Although Ferdinand Porsche developed the Lohner-Porsche in 1901, hybrid electric vehicles, a type of vehicle powered by electricity and fossil fuel, did not become widely available until the release of the Toyota Prius in Japan in 1997, followed by the Honda Insight in 1999. While initially perceived as unnecessary due to the low cost of gasoline, nowadays, environmental pollution and petroleum problems have become …
DON’T BE ALARMED: SEEING THROUGH THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE. Please, however, refrain from taking off all your clothes. Have you ever been making bacon or boiling water and had to stop to remind your smoke detector that you are alive and well? How about having to do a post-shower …
Introduction In our modern world of 2017, nearly everyone uses cell phones. We use them to communicate, we use them to play games, we use them to get the latest news, we depend on them for the most basic of our day-to-day activities. But have you ever wondered how these mini-machines just keep going for …
Let’s Destress The Smart Alec is an application for a smartwatch that will control the level of stress the wearer endures. The possibility exists for the Smart Alec to stand alone as its own wearable biometric device, similar to a FitBit. For people all around the globe, stress is a major problem in everyday life. …
Are you tired of waking up groggy each morning and struggling out of bed? Have you ever tried to watch a movie, only to have sunlight glare on the screen? Do you want to save on energy costs and more efficiently end each day by removing a chore from your already full plate? Opening and …
[Last update: January 10th, 2017.] While we have explored heated reactors, surge tanks, heat exchangers and the like, the discussed principles are by no means the only place in which they can be used. In fact, dynamic control and automation are an increasingly relevant (and invisible) part of our everyday lives – the same idea of …
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