We like this one because it has a real Junkyard Wars feel to it: turning a cast-off fridge compressor into a two-stroke internal combustion engine. [Makerj101] is doing this with tooling no more ...

HIRATSUKA, Japan, Dec. 12 (UPI) --Scientists in Japan have engineered a refrigerator powered by sound waves. The technology isn't new, but the research team's version of the thermoacoustic engine ...

The need to replace the diesel-powered fridge engines on refrigerated transport has largely been driven by environmental factors. While smaller vehicles, such as vans and light rigid trucks, use power ...

Swedish long-haul operator Abbekås Åkeri (Abekkas Haulage) recently fitted a Hultsteins Ecogen system to one of its 83-foot refrigerated drawbar vehicles in hopes of extending the working life of the ...

Hultsteins, a Swedish hydraulic refrigeration systems manufacturer recently appointed Eco Truck Refrigeration as a new dealer covering the east side of the United Kingdom. Eco Truck will offer the ...

The device is one of the first to test how quantum effects, which govern the behavior of particles on the smallest scale, might one day be exploited to enhance the performance of nanotechnologies.