DEKA Research & Development Corp.'s development of the first Stirling engine hybrid electric car has earned it December's "Innovation Rocks!" Award from by the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development's Business Resource Center.DEKA DEKA Dean Kamen (of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Manchester, NH, USA) DEKA Deutsche Kapitalanlagegesellschaft Mbh (German investment fund) Research & Development Corp.'s development of the first Stirling engine Stirling engine, an external combustion reciprocating engine having an enclosed working fluid that is alternately compressed and expanded to operate a piston, thus converting heat from a variety of sources into mechanical energy. hybrid electric car has earned it December's "Innovation Rocks!" Award from by the New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Division of Economic Development's Business Resource Center. The 2008 DEKA Revolt, a version of the Ford Think--an electric car that was discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: in 2000 but has since been resurrected in Europe by a company named Think Global--whose Stirling engine increases the vehicle's efficiency and allows it to run on any fuel, from biodiesel to natural gas. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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