Tag Archives : wind speed

A wind-propelled car, dubbed the team DWFTTW – Directly Downwind, Faster Than The Wind – created a new category of vehicles, a record, while moving at speeds almost three times higher than the wind itself that drives it. The feat was achieved on the weekend of July 4, Independence Day in the United States, in the desert of El Mirage, Calif., [...]

Can you imagine if natural disasters such as cyclones, could be predicted well before they happen? Can you imagine how many lifes and properties coud be safe if such thing could exist? Well, the good news is that a supercomputer developed by NASA can do all those things, and with five days in advance. Thus, it allows the authorities to prepare the [...]

While many researchers have raised doubts about the assumptions of leading scientists that global warming is causing the ice to melt in the Arctic, a new study does not contest this assumption but also notes that wind speed is causing the ice to melt faster. The reason for the steep downward trend in sea ice extent seems to be Arctic winds which erode [...]

Sculpture remains a fascinating art because you never know what the artist is going to use to create masterpiece. Often the idea may fall flat, but now and then we are are privileged by being offered a completely stimulating piece of art that is not just beautiful but may also carry with it a sense of functionality. It is often said that art for art’s [...]