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Rivian could add a deployable roof-top canopy to the list of accessories for its EVs, if a recent patent filing is any indication. The automaker filed a patent application titled "Canopy with ...

A 10-month mission demonstrated three elements of the plan to beam solar power from space to Earth. One year ago, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A large family of deployable filamentary structures can be built by connecting two elastic rods along their length. The resulting structure ...