Electrostatic motors are now common in MEMS applications, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin and spinoff C-Motive Technologies have brought macroscale electrostatic motors back. [via ...
What if the very principles that have powered industry for over a century were suddenly turned on their head? For decades, electromagnetic motors—reliant on copper windings and rare earth magnets—have ...
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US lab’s new tool targets rare-earths’ shortages, can help choose resilient motor technologies
A major laboratory in the United States has developed a new tool, which can ...
The world’s only electrostatic motor company C-Motive Technologies Inc. recently unveiled its new motor technology platform at the Rockwell Automation Fair in Boston. C-Motive’s exhibition at the ...
A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive. A handful of scientists and ...
Laws are becoming more stringent for internal combustion engines. Whether they concern a car’s emissions, fuel consumption, or fire safety, the day of the internal combustion engine is coming to a ...
Novel axial flux designs now coming off the drawing boards could become the primary means of powering future generations of electric vehicles. If you build an electric motor whose rotor and stator are ...
It is pretty damn cool. I wonder if that may be the way to go for e.g. space. Anyone knows any more about such motors? I can't really find much online except for old patent applications and zillion ...
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