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Solar car race kicks off 30th anniversary with a fresh challenge
It's a special moment in the history of clean energy: the 30th anniversary World Solar Challenge has begun. A total of 42 solar-powered cars (the largest field to date) left Darwin, Australia on October 8th to travel roughly 1,880 miles to Adelaide....
Dump the pump. These tires are airless!
First driver-less vehicles, and now airless tires. Innovation definitely gets rid of a lot of things!
Unlike most air-less tires that use a solid rubber composite tube, these tires actually do away with the tube itself, relying on a clever mix of design and physics to give you the airless tire! Bridgestone (the force behind these tires) has been experimenting with this concept since 2011, only recently demonstrating how effectively they could be used in cars. The wheels are made completely out of a recycled thermoplastic resin and are set to be available by no later than 2019.
Although I can’t help but wonder… imagine how psychedelic these will look while spinning!
Designer: Bridgestone
Bridgestone reveals plan to withdraw from e-paper business, AeroBee loses its buzz
If you were intrigued by those 21-inch e-paper tablets Bridgestone showcased last year, you're sure to be bummed by this news. The company has announced that plans to withdraw from the electronic paper business and expects to bring production to a screeching halt by the end of October. Citing increased competition and rapid declines in material prices for the move, the outfit looks "to put an increased focus on its core businesses." As you may recall, Bridgestone had partnered with Delta Electronics to develop the business-focused AeroBee tablets and it remains to be seen if the latter part of the duo will continue its e-paper exploits with a new mate.
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Super Bowl 44 is only 3 days away and advertisers are busy drumming up interest in their Super Bowl 2010 ads. There are basically four main strategies how Super Bowl advertisers are promoting their...