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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

Green Car Congress

Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. With the recovery, government and non-industry research interest in clean energy and connected vehicle technology has spurred new and significant R&D investment by these entities. Percentage of Global R&D Spending by Industry, 2013.

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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

Baua Electric

If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques. You talk to any designer or architect in L.A.

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James Wimshurst’s Electrostatic Immortality

Cars That Think

In volume 17 of Make magazine (2009), the steampunk enthusiast known as Jake von Slatt described how to build a Wimshurst machine. They’re still used in schools and science museums to demonstrate the basics of electricity. You can also build your own device with items from a hardware store.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead!

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