A fully hybrid pickup represents a huge leap for Ford (F). While hybrid trucks have been offered before, they have generally been of the “soft hybrid” variety, using small electric motors to provide minor gains in fuel efficiency. As the undisputed market leader, Ford could have continued with its traditional …
Read More »The Slothbot is a slow moving, energy efficient observation robot that is also an adorable sloth / Boing Boing
Creatures at the Atlanta Botanical Garden look strange … metallic? From the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Your newly developed SlothBot is designed to study animals, plants, and the general environment below them by moving as little as possible. It travels along overhead cables only when necessary, …
Read More »Meet the Lordstown Endurance, a new $ 52,500 electric work truck
This is a representation of the Lordstown Motors Endurance, a new electric work truck to be unveiled on June 25 in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown Motors It is aimed directly at the commercial fleet market and will cost $ 52,500 before tax credits. Lordstown Motors Lordstown designers work in the shape …
Read More »Astronomers give the asteroid moon a new name before NASA hits it with a spacecraft
This site can earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. We wouldn’t be lucky if a killer asteroid were targeting Earth today, but NASA and ESA are gearing up for the first test of technology that could one day save the planet. The Double Asteroid …
Read More »NASA wants to hear your ideas for designing the best toilet to use on the Moon
When NASA sends astronauts back to the Moon, they will need a place to go to the bathroom when they reach the lunar surface. And to create the best lunar toilet the Solar System has to offer, NASA wants to hear from members of the public who might have ideas …
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