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These 9 electric cars unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show will compete with Tesla's line of vehicles in 2020. null  (Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach) Audi, Volkswagen, and Mercedes are just a few companies that are planning to unveil an electric car by 2020. We got a glimpse of what they have in store at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show. Scroll down for a closer look: BMW is giving its i3 a facelift for 2018. The automaker will release a sport edition called the i3s that comes equipped with a starting range of 97 miles and 184-hp electric motor. BMW is giving its i3 a facelift for 2018. The automaker will release a sport edition called the i3s that comes equipped with a starting range of 97 miles and 184-hp electric motor.  (BMW) BMW also debuted a new Mini concept that will serve as the basis for a production model in 2019. There's no word on specs yet, but the concept shows the next Mini may not have chrome features for the first time. BMW also de...

Materials Engineers Career, Salary and Education Information Go to: What They Do | Work Environment | How to Become One | Salary | Job Outlook | Related Careers Top 3 material engineer Jobs Design Technician I - Regal Beloit - United States Update Specifications and revise BOM (Bill of Materials) for existing product - Motors and/or Generators - Interface with Engineering, Manufacturing Product Engineer - ZPower - Camarillo, CA Must have Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Design or related technical Senior Process Engineer - ZPower - Camarillo, CA The role is responsible for support for highly automated button cell battery manufacturing line and related process areas. Lead or participate in See all material engineer jobs What Materials Engineers Do [ About this section] [ To Top ] Materials engineers develop, process, and test materials used to create a range of products, from computer chips and aircraft wings to golf clubs and biomedical devices. They study the properties ...

Heaven forbid BMW ever makes a full size truck, because the kidney grills on the ugly mug of this leaked 2018 BMW X7 concept are quite disturbing and don’t scale up very well. BMW finally wised up and delivered a large, three-row SUV. Despite having almost no effect on our sort of folk, BMW has finally made the obvious move it has waited so long—literally decades—to deliver on. The 2018 BMW X7 has been so obviously missing from its lineup, and now it’s leaked over on Bimmerpost just a couple of days before its reveal ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. It appears to have a port for charging, so we can safely assume there will be a hybrid model. The door handles look really confusing. The overall design is just the latest BMW-concept go-to look awkwardly stretched a few hundred pixels. And those look like a third set of headrests back there. There’s been an option for three rows on the X5 before, but true luxury rests in those few short extra inches added to the...

wonderfulengineering.com Sep 12, 2017 12:01 PM Aeromobil. Credits: Terrafugia In the 70’s and 80’s, mobile phones were a magical concept that we saw only in the movies. After a few decades, now we have smartphones, laptops, tablets, and so many other things that seemed fictional to the last generation. Those same movies also had flying cars, and this concept is in vogue since the 20th century, especially in the sci-fi genre. Still, producing the lovechild of an automobile and an aircraft has not been successful yet, despite the constant efforts of companies like Terrafugia. Aeromobil (Credits: Terrafugia) Toyota, the world’s top automaker, filed the patent for “Aerocar,” and it has rekindled the hope of flying cars while thrusting the subject into the limelight. Well, not exactly a flying car, but a unique technology for the flying cars that includes stackable wing system to make flying possible. Toyota has clarified that it is not working on a holistic flying car b...

Tecno Mobile seems to be working on a high-end smartphone with 6GB RAM according to information found on the Geekbench Database.  The phone is yet to go through FCC certification so I can't actually give you the full specs. The device is dubbed the "Tecno AX8".  According to the listing, the Tecno AX8 will be powered by Mediatek’s Helio P25 (MT6757CD) chipset, along with 6GB of RAM and will not boot 8.0 Oreo out of the box , but the outdated Android 7.0 Nougat . Tecno.. Why? Why should a new device boot Nougat when Oreo has been released, I'm quite unimpressed with this. However it may be updated later before the official launch so you can keep your fingers crossed and wait. The only thing I'm actually worried about here is the price for such a device. Tecno's 4GB RAM devices cost around N90,000-N110,000. This time it's 6GB RAM and only God knows how much they'll sell this device for. Probably around N180,000. I hope it won'...

Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on March 20, 2017, at the solar plant in Dubai The Gulf desert emirate of Dubai on Saturday announced the award of a $3.8-billion contract for the final phase of a solar park aimed at generating 5,000 megawatts of electricity by 2030. The local government said the contract for the fourth and final phase went to Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Electric and ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia. The solar park named after Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, went online in 2013 and the final phase is to be launched in stages from 2020, bringing the overall cost to $13.6 billion. Dubai, which has dwindling oil reserves unlike Abu Dhabi, a fellow member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ha...

Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold. Credit: University of Houston A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold, while also offering advantages for a wide range of biomedical devices. The work, reported in the journal Science Advances , describes a new mechanism for producing stretchable electronics, a process that relies upon readily available materials and could be scaled up for commercial production. Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering and lead author for the paper, said the work is the first to create a semiconductor in a rubber composite format, designed to allow the electron...

The difference in the magnitudes of supernovae in the ?CDM and Timescape cosmologies and the magnitudes the supernovae would appear to have in an empty universe (horizontal dashed line). Both models show recent apparent acceleration following earlier deceleration. In the Timescape model this is not a real effect, however, and the curve is flatter than the ?CDM case. Credit: Lawrence Dam, Asta Heinesen and David Wiltshire The accelerating expansion of the Universe may not be real, but could just be an apparent effect, according to new research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . The new study -- by a group at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand -- finds the fit of Type Ia supernovae to a model universe with no dark energy to be very slightly better than the fit to the standard dark energy model. Dark energy is usually assumed to form roughly 70% of the present material content ...

