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Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

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Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The platform developed by the Brown School of Engineering lab of Rice materials scientist Jun Lou integrates catalytic electrodes and perovskite solar cells that, when triggered by sunlight, produce electricity.

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SwRI’s single-cylinder engines available for combustion research; light-, medium- and heavy-duty applications

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has designed and manufactured two advanced single-cylinder engines for combustion research and development. SwRI engineers have designed a highly versatile single-cylinder research engine platform for advanced combustion research. Image courtesy SwRI. Click to enlarge.

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Students Develop Low-Cost Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired

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OurVision is a low-cost wearable that reads text out loud to users and helps them navigate their surroundings. The portable device helps the user read in just about any location and lighting conditions. It can translate text in a variety of languages including English, Kannada, Telagu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi.

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Researchers demonstrate use of 3D printing to produce and operate light-weight, low-cost electrolyzers

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The use of 3D printing allows construction of light-weight, low-cost electrolyzers and the rapid prototyping of flow field design. This development opens the door to the fabrication of light-weight and inexpensive electrolyzers as well as related electrochemical devices such as flow batteries and fuel cells, they suggested.

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Mahle Jet Ignition ready to be integrated into existing production engines

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MAHLE Powertrain’s (MPT’s) latest development of its passive MAHLE Jet Ignition (MJI) technology ( earlier post ) can now be added into existing engine designs with only minimal changes to the final machining process. A whole system engineering approach is the way to get the best from MJI. —Adrian Cooper. —Adrian Cooper.

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Exhaust and aftertreatment on the Achates ULNOx heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel

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opposed-piston (OP) heavy-duty diesel engine achieved Ultralow NO x (ULNO x ) performance results. A key element of the achievement is the low engine-out NO x from the opposed-piston engine, which reduced the requirements for the aftertreatment system (ATS). Earlier post.) Source: Achates Power.

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Tata Technologies displays eMO low-cost city EV engineering study at Detroit Show

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Tata Technologies, a global provider of engineering services and product development IT, was selected by Michelin to display its electric MObility (eMO) engineering study EV as part of the Michelin Challenge Design display at the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The front seats are mounted atop the 18.4

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