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Rock Port, Missouri, First 100 Percent Wind-powered Community In U.S.
Rock Port Missouri, with a
population of just over
1,300 residents, has
announced that it is the
first 100% wind powered
... > full story
Architect Professor Advocates Best-building Practices For High Wind Regions
More than ever before,
building design and
construction can be
significantly improved to
reduce wind pressures on
... > full story
Rocketing Through Water: Space-age Swimsuit Being Tested At NASA
Swimmers around the world
are breaking records this
year like never before,
including at this week's
U.S. Olympic trials. Some
... > full story
New Wind Measurement Technology May Help Olympic Sailing, Aviation and Weather Forecasting
A team of researchers at the
Ocean University of China
has developed and tested a
mobile lidar (light
detection and ranging)
... > full story
- Rock Port, Missouri, First 100 Percent Wind-powered Community In U.S.
- Architect Professor Advocates Best-building Practices For High Wind Regions
- Rocketing Through Water: Space-age Swimsuit Being Tested At NASA
- New Wind Measurement Technology May Help Olympic Sailing, Aviation and Weather Forecasting
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Electric Solar Wind Sail Could Power Future Space Travel In Solar System
April 17, 2008 — A new electric solar wind sail is almost ready for implementation. Electric sail propulsion might have a large impact on space research and space travel throughout the solar system. The electric ... > full story -
Nervous System For Airplanes, Bridges And Other Structures Should Improve Safety
April 14, 2008 — Technical structures may soon have their own nervous system. Developers and users expect this to bring greater safety, maintenance activities only when required, and a more efficient use of material ... > full story -
More Safety For Cell Phone Batteries
April 14, 2008 — Researchers have created a novel safer lithium-ion battery. It is based on a polymer electrolyte, which is -- unlike the liquid electrolyte in conventional lithium-ion batteries -- not inflammable. ... > full story -
NIST Evaluates Firefighting Tactics In NYC High-rise Test
March 22, 2008 — NIST fire protection engineers turned an abandoned New York City brick high-rise into a seven-story fire laboratory last month to better understand the fast-moving spread of wind-driven flames, smoke ... > full story -
Measuring The Wind To Optimize For Wind Energy
March 11, 2008 — Wind energy is currently regarded as the most important source of renewable energy. The optimal operation of the newest generation of large wind turbines is possible through the reliable measurement ... > full story -
Windmill With A Twist Can Provide Fresh Water From Seawater Directly
March 5, 2008 — A traditional windmill which drives a pump: that is the simple concept behind the combination of windmill/reverse osmosis process for seawater desalination. In this case, it involves a high-pressure ... > full story -
Hovering Bats Stay Aloft Using Swirling Vortices
March 3, 2008 — Honey bees and hummingbirds can hover like helicopters for minutes at a time, sucking the juice from their favorite blossoms while staying aloft in a swirl of vortices. But the unsteady air flows ... > full story -
Birds, Bats And Insects Hold Secrets For Aerospace Engineers
February 9, 2008 — Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency. Engineers are studying these animals as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes with ... > full story -
How Windproof Are Cable Cars?
January 4, 2008 — A measuring system deals with the question as to the effects different wind loads have on cable cars. Two researchers have thrown light on vibration-control problems, an area little researched up to ... > full story -
Wind Turbines Produce 'Green' Energy And Airflow Mysteries
December 20, 2007 — Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, researchers are trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of ... > full story
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