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Wabash and Purdue Trailer Supplies Its Own Power from Vibrations

Wabash National and Purdue University’s College of Engineering, working with Herrick Labs, debuted the result of a three-year project to harvest power from a trailer’s vibrations – a new trailer that...

Exel Collaborating with Flying Whales to Design VTOL Cargo Airship

Flying Whales is designing the LCA60T – a 200-meter-long vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airship using helium technology to lift its weight and cargo. The airship can transport up to sixty tons of...

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Ready to Launch

When using solar sails, traditional heavy propulsion systems are replaced by using the pressure of sunlight. A team at NASA has enhanced the design of the booms for the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System by...

AirX’s AirFish Wing-in-Ground (WIG) Craft is Preparing for Certification

Wing-in Ground (WIG) combines marine and aviation design to utilize Ground Effect (GE) —the energy conserving aerodynamic phenomenon of increased lift and a decrease in the induced drag that is generated by...

MAN hTGX Zero-emission Small Series Truck Features Hydrogen Combustion Engine

In 1996, MAN Truck & Bus introduced the first hydrogen-powered bus, the SL 202, powered by a natural gas engine modified for hydrogen operation. The new MAN hTGX will be the first European small series...

Propeller for Electric Aircraft Offers High Efficiency and Low Noise

The Swinburne University of Technology’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub’s (AIR Hub) AIR Pass program supports small to medium-sized aviation businesses. As part of this program, researchers at AIR...