep 2014, 13:19 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A young company from Austria has recently unveiled the latest prototype of their Kormaran boat, a new class of vessel that aims to connect the world of luxury yachts with the one of sportscars. Apar...
Second Livestock for Chicken, the Solution for World’s Starvation
28 May 2014, 15:30 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / If even auto manufacturers like Ford chose the Oculus Rift for their future automobile designs, why not expand the range and start using the device to solve one of the world’s biggest issues l...
F1 Teams Use Kickdown Innovation for KERS
27 Apr 2011, 08:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Once the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) made its way into Formula 1, it was only a matter of time until teams started playing with it in order to maximize the unit's efficiency. And u...
Ferrari Defends Conservative F150 Design
7 Feb 2011, 09:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The launches of the 2011 Formula 1 single-seaters last week have confirmed one thing (among others, of course): innovation and aggressiveness in design are trendy in the Great Circus. While Renau...
Audi Reveals Tony Stark Innovation Winner: LuminAR
9 Jul 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following the "Stark Expo & Audi Present: The Tony Stark Innovation Challenge" social media competition launched back in April, the German automaker announced today the name of the win...
Green Technology Patents Dominate GM's 2009 Filings
13 May 2010, 06:48 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / More than half of the 1,300 patents filed by General Motors Co. in 2009 are green innovations, according to a press release of the company. “The move toward electrification is requiring us ...
BMW DesignworksUSA Gets Awarded
19 Feb 2010, 07:45 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / BMW Group DesignworksUSA has been awarded as the world’s Most Innovative Company in Design by Fast Company magazine. This magazine presents trends in the business of innovation and awards worl...
Michelin Gets Tire Manufacturer of the Year Award
17 Feb 2010, 14:18 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Michelin did not have such a bad year in 2009, though the world’s second largest tiremaker announced that its profit decreased by 71 percent in 2009 as a result of falling sales and increasing...
BMW Group Awarded by The German Ministry of Economics and Technology
9 Feb 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The German Ministry of Economics and Technology awarded BMW Group in the 2009 Best Innovator competition, with the special award for “Sustainable Innovation Management”. This was the six...