article thumbnail

Superconducting Motor Could Propel Electric Aircraft

Cars That Think

One is the availability, at relatively moderate cost, of copper-oxide-based superconducting tape, which is being produced by a few companies for startups working on tokamak fusion reactors. And yet commercial applications have been elusive. This past April, the company tested a prototype motor outfitted with superconducting rotor magnets.

article thumbnail

Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics

Cars That Think

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), arguably the largest experiment ever engineered, is needed to probe the universes smallest constituents. The Standard Model is beautiful, says Victoria Martin, an experimental physicist at the University of Edinburgh. Because its so precise, all the little niggles stand out.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Tariff reprieve might be ‘Tesla-friendly,’ but it’s also an encouragement to others

Teslarati

automakers would receive credit up to 15 percent of the value of vehicles to offset the cost of imported parts. Frank DuBois of American University said that manufacturers like to see stability in their relationships with suppliers and major trade partners. Additionally, U.S. Big Tesla win?

article thumbnail

Travel and Tariffs: How Hotels, Airlines, Cruise Lines and Travelers are Faring

Baua Electric

dollar, said Michael Melvin, the executive director of the master of quantitative finance program at the University of California San Diego. But retaliatory tariffs from other countries could neutralize the effect on the dollar, according to the Budget Lab at Yale University, a nonpartisan policy research center.

article thumbnail

Teething Babies and Rainy Days Once Cut Calls Short

Cars That Think

Rachel Plotnick , an associate professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University Bloomington, studies the relationship between technology and society. Telephone workers also quantified the cost of moisture incidents that impaired good service. Consumers often take the blame when leaks and spills inevitably occur.

MIT
article thumbnail

"The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now"

Cars That Think

Few other service industries are exposed to universal and substantial incentives to adopt such a specific, highly regulated form of technology, which has, as our findings suggest, not yet matured. In 2024, the average cost of a health care data breach was $9.97 The cost of these breaches will soon surpass the $27 billion ($44.5

article thumbnail

BYD To Pay for Accidents While Auto-Park Function is Active

The Truth About Cars

The automaker recently said that it would cover the costs of fender benders as it introduces more advanced smart parking features. but avoiding the hassle of insurance is likely a universal benefit. BYD said that it would update its God’s Eye autonomous tech (ominous, much?) to offer “Level 4 Smart Parking” features.

BYD