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Car cloak helps moderate EV battery temperatures
December 1st, 2023
In tests, the cabin of an uncovered car reached 50.5 C (122.9 F) at midday, and the covered car reached 22.8 C (73 F). The outside temperature was 30.6 C (87 F). At midnight, the covered car stayed 6.8 C (12.24 F) higher than the temperature outside, never dropping below freezing. Image: Shanghai Jiao Tong […]
Pitchers can up their game with data-collecting arm sleeve
December 1st, 2023
The arm sleeve can be washed and dried like any other garment because of its detachable battery. Image: Nextiles Instead of using radar guns, cameras and video to collect information about a baseball pitcher’s performance and arm health, sensors sewn into a fabric sleeve called the Nextiles Arm Sleeve can gather and report biometric data […]
Textiles could make brine lithium extraction easier and faster
December 1st, 2023
Researchers liken their process to putting an evaporation pond on a string. Here, salts are forming on the surface of the strings. Researchers have demonstrated scalability through a 100-string setup. Image: Princeton University/Bumper DeJesus Lithium mining requires large amounts of land and time to extract the salts from briny water, but a collaboration between Princeton […]