Discoveries, ideas and people to watch
Using biofuel crops such as corn or switchgrass to generate electricity
for running battery-powered vehicles is a far more efficient way of
producing energy than making ethanol with them, according to Stanford
researchers.
Tagged: bioelectricity, cars, Environmental Research, fuel, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences, Humanities & Sciences
Computer science professor Sebastian Thrun discusses four innovations that have the potential to change the future of driving and even help put the American car industry back in the driver’s
seat.
Tagged: cars, driving, Engineering
Graduate students have invented a system that emits sounds from small
speakers intended for mounting to the exterior of hybrid vehicles.
Tagged: cars, conservation, students, Environment & Sustainability, Engineering
Can an automated voice help people drive more safely? What are the privacy implications of the ability of cars to collect information about their drivers? Professor Clifford Nass is exploring these and other questions.
Tagged: cars, communication, Nass, Humanities & Sciences