Since the dawn of the age of the automobile, motorheads have been obsessed with using as few wheels as possible. Not satisfied with the prospect of being incompletely maimed by a motorcycle, the ...

Osaka, Japan – Ocean waves are one of the most abundant and predictable renewable energy sources on the planet, yet efficiently harnessing their power remains a major challenge. Traditional devices ...

Toy gyroscopes can do all kinds of interesting tricks. The most mysterious one, precession, seems to defy gravity. By definition, precession refers to a change in the orientation of the rotational ...

When it comes to hobby rotorcraft, it almost seems like the more rotors, the better. Quadcopters, hexacopters, and octocopters we’ve seen, and there’s probably a dodecacopter buzzing around out there ...

New research presents a gyroscopic wave energy converter that absorbs up to 50% of wave energy across frequencies, nearing maximum efficiency and guiding improved designs. (Nanowerk News) Ocean waves ...

The 1967 Gyro-X is a one-of-a-kind self-stabilizing two-wheeled wonder of the automotive world. Developed by aerospace engineer Tom Summers and designer Alex Tremulis, it was a fanciful approach to ...