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DARPA’s silent MHD magnetic drives for replacing naval propellers

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Toroidal propeller allows a drone to operate more quietly [pdf]

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Toroidal propellers turn your drones and boats into noiseless machines

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Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)

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Japan tests explosion-powered rocket for the first time in space (2021)

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Helion Needs You

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MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts (2018)

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How do you power a rocket engine?

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Axial-Flux Motor with a PCB Stator Is Ripe for an Electrified World

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New engine could save internal combustion from the scrap heap

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Electrodynamic Tether

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Nikola Tesla invention from 100 years ago suddenly makes more sense today

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In Mahle's Contact-Free Electric Motor, Power Reaches the Rotor Wirelessly

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Hydrofoiling

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A centrifugal spin on a 500-year-old air compressor design

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YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic

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Solar flare-style rocket thruster ‘could send astronauts to outer solar system’

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LiquidPiston's “inside-out” rotary X-Engine wins Army research contract

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Aquarius builds an engine others only dreamed of

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Impressive backyard engineering on an obscure YouTube channel

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New two-stroke engine design could help keep internal combustion around longer

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Jet propulsion by microwave air plasma in the atmosphere

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Prototype of a rotating detonation engine, previously thought impossible

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I Sing the Airplane Electric

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Modern submarine torpedo attacks are not like in the movies

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Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors

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Amish Counter Top Kitchen Appliances Run Off Compressed Air (2012)

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NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

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Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines?

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Belgian startup Magnax has found a way to mass-produce the axial-flux motor

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The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades (2015)

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New Electric Motor Could Boost Efficiency of EVs, Scooters, and Wind Turbines

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The Dipole Drive: A New Concept in Space Propulsion

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Electric motor design claims remarkable improvements

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The Dipole Drive: A New Concept for Space Propulsion

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Gravitation water vortex power plant

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The Plasma Magnet Drive: A Simple, Cheap Drive for the Solar System and Beyond

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Turbulent times for Formula 1 engines result in unprecedented efficiency gains

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Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades

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Underactuated Rotor for Simple Micro Air Vehicles

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Why haven't quadcopters been scaled up yet?

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Martha Stewart: Why I Love My Drone

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Getting started with drones

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No crankshaft, no problem: Toyota's free piston engine is brilliant

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Plasma Jet Electric Thrusters for Spacecraft

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Cycloidal marine propellers: Efficient thrust in any direction

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The state of the art in copter drones and flight control systems

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