Old tires for new roads A tiny house on wheels Mobility without roads is still unthinkable The problem is that asphalt surfaces not only suffer from the impact of vehicles traveling on them but also due to sunlight Heat and UV radiation cause defor mations cracks and potholes Australian research ers have developed a road surface material that reduces repair intervals rubber asphalt Like in the building industry where shredded end of life tires have been mixed into concrete for a long time used tires are now also intended to help make roads more durable According to the scientists future roads might last twice as long as before by adding about 20 percent rubber to the top asphalt layer That would provide triple protection against rutting and fatigue caused by the impact of traffic combined with resistance against UV aging It s arguably the world s smallest camper van Japanese van converter Oka Motors has converted a Suzuki mini van with a mere length of 3 40 meters 11 15 feet into a micro camper van that s got all the essentials on board by reducing equipment and furnishings to an absolute minimum Even so the tiny house on wheels has a dining table a microwave a fridge that can be extended across the tailgate space for up to three beds and an outdoor shower Okay the camper van s features don t exactly include headroom but minimalism does have its limits somewhere or 0 001 inches That s how small the riblets of the new sharkskin coating technology are that Lufthansa s subsidiary SWISS is going to apply to twelve Boeing 777 aircraft starting in mid 2022 According to Lufthansa Technik and its partner BASF this type of sharklike high tech is supposed to reduce drag by 1 1 percent That may not sound like much but projected to the entire fleet of twelve Boeing 777 aircraft will reduce annual kerosene consumption by 4 800 metric tons 5 300 short tons and CO2 emissions by 15 200 metric tons 16 750 short tons 50 micrometers Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares Khalil Gibran 1883 1931 Lebanese American philosopher 21 IN MOTION

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