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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Sam Philip beats a former F1 champ but loses miserably to a bunch of 11-year-olds in the Shell Eco-Marathon , the big green race where frugality is all
The Shell engineer carefully carries the tiny vial of fuel to his laptop, marks down a couple of figures and taps a few keys. He eyes me, seriously, beadily. He walks over to his whiteboard and scribbles down a number.
753mpg. |
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Wednesday 1 August, 2007 10:50 AM |
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Chalk up another world's smallest title for Samsung this morning with this, their new 8.4 megapixel CMOS sensor . By implementing extended photo diode technology, Samsung has managed to squeeze higher light sensitivity and saturation levels into less space |
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Wednesday 1 August, 2007 10:41 AM |
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Millar Instruments, Inc. developer and manufacturer of Mikro-Tip(R) pressure transducer catheters and pressure-volume (P-V) systems, today announced the expansion of its 1 French catheter line with the introduction of the PVR-1045 pressure-volume catheter. With a catheter tip size of 1F (1/3 mm), the PVR-1045 is the smallest and least invasive sensor tip pressure-volume catheter available on the market. |
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Wednesday 1 August, 2007 10:35 AM |
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BHP Billiton has adopted VULCAN for the Olympic
Dam Expansion project (ODX) in South Australia’s far
north. This project will be the largest open pit mining
operation in Australia, rivalling BHP Billiton’s giant
Escondida copper mine in northern Chile, which also
uses VULCAN. |
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Wednesday 1 August, 2007 10:26 AM |
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The march of the killer droids continues, with news that a US robot helicopter gunship has passed a significant milestone - engine testing.
This success means the robot can head for production - once avionics and sensors arrive. The cyber-copter in question is the RQ/MQ-8 vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle (VTUAV) commonly known as "Fire Scout". |
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Tuesday 31 July, 2007 12:23 PM |
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Det Norske Veritas Thursday, June 07, 2007
The world's biggest floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO) is being built at Shanghai Waigaoqiao to DNV rules and is an important example of offshore competency. |
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Tuesday 31 July, 2007 12:00 PM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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While our oceans house not only diverse ecologies and possibly the lost city of Atlantis, they now have something else to brag about: serving as prime real estate for some very renewable energy. Norwegian energy group Norsk Hydro is to place giant floating wind turbines in the North Sea that will provide a reasonable, environmentally-friendly and economically feasible alternative to standard energy generation processes. |
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Tuesday 31 July, 2007 11:55 AM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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PALO ALTO, Calif. – July 19, 2007 – The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today released a comprehensive assessment that found that widespread use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the United States could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and potentially improve ambient air quality. |
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Tuesday 31 July, 2007 11:26 AM |
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Here are details Automotive DesignLine has obtained on Toyota's Supra HV-R hybrid racer that won the Tokachi 24-Hour Race in mid-July. Last year a Lexus hybrid finished 17th, so the technology (and racing prowess) has come a long way. |
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Tuesday 31 July, 2007 01:29 AM |
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