According to a recent article from Reuters, Ford and General Motors(GM) have filed documents to the United States auto safety regulators and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) to allow manual control-less cars. According to the documents, these cars would have no steering wheels or break pedals in most
Storing solar energy cheaply and efficiently is a key component for the future of renewable energy. Even though lithium batteries are great, they can still be costly and, depending on the chemistry, there can be safety concerns. There are ways we can store solar energy more directly though … and one
Startup food company Vow Food is using bioengineering to grow meat in cleanroom environments. Vow believes that the future of meat is, instead of plant based protein, lab grown meats. These meats in the future could become household names. Vow currently has a quail like meat product that they formed
Summer’s been bringing on the heat the last couple weeks, and everything from the people to power grids have been trying to lay low. While most cities have been able to keep up with the demand for electricity, it’s led to questions about how do we tackle this
Carbon capture technology is held up as both an essential piece of our renewable energy transition and a last ditch effort of the fossil fuel industry to keep polluting. Regardless of which side of the debate you’re on, there’s been a lot of advancements in recent years. Most
Wind-powered shipping and cargo transportation may sound like something that died out in the early 1800s when fossil fuels became popular. But the sails have turned, and wind power is making a comeback. Recently Lloyd’s Register, the world’s first marine classification society and a leader in the maritime
Graphene is considered one of the most important breakthroughs in material science since its discovery. This “wonder material” was widely overhyped, and still hasn’t lived up to its potential. But since my previous video on the truth about graphene, we can now see more concrete and realistic applications hitting
MIT researchers recently demonstrated the impact of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) to not only cut traffic, but also reduce emissions.
There’s always the promise of some big breakthrough that’s going to change everything. Well, scientists have just smashed the solar panel efficiency record, and it could mean a big change for the future of renewable energy. This isn’t just more hype, but a sign of where things
Solid state batteries have been hyped for years as a silver bullet for making EVs mainstream, improving consumer electronics, and ... well ... everything. It’s 2022 and they still aren’t here in any meaningful way, but there have been interesting advancements that are worth exploring. However, with several other battery
Plastic has been the staple of our manufacturing industry over the last 60 years. It was made to last … and it did… to the point that it’s now everywhere on the planet, even in our bodies. We’ve been struggling to find a greener alternative to this pollution threat.
Near the end of last year I published a video on solid hydrogen storage and it got a lot of questions, critiques, and push back from some of you. In some cases, rightfully so, and in other cases, not so much. In trying to simplify a pretty complex topic, I