New Smartphone App Can Tell When Parts on Your Car Need Replacing
A new smartphone app analyzes a car’s sounds and vibrations, letting you know if your tires need air, spark plugs are bad, or air filter…
Transportation
New Model Explores Exploding Growth in Global Transportation Connectivity
According to a study at MIT using a new model that determines regional connectivity via air travel, global connectivity increased 140% between 1990 and 2012,…
Stiffer Pavements Could Reduce Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions
A team of engineers used mathematical modeling to look at the effect of pavement deflection on vehicle fuel consumption across the entire U.S. road network,…
VW Passat TDI Clean Diesel Vehicle Travels 1626 Miles on One Tank of Fuel
A step in the right direction, a VW Passat TDI set the world record for longest distance on one tank of clean diesel fuel. The…
NASA to Test Jet Engine with a Helping of Cereal and Crayons
While foreign objects continue to present dangers for commercial and military airliner passengers, NASA’s Aviation Safety Program is working on new technology that will use…
NASA Reviews Ideas for Greener Aircraft
For the past year, leading aircraft manufacturers, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman, have been trying to meet NASA’s challenge and develop green…