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NASA announces their selections for small business and research teams for technology development Published: June 4, 2024NASA awarded an STTR Phase I contract to Energized Composite Technologies for their development of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite structural batteries.
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UCF, NASA Researchers Design Charged Composite Power Suits for EVs & Spacecraft Published: April 4, 2022Researchers from UCF and NASA are developing a new composite material capable of conducting and storing energy, which could revolutionize space travel and electric vehicles.
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How 'Black Panther' inspired UCF students to build electric vehicle prototype Published: March 21, 2022A team of students at UCF were inspired by the suit in Marvel's "Black Panther" and are seeing if the same elements can be added to electric vehicles. More specifically, they're trying to see if it's possible to store energy on the outside of an electric vehicle vs. inside.
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WFTV9 News: UCF, NASA researchers design ‘power suits’ for electric vehicles, spacecraft Published: March 13, 2022University of Central Florida and NASA researchers have teamed up to develop a “power suit” for electric vehicles and spacecraft.
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UCF researchers develop Black Panther-inspired electric vehicle technology Published: March 9, 2022One team of researchers at UCF is already developing new technology for electric vehicles to make them go even farther.
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Next Generation Batteries Could Provide Power to Microsatellites, CubeSats Published: February 10, 2017Creating a structural battery material could revolutionize the way NASA operates small payloads.
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#Cubesat NASA’s Ultra-Thin Built-In Batteries Set To Free Up Valuable Space On CubeSats Published: February, 2017Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the University of Miami have developed an ultra-thin, solid-state battery, which should allow for more instruments to be packed into these tiny satellites, provide power on other planets, in cars or within the walls of a home.