OnLine Electric Vehicles (OLEV): Wireless technology can now deliver electric power to moving vehicles.
In next-generation electric cars, pick-up coil sets under the vehicle
floor receive power remotely via an electromagnetic field broadcast from
cables installed under the road.
3-D Printing:
A fabrication process to create 3-dimensional solid structures from a digitally originated design. The key distinction of this process as compared with other, more conventional lithography techniques, is that it is *additive* rather than subtractive. That is, the additional material is deposited on top of the underlying layer to create a free-standing structure from the bottom up. In standard patterning techniques, the material is commonly removed to effectively carve out the feature of interest. Specialized instruments, aka 3D printers, are generally required to be able to print the features of interest. In such a 3D printing process, an object can be made from scratch by following a computer aided design, CAD, file. 3D printers are mostly used as prototyping tools because the process is still time-consuming, expensive, and not 100% reliable.
Self-healing materials:
One
of the defining characteristics of living organisms is their inherent
ability to repair physical damage. A growing trend in biomimicry is the
creation of non-living structural materials that also have the capacity
to heal themselves when cut, torn or cracked. Self-healing materials
which can repair damage without external human intervention could give
manufactured goods longer lifetimes and reduce the demand for raw
materials, as well as improving the inherent safety of materials used in
construction or to form the bodies of aircraft.
Energy-efficient water purification:
Water
scarcity is a worsening ecological problem in many parts of the world
due to competing demands from agriculture, cities and other human uses.
Where freshwater systems are over-used or exhausted, desalination from
the sea offers near-unlimited water but a considerable use of energy –
mostly from fossil fuels – to drive evaporation or reverse-osmosis
systems. Emerging technologies offer the potential for significantly
higher energy efficiency in desalination or purification of wastewater,
potentially reducing energy consumption by 50% or more.
Water scarcity is a worsening ecological problem in many parts of the world due to competing demands from agriculture, cities and other human uses. Where freshwater systems are over-used or exhausted, desalination from the sea offers near-unlimited water but a considerable use of energy – mostly from fossil fuels – to drive evaporation or reverse-osmosis systems. Emerging technologies offer the potential for significantly higher energy efficiency in desalination or purification of wastewater, potentially reducing energy consumption by 50% or more.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion and use:
Long-promised technologies for the capture and underground sequestration of carbon dioxide have yet to be proven commercially viable, even at the scale of a single large power station. New technologies that convert the unwanted CO2 into saleable goods can potentially address both the economic and energetic shortcomings of conventional CCS strategies
Long-promised technologies for the capture and underground sequestration of carbon dioxide have yet to be proven commercially viable, even at the scale of a single large power station. New technologies that convert the unwanted CO2 into saleable goods can potentially address both the economic and energetic shortcomings of conventional CCS strategies
Enhanced nutrition to drive health at the molecular level:
The large-scale production of pure human dietary proteins based on the application of biotechnology to molecular nutrition can deliver health benefits such as muscle development, managing diabetes or reducing obesity.
The large-scale production of pure human dietary proteins based on the application of biotechnology to molecular nutrition can deliver health benefits such as muscle development, managing diabetes or reducing obesity.
Remote sensing:
The increasingly widespread use of sensors that allow often passive responses to external stimulae will continue to change the way we respond to the environment, particularly in the area of health. Examples include sensors that continually monitor bodily function – such as heart rate, blood oxygen and blood sugar levels – and, if necessary, trigger a medical response such as insulin provision.
The increasingly widespread use of sensors that allow often passive responses to external stimulae will continue to change the way we respond to the environment, particularly in the area of health. Examples include sensors that continually monitor bodily function – such as heart rate, blood oxygen and blood sugar levels – and, if necessary, trigger a medical response such as insulin provision.
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