Category: Aviation
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Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?
Greta Thunberg’s zero-carbon Atlantic crossing is not an option for most. But it might be in years to come, if experiments with hydrogen, solar and batteries pay off
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Skai – the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft
Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based Alakai Technologies is transforming the way the world moves through hydrogen-powered mobility. According to Alakai, hydrogen is the best energy source for air mobility. Co-designed by Designworks, the design innovation studio of BMW Group, Alakai’s Skai is a radically simple air mobility system designed to go from A to Anywhere. It…
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Holidays in the stars: Von Braun Space Station – world’s first space hotel with artificial gravity
Humankind has long held a fascination with building a large spaceport like The Gateway. Designs for Von Braun Space Station, world’s first space hotel with artificial gravity, have been unveiled. Both scientists and science fiction writers have thought about the concept of a rotating wheel space station since the beginning of…
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The largest hybrid-electric aircraft flying today
The EEL by Hawthorne-based Ampaire, a pioneer in practical applications of electric power for aviation, is a retrofit of a Cessna 337 and has a conventional combustion engine plus an electric motor/battery pack drivetrain. The aviation company already has more than a dozen letters of interest from regional airlines and charter providers.…
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Valkyrie combines the best of two worlds into one recreational vehicle
There has always been the desire to blend a flying vehicle with a terrestrial one The latest attempt to blend flying with driving is the Skeeter Valkyrie, which looks remarkably like the progeny of a midnight dalliance between a sand rail and a powered parachute. The prototype was presented at this year’s…
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Head in the cloud(s): the return of Microsoft Flight Simulator
An unexpected revamp of Microsoft’s classic flying simulator could usher in a new era of cloud function for games