This month Resource magazine, the official publication of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), published its list of the top 50 innovations in agricultural engineering for 2013.  This annual awards contest, called AE50, recognizes “products and technologies deemed to bring clear advancements to the marketplace, such as improved efficiency and user safety, and reduced labor and costs.” Entries are judged by an international panel of agricultural engineers. (Note: Farm Industry News has a similar contest, called FINOvation , but our contest covers a wider scope of products and is judged by our farmer-readers.) In the early years of AE50, circa 1984, most of the innovations focused on the metal. However, ASABE executive director Darrin Drollinger notes a strong showing of information and electronic technologies among the year’s standouts. “The winning products this year focus heavily on controls, electronics, management systems, adva...

We're covering Apple's big day live at the new Steve Jobs Theater. Here's the latest news from Apple as it announces the iPhone 8, iPhone X, and more. Steve Jobs Theater  (Steve Kovach) CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Good morning! We're live at the new Steve Jobs Theater for Apple's annual iPhone event. This year's event will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the iPhone with a brand new model called the iPhone X, according to a  massive series of leaks from over the weekend. There will also be updates to the "regular" lineup of iPhones, which will be called the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, and new versions of the Apple Watch and Apple TV. Plus, this will be the public's first look at Apple's new "spaceship" headquarters in Cupertino. That's a lot to go over, but we're going to make it easy for you. The keynote starts at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern. Stay glued to the live blog below for all the news as it happens.

Honda Urban EV Concept Is Unbearably Charming and Headed for Production This delightfully retro, unabashedly minimalist electric hatchback will hit the European market in production form sometime in 2019 FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW Our favorite economy cars of the past all seem to have one thing in common: A simple, cheerful, unfussy design. That's exactly what we love about the Honda Urban EV Concept that debuted today at the Frankfurt Motor Show. And as luck would have it, Honda is committing to bringing a production version of the car to the market soon. Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Takahiro Hachigo with the Urban EV Concept HONDA “This is not some vision of the distant future," said Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Takahiro Hachigo at the auto show today. "A production version of this car will be here in Europe in 2019.” The Urban EV Concept features the kind of simple yet satisfying styling we've always loved in our favorite hatchbacks. Check out the low...

The sleek four-door concept revealed at the Frankfurt Auto Show can do 0-60 in four seconds, and has a top speed of over 120 mph. MORE FROM FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW I VISION DYNAMICS BMW I VISION DYNAMICS BMW I BMW ELECTRIC CONCEPT CARS FUTURE ELECTRIC CARS FUTURE CARS ELECTRIC CARS NEW CARS GERMAN CARS CONCEPT CARS Right now, BMW's lineup of i-branded hybrid and electric vehicles has the i3 city car and the i8 sports car. That's it, nothing in between. But BMW was rumored to be about to introduce an i5 sedan to slot between both. Instead, BMW showed the i Vision Dynamics, a preview of a future i-branded sedan. BMW The i Vision Dynamics is a four-door "Gran Coupe" design study revealed today at the Frankfurt Auto Show. BMW claims a four second 0-60 time, a top speed over 120 mph, and a range of 373 miles. Sounds like a solid Tesla competitor to us. BMW The exterior design features an aggressive fascia with sharp headlights and lengthy kidney grilles, while ...

Unveiling of Apple’s iphone X, what to expect nigeriannewsdirect.com Sep 11, 2017 11:26 AM By: Olumhense Benedict Adoghe  As a way of marking the 10th year anniversary of the iphone, Apple is set to celebrate it in a grand style with the launch of the “iphone 8” or “iphone X”. Just moments ahead of the big event scheduled for September 12, an apparent major leak has revealed a handful of intriguing new details about the trio of phones it’s expected to introduce, while confirming a number of long-rumoured features. These features include a 5.8 inch edge by edge OLED display facial recognition alternative to touch ID, virtual home button, enhanced water resistance or waterproofing and support for the Apple pencil. Also rumored to be expected includes wireless charging (i.e inductive charging) and/or faster USB-C charging, dual-lens camera, possibly in a vertical configuration, stainless steel and glass body with a new ‘side button’ Furthermore, an ios11 featur...

US President's iPhone only has one app pulse.ng Sep 4, 2017 12:48 PM The conservative Trump does not have his phone configured like other iPhone users. Donald Trump listens to his mobile phone during a lunch stop in South Carolina in 2016.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) US President Donald Trump, according to Axios only uses one app on his newly got iPhone, which comes as no surprise to be Twitter. The President who has become synonymous to Twitter is known for his rather bold and controversial tweets. CEO of Twitter,  Jack Dorsey  has said the president tweeting is actually a good thing contrary to popular opinion, because it makes him accountable that way. Trump's tweets makes him accountable  (AP: Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The president also not have any browser on his phone, does not use a laptop, but rather depends on aides like Stephen K. Bannon, his former chief strategist, to hand-deliver printouts of articles from conservative medi...

How to Charge Your Phone without Electricity tori.ng Sep 11, 2017 12:58 PM A backup battery pack is the safest and easiest way for charging without power as other solutions include a hand crank, solar panels and a wind turbine.   Here in Nigeria, it is not uncommon for residents of cities and towns to go without electric power for days. This leaves phone users with many hours unable to get across to their loved ones and business partners.  Though the pump price of fuel is said to have dropped by N2 from N145 per litre to N143, many phone users in the country still can’t afford fuelling their power generating devices because of the economic situation in the country.    The question most people keep asking is how to keep their phone fully charged without having to rely on electricity.  Here are the answers: From battery packs, solar panels and hand cracks, there are dozens of ways to charge your phone without using a typical charger, ac...