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A flow battery, also known as a reduction-oxidation (Redox) flow battery, is an electrochemical cell that uses two moving liquid electrolytes to generate electricity.

Ion transfer occurs across the cell membrane, accompanied by current flow through an external circuit, while the liquids circulate in their respective spaces. The liquids required are stored in separate tanks until required.

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Henry Ford, the famous American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, was granted a patent for the construction of a plastic car on January 13th, 1942.

Discover the fascinating story of Henry Ford’s Plastic Hemp Car, an innovative vehicle made from hemp and soybean plastic in the 1940s.

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ORNL’s breakthrough boosts 3D-printed turbine blades, reducing carbon emissions.

Researchers have made significant efforts to enable additively manufactured turbine blades to better handle extreme temperatures. They have developed and 3D printed the lightest crack-free alloy capable of operating without melting at temperatures above 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Following a concept world premiere in 2022 and a track demo at Le Mans a couple months ago, the Alpine Alpenglow is back, this time serving as a spectacular highlight of the 2024 Paris Motor Show. Alpine has equipped the latest Alpenglow with an all-new “Hy6” twin-turbo V6 engine developed from the ground up to run on hydrogen. The Hy6 doubles the power of the last Alpenglow so the new car not only looks like an extreme track-only supercar, it performs and sounds like one, too.

Alpine originally revealed the Alpenglow at the 2022 Paris Motor Show as a blueprint for its more sustainable sporting future. The concept appeared loosely derived from the extreme styling of the student-crafted A4810 Alpine had shown earlier that year, and came to Paris with the promise of a hydrogen-engine-based drive system of undisclosed size and layout.

The concept continued along as a stunning but mysterious piece of event jewelry right up until this past May, when Alpine officially turned concept car into “rolling laboratory” for a dynamic track debut at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and, a month later, Le Mans. Ahead of those demonstration runs, the French automaker finally threw some tender red meat to the starved gearhead masses, confirming a 340-hp 2.0-liter turbo-four hydrogen combustion engine powering the wheels.

The hybrid camera system eliminates blind spots and significantly reduces delays in obstacle detection.

Combining event cameras with artificial intelligence, researchers have developed a system that detects obstacles 100 times faster.

🗣️ Listen to what Franz said about it!

👀 So many signature Tesla design cues when you take a closer look.

🫶 This is favourite product of WE ROBOT.

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Japan’s magnetic levitation cars could revolutionize transportation by eliminating engines and batteries for a frictionless future.

A recent demonstration by a YouTuber compared the performance of a hemp battery against a lithium-ion battery, and the results were astounding: the hemp battery was eight times more powerful. Tesla’s new million-mile battery, made from lithium-iron phosphate, is designed to last twice as long as conventional lithium-ion batteries. However, even this advanced battery cannot compete with the power and renewability of hemp-based batteries.

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Implications for the Future

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We’re not actually specifically focused on AGI.

I’m simply saying that AGI seems likely to be an emergent property of what we’re doing, because we’re creating all these autonomous cars and autonomous humanoids that are actually a truly gigantic data stream that’s coming in and being processed.