article thumbnail

MIT study finds stiffer roadways could improve truck fuel efficiency

Green Car Congress

Now, a study by MIT researchers suggests that small changes in roadway paving practices could reduce that efficiency loss, at little to no cost. The greatest potential gains are seen across the southern part of the country. Image: courtesy of the researchers. AzariJafari, H., Gregory, J., & Kirchain, R.

MIT 273
article thumbnail

New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

Green Car Congress

Researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia have devised a robotic system that can detect leaks in gas, oil and water pipelines at a rapid pace and with high accuracy by sensing a large pressure change at leak locations. Top ]: Solid model side view of Leak Detector. 2014a) Click to enlarge.

MIT 231
article thumbnail

MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Like this post?

MIT 45
article thumbnail

The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

Cars That Think

The Computer History Museum recently made public its two-part oral history with Sutherland. And the two-part video of the interview is available here and here. from MIT in 1963. Breakthrough at MIT After graduating from Carnegie Tech in 1959, Ivan Sutherland headed to Caltech for graduate studies in electrical engineering.

MIT 94