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ARPA-E Backing the MSU Wave Disk Engine

September 4, 2013 | 6 Comments

Coming up on four years now the Michigan State University program led by Dr. Norbert Mueller has wound down as the ARPA-E funding of $3 million ran out back in May.  What has been happening is still very much out of view. What is known is that the MSU team and the Warsaw Institute of […]

May

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The New Mind Bending Transmission

May 21, 2010 | 7 Comments

Steve Durnin’s D-Drive may be the holy grail of infinitely variable transmissions.  The video below will illustrate, at least in part.  The thrill of the D-Drive is it lacks a friction connection for neutral, hydraulic power flow or hydraulic actuation, a torque converter or any other device that bleeds off energy – it seems, but […]

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