🐍 Meet the underwater robot snake and Solid state electric batteries a reality?

Check out this week's top 5 IE Originals videos, featuring the most fascinating stories in science, engineering, and tech.

How to build a solar car for endurance

The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is the ultimate test for solar cars. Competitors drive over 1800 miles through the punishing Australian Outback. Solar cars have to be built to withstand everything the environment can throw at them.

Meet the underwater robot snake

Carnegie Mellon University has developed a modular robotic snake to perform underwater inspections. Underwater inspection can be a hazardous occupation for human divers. The modular robot snake is highly adaptable and multi-functional.

What does it feel like to fly the incredible A-10 Warthog

The A-10 Warthog stands out not just as an aircraft but as a formidable tank hunter, renowned for its exceptional durability and firepower. Although it may not possess the sleek design or high engine thrust of other fighters, the Warthog compensates with its unique strengths. Despite its challenges, this aircraft is beloved by its pilots.

How Gotland-Class Submarines transform NATO’s approach to China and Russia

The Gotland-class submarines are the world's first submarines to feature a Stirling engine air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, a technological marvel that revolutionized underwater warfare.

Longer-lasting, safer EV batteries

Researchers at the University of Michigan are working to improve batteries for electric vehicles. They plan to create solid-state, non-combustible batteries that can power vehicles for longer. They’re using a new ceramic electrolyte between the anode and the cathode. That could make electrification viable for heavy freight haulage, too.