Will New Russian Train Spark U.S. High-Speed Rail Race?
Moscow to St. Petersburg is now a lot quicker.
infrastructure
New Micro-Machine Harvests Energy from Vibrations
Highways, train stations, and even dance floors: the world is full of vibrating surfaces that could yield a rich trove of clean, sustainable energy. It’s called piezoelectric energy, formed by the conversion of mechanical strain into electrical current. Now a team of researchers in Europe has developed a micro-scaled piezoelectric … [continued]
Train in Vain: Epilogue on High-Speed Rail Series
This expectation comes from low expectations.
Northern New England Corridor: Big Lessons from the Big Dig
Shipping up to Boston in a better way.
