Science – TECH POINT MAGAZINE

Meet the new version of the Kiira EVS Hybrid car proudly made in Uganda

Joe Jinja — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:30:55 +0000

Among the countries working hard to produce cars in Africa, Uganda is one of those that have strived to put a finished car to the top over foreign manufacturers. The Kiira EV Smack was first unveiled in 2014 and the car model now has a new version being tested in Kampala.

The Kiira hybrid EVS is an upgraded concept of the original smack which was introduced as a Sedan series entrant to join the Kiira POC in making the revolutionary car business a dream come true in Uganda. For the past few days, the internet has been populated with pictures of the new Kiira EVS, but here is what you really need to know about the new hybrid car.

It can use either electricity and fuel

Imagine if you owned a car that allows you to choose between driving with electricity or using your fuel pump to drive on the road. The new Kiira EVs relies on two engine mechanisms that allow it to either use electric power or spice up the engine with 1 litre for 10 kilometers within the city and 16Kms on a highway.

It’s fuel efficient

Most cars are manufactured with big litre fuel pumps these days with capabilities to consume even more than what’s prescribed depending on the on-road speeds. Well, the Kiira EVS ships in a fuel-efficient engine that shrinks usage depending on the mode of route taken. For instance, 1 litre can push you for 10 Kms and 16KMs on town service and a high way respectively. This implies that you spend less while driving this made in Uganda car on a road trip far away from your home zone.

Has an automatic gear transmission system

For those who love manual gear transmissions, that is yet to come in the near future, but for now, the Kiira EVs features an automatic transmission system that is default for the car series. However, we don’t know whether manual versions will be produced by KMC.

Uses hybrid sensors to prevent collisions and execute car functions

In case you thought a car made in Uganda would suck and not feature any cool up to date features, then you better check out the proclaimed Kiira EV beast. During the on-road test to Parliament, doors had auto locks and super awesome collision warning features that can warn you incase you’re about to collide with another car.

Well, these are some exclusive features we didn’t expect to be featured on a car made in Uganda. Though, we don’t have an in-depth preview of what the car is capable of since onroad tests were performed by TV personalities alone. Nonetheless, this is a great innovation from Kiira motors and it doubles as the best Sedan ever produced in Uganda.

SpaceX Blast Launches recycled rocket in its second launch

Staff Editor — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:39:38 +0000

SpaceX made it two perfect launches in three days as it blasted off its Falcon 9 . On Monday SpaceX launched 10 satellites to bolster the global data communications network for the Virginia-based company, Iridium.

The EchoStar 105/SES-11 blasted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Its satellite was due to be deployed approximately 36 minutes after liftoff. It’s the third time SpaceX has used one of its landed boosters for a second flight.

One of Space X’s recent launches at the atlantic ocean

Falcon 9’s first stage for the EchoStar 105/SES-11 mission previously supported SpaceX’s 10th resupply mission to the International Space Station (CRS-10) in February of this year. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ drone-ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.However Space X is also planning another launch in early November.

NASA wants to change astronauts DNA to protect them when they fly to Mars

Staff Editor — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:10:00 +0000

NASA is looking at ways of changing the DNA of its Mars astronauts to protect them from radiation. The US space agency plans its first manned mission in the 2030s but there’s a risk of cancer and dementia from particles that rip DNA apart.

Courtesy of space facts

NASA tech boss Douglas Terrier said the crew could be shielded with armour or electromagnetic force field, but these sound impractical. He said: “We’re looking at a range of things from drug therapies to more extreme genetic modification. They have ethical consequences so they’re still in experimental thought stages.”

NASA also hopes to keep astronauts safe by cocooning part of the spaceship in water and using bio-engineering to patch up their bodies’ cells. Dr Terrier said day-to-day running of the spaceship would be handed over to artificial intelligence capable of diagnosing diseases and directing robotic surgery.

However its to be remembered that NASA is trying its level besgt to see how it can discover more planets with earth like features and reports say many tests have been run on mars since it has earth like environments thus making it a great option for discovery as astronauts’s DNA shall be changed.

NASA missions detect massive aurora and radiation spikes on Mars

Staff Editor — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:51:02 +0000

Ealier this month, NASA probes in orbit and on the Martian surface detected an incredibly bright global aurora as a powerful