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Video: 8 Most Unusual Vehicles | and Future Transportation System
The transportation system in the future will be very different from our current system. We will see flying cars, self-driving cars, passenger drones, hyperloop one system that is projected to reach a top speed of 760 mph (1,220 km/h) and with Starship and the Super Heavy Rocket, most journeys will taking less than 30 minutes,…
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Video: A future beyond traffic gridlock
Bill Ford is a car guy — his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars’ impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it’s worth a listen. His vision for the future of mobility includes “smart roads,” even smarter…
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Article: 12 Trends that will shape the future of the car industry by 2030
Project IONIQ Lab is an innovative long-term research project aiming to redefine future transport and mobility. The team has predicted 12 “megatrends” to shape the future of the car industry by 2030. https://www.hyundai.news/eu/articles/stories/12-trends-that-will-shape-the-future-of-the-car-industry-by-2030.html
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Video: How butterflies inspired a new type of paint
Cypris Materials has developed a tunable structural color coating that can be applied directly to surfaces as a paint. Their technology can improve building and automobile energy efficiency by reflecting UV, visible, and infrared light, and it expands the available color pallet while eliminating the use of toxic pigments and colorants.
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Video: How low-rider graphics are painted on cars
Pablo Prado of Kandy and Chrome goes over some of his custom paint work for Lowriders. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-low-rider-graphics-painted-on-cars-2021-1
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Video: Metals & Ceramics- Crash Course Engineering #19
Today we’ll explore more about two of the three main types of materials that we use as engineers: metals and ceramics. We’ll discuss properties of metals, alloys, ceramics, clay, cement, and glass-ceramic materials. We’ll also look at the applications of our materials with microelectromechanical systems and accelerometers.
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Video: What’s the best fuel for your car?
Dig into which fuel— gasoline, electric, biofuels, or electrofuels— is both affordable for consumers and sustainable for the planet.
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Video: Why F1 Engines are Built with Sand
Sand printing is similar to 3D printing; layers of 0.25mm thick sand are ‘printed’ onto a jobbox with a layer of chemical binder in between allowing for complex 3D shapes to be made, slice by slice, layer by layer. It’s so good that F1, LMP1, LMP2, WRC, WRX and Moto GP use this tech to…
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Article: New study reveals a biological hydraulic system in tuna fins
The unique system of hydraulic control of fins discovered in tuna indicates a new role for the lymphatic system in vertebrates. This natural mechanism may inspire designs for new “smart” control surfaces with changeable shape and stiffness for both air and underwater unmanned vehicles. https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/en/nature-reports/message/?msg=23637
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Video: Can a Car Really Skip Rope?
A video of a car skipping rope has the scientists buzzing about how this amazing car is modified to jump 12 ft. in the air – over and over.
