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Can Smarter GPS Reduce Emissions?

Benji Jerew — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:03:17 +0000

Civilian access to the military’s global positioning system (GPS) satellites has been all kinds of wonderful for backwoods trekkers and getting around an unfamiliar town, but can it be smarter, and how could it reduce emissions? First, GPS is actually useless without a up-to-date map and a magnetic compass. Modern GPS units include these functions […]

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Given to Research That Could Improve Fuel Economy

Benji Jerew — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:47:04 +0000

With vehicle emissions standards becoming more and more stringent, automakers are focusing on improving the fuel economy of their fleets. The internal combustion engine has remained relatively unchanged in principle, but researching fuel economy improvements is ongoing, such as turbocharging smaller-displacement engines, hybrid electric systems, or dispensing with engine altogether. There is still plenty of […]

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NASA Develops Methanol Fuel Cell For Use In Space Applications

Mike Sandru — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:36:37 +0000

The result of a partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, a new fuel cell technology could revolutionize the future of power sources, both commercial and military.

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