Traffic Jam on the Interstate? Fly the Aeromobil 2.5 to Work

Flying cars have been a popular topic of discussion for decades. Way back in 1940, Henry Ford said, “Mark my words: A combination airplane and motorcar is coming.” One such attempt was made at this direction in 1973 by Advanced Vehicle Engineers, a company focused on bringing a flying car to market. The company built its prototype by fusing the rear end of a Cessna Skymaster airplane with a Ford Pinto. The tail section...

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Colored Solar Glass Pretty, Yet Powerful Enough to Generate Electricity for an Entire Building

Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel enables an entire building to act as a solar panel. The colorful glass adds a very small extra cost to the building’s façade. Solar cell makers have long used dark colors, most often black, to increase the cell’s...

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Super Thin Plastic Laptops Sturdier Than Metal

Thinner, Lighter, More Portable, Tougher = More Productive PC design engineers are forever seeking ways to improve the products they make. These days with all the breakthroughs in materials, CAD modeling, electronics and software across so many industries, it is no wonder there are new methods for making laptop computers. Intel Corporation has hired former Boeing Corporation aircraft desigers and engineers to quicken the adoption of novel...

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