April 7th, 2011 | by Tina Casey
The Space Shuttle hasn't even gotten its last flight off the ground and already NASA has embarked on a new mission. This time, the goal is a little closer to Earth. The agency is dedicating $16.5 million to a set of four projects to develop more
December 28th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
Start-stop is a fuel saving approach mainly associated with hybrid vehicles, in which the engine automatically cuts off instead of
December 18th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
The Pittsburgh Steelers have partnered up with a local environmental initiative to bring a solar powered tire pump to fans
December 3rd, 2010 | by Tina Casey
GM, not content to rest on the laurels of its highly rated new Chevy Volt electric/gasoline car, is working with
November 23rd, 2009 | by Michael Ricciardi
Puff (a car exhaust monitoring device) is attached near the exhaust pipe of your vehicle. Its color changes dynamically, visualizing the amount of pollution your car is producing. Green indicates the lowest rate of pollution, red the highest. Karolina Sobecka, the artist/designer of Puff, explains: In this project, design is used as a strategy to explore the overlap between the material and immaterial worlds and spur discussion on the hidden social and psychological mechanisms behind the cultural use of accessories as 'objects to think with'...Amateur Human (the design project's official name) focuses on the environmental issues since we all are inadvertently becoming more eco-conscious whether we want to or not, and these issues seem both overwhelming and ambiguous
October 8th, 2009 | by Beth Graddon-Hodgson
Recently accusations came to light that Nissan and GM to inflate their MPG claims by combining gas and electric mileage
August 17th, 2009 | by Tina Casey
At the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, cadets are working on a new wing design for the KC-135
August 8th, 2009 | by Tina Casey
Barnacles, algae and other marine biofilm can reduce a ship’s fuel efficiency by up to 40%, and the U.S. Navy
July 24th, 2009 | by Ariel Schwartz
Those of us who don’t live in developing countries might not always remember that the majority of the world still
