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Can NASA Launch a Rocket with a Laser?
Launching rockets into space takes a lot of fuel and costs a lot of money. Will a theoretical plan to use lasers to beam enough energy to launch...
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Design the Gas Station of the Future: Winner Announced
We're pleased to announce the winners of our contest to design the gas station of the future. After consultation with the good folks at Beyond...
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Putting Hybrid Engines in Planes
Now that hybrid cars are standard, an aviation expert argues that it's time to put hybrid engines in the air. This is the eighth and final part...
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Faster than Light: Separating Fiction from Reality
Warp six, Mr. Scott. This is the seventh part in an eight-part series on the future of transportation. New articles published every...
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Boats: The Other Electric Vehicle
Cars may be the electric vehicle on everyone's mind, but boats already push the envelope of electric power, and are ready for even more...
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Design the Gas Station of the Future: Submissions
We're happy to share the submissions to our Gas Stations of the Future project. They range from the technical to the satirical. Check them out...
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (of the Future)
How we'll be traveling in the next 100 years. This is the fifth part in an eight-part series on the future of transportation. New articles...
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Mars 500: Training Astronauts for a Manned Mission to Mars
What happens when you put five astronauts in a small ship for 500 days and fly them to Mars? This is the fourth part in an eight-part series on...
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Powering Planes with the Sun
In Switzerland, two pioneers are coming closer and closer to a flight around the world powered only by solar energy. This is the third part in an...
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Contest: Design the Gas Station of the Future
Gas stations-little areas off the highway that put dwindling supplies of polluting fossil fuels in our inneficient internal-combustion-engine...
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Eliminating the Wasted Energy in Your Car
Your car only uses 15 percent of the energy from its gas, but engineers are working on sucking every last drop from your gasoline. This is the...
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Building a Better Battery
The future of powering electric vehicles. This is the first part in an eight-part series on the future of transportation. New articles published...
