Do you see that white vertical line on the roads each time you go out? Well they are meant for something. They are guides and are there to also tell us to stick to our lane. Unlike in most countries where drivers have a tendency to shift lanes and even disregard these lines, they are really meant to guide you to stay in your lane for a more orderly way of driving. They are … [Read more...]
New cars, Better Cars? Not Always
The advances in automobile technology has been so much that a great number of deaths are prevented especially due to the use of newer materials that has increased the safety of vehicles so much that they are literally cages within the car. Automotive manufacturers have installed airbags, seatbelt pre-tensioners and the use of exotic alloy metals/materials that are lighter yet … [Read more...]
Easy Bad Weather Driving
Research into possible assistance by the car's computers along with various sensors in aiding drivers when driving in bad weather is underway to make the roads safer. Funded by Veridan and Honda, the researchers at The University of Buffalo are working to perfect and prototype a system which would have some built-in reflexes into the car allowing it to assist the driver in case … [Read more...]
Biodiesel – Fuel from Vegetable Oils (Part-2)
Continued from the previous post. For the cons, well there isn’t much for the only problem they have seen so far is that there was a higher emission level for carbon monoxide (which is deadly to humans) and that it will decrease the engines maximum output to some extent. There is also a nasty trait of BioDiesel that it is a very good solvent that any deposits in the engine … [Read more...]
Biodiesel – Fuel from Vegetable Oils (Part-1)
The technology has been in use for quite sometime and there are a select group of individuals who do use and support the use of BioDiesel. The fuel comes from used cooking oil and unused cooking oil that is processed to break down the fatty acid that makes up the vegetable oil. Transesterification is the process of converting the base material (which is common used cooking … [Read more...]