SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 5, 2013) - Flywheel, a mobile taxi hailing platform, works with Basho's distributed NoSQL database, Riak, to power their passenger and driver engine. During Bay ...

GROVE, England & CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (Williams F1) and Kinetic Traction Systems, Inc. (KTSi) have signed a long-term Co-operation Agreement to ...

It’s a not a new battery or super-hot liquid salt. But while they are not the sexiest of innovative power solutions, there is much to love about flywheels. Yes, flywheels. The energy storage ...

NASA’s Glenn Research Center developed a new flywheel-based mechanical battery system that redefined energy storage and spacecraft orientation. This innovative approach demonstrated the potential of ...

Now, advances in carbon fiber and magnetic bearings have put flywheel applications back on the table. Or, as it turns out, on wheels. Automakers are beginning to install flywheel technology–in place ...