Francis X Govers III
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Simpler, cheaper way to make liquid methanol fuel using CO2 and sunlightResearchers at University of Texas at Arlington have developed a novel means of creating methanol, a useful fuel, from sunlight and CO2 using CuO-Cu2O hybrid nanorod arrays.
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FAA grants Arlington Police Department permission to fly UAVsThe Arlington city Police Department has received permission from the FAA for that allows the use of UAVs under certain conditions over the city.
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BMW and Continental team up to develop automated driving "co-pilot" technologyGerman automotive companies BMW and Continental have teamed up to work on self-driving car technology, or as they call it, an “electronic co-pilot” for cars.
Most previous methods of producing methanol from carbon dioxide have involved lots of electricity, high pressures and high temperatures, and used toxic chemicals or rare earth elements like cadmium or tellurium. A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has developed a new method they claim is safer, less expensive, and simpler than current approaches and can be scaled up to an industrial scale to allow some of the CO2 emitted from electrical power plants to be captured and converted into a useful fuel. Read More
German automotive companies BMW and Continental have teamed up to develop self-driving car technology, or as they call it, an “electronic co-pilot” for cars. The main goal of the joint venture is to develop and test technologies that would usher in an era of highly automated driving on European freeways from 2020, with fully automated systems expected from 2025. Read More
Starting in April, 2013, the Arlington Texas police department will have permission from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to fly two small helicopter UAVs over the city in certain situations, including taking crime scene photos or looking for missing persons. While these UAVs have been operating for some time, until now flights have been restricted to remote testing area. Read More
