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EcoSafe Inflator could put a little saltwater in your airbag

Turns out, pretty much any part of a car can get a green makeover. ARC Automotive Inc., for example, has figured out a way to make an airbag inflator that use saltwater brine (and a small pyrotechnic charge) to deploy an airbag instead of the larger charges that other pyrotechnic inflators use. Standard inflators also generate hot gases that add complexity (namely, the need for cooling) to the airbag system. Dubbed the EcoSafe Inflator, ARC's new system vaporizes the brine to "inflate the airbag with a non-toxic, low temperature, low ... Read more →

See John Kanzius combust salt water Shane Addie

If Jeremy's post last week piqued your interest, here's the video to prove it. Found in the magical realm of YouTube, this news story was originally on NBC News. John Kanzius was trying to find a ...

Grow car fuel in the ocean? A very good idea Lascelles Linton

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Ocean_farms_could_replace_oil_fields'; Biofuels are often criticized for using too much land that could otherwise be used for farming food. Turns out, one ...

Salt water as fuel? Burning hydrogen with radio waves? It's true Jeremy Korzeniewski

Salt water as fuel? Not exactly, but kinda. John Kanzius discovered that by focusing certain radio-frequencies on a test tube of salt water, he could ignite the contents, which would them become hot ...

Are biofuels using too much water? Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to Sunita Narain, the head of the Centre for Science and Environment in India, biofuels are "good as an idea, bad in practice." She insists that instead of making more biofuels, we should ...

EcoSafe Inflator could put a little saltwater in your airbag 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Turns out, pretty much any part of a car can get a green makeover. ARC Automotive Inc., for example, has figured out a way to make an airbag inflator that use saltwater brine (and a small pyrotechnic charge) to deploy an airbag instead of the larger charges that other pyrotechnic inflators use. ...

See John Kanzius combust salt water 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If Jeremy's post last week piqued your interest, here's the video to prove it. Found in the magical realm of YouTube, this news story was originally on NBC News. John Kanzius was trying to find a way to cure cancer via a specialized bombardment of radio waves. What he accidentally discovered was ...

Grow car fuel in the ocean? A very good idea 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Ocean_farms_could_replace_oil_fields'; Biofuels are often criticized for using too much land that could otherwise be used for farming food. Turns out, one of the better sources of biofuels, acre for acre, is algae and it grows great where real estate is a ...

Salt water as fuel? Burning hydrogen with radio waves? It's true 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Salt water as fuel? Not exactly, but kinda. John Kanzius discovered that by focusing certain radio-frequencies on a test tube of salt water, he could ignite the contents, which would them become hot enough to melt the test tube. The process has been independently verified by Rustum Roy, a Penn State ...

Are biofuels using too much water? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to Sunita Narain, the head of the Centre for Science and Environment in India, biofuels are "good as an idea, bad in practice." She insists that instead of making more biofuels, we should be concerning ourselves with how to use less fuel in general. The problem that she cites is one not ...


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