Cars That Think
JULY 13, 2023
Goodenough was awarded the 2012 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for discoveries that “paved the way for development of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology.” And, of course, my [older] brother read really well, and my father was a professor with a lot of books to read. It was terrible.” as a researcher.
Cars That Think
JULY 30, 2023
Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. A search of the MIT Museum’s database came up empty (no known example of the hearing glove exists), but I did find the entry on the Boston Arm.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
By the way, that starts at the top: So in my office the “Basics of Electrochemistry” is a book with a permanent place on the desk. However, it needs more than books. —Martin Winterkorn. All-solid-state batteries. for automotive applications. for automotive applications.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Building Computing Energy Gadgets Investing Smart Grid Transportation Travel ADVERTISEMENT Books that Matter Know Your Eco-Labels Hurray for the Bad Economy! If we wanted to recharge this from 110V domestic service we would need to pull 10,800,000/110 = 96,000 amps. Even worse, we can’t pull 200 amps from a single outlet.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? The car is expected to cost around $40,000. Interesting in any case.
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