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Hydrogen scooter

01.01.2005

The Japanese firm "Honda" intends in 2006 to produce a small installation series of the FCX electric scooter, running on hydrogen.

The gas is produced from methanol and is used not for explosive combustion in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine, but for generating electric current in fuel cells. The current rotates the electric motors built into the wheel hubs. The company does not provide details, but admits that in terms of consumer properties, a hydrogen scooter is still inferior to a gasoline one. The machines will be tested in Japan and California.

Yamaha is also working on a similar model. A group of Swiss and Japanese engineers have created a miniature robot "Amouse" (Artificial Mouse, that is, an artificial mouse), which uses real mouse whisker hairs to navigate in the environment. They are attached to sensitive condenser microphones that convert the vibrations of the whiskers into electrical vibrations, and according to this information, the "brain" of the robot chooses the route of movement.

In the future, the inventors hope to increase the sensitivity of the whiskers so that they can distinguish the texture of the surface they touch, and even feel the light currents of air. In addition, natural mustaches will be replaced by synthetic ones, the dimensions and properties of which are easier to standardize.

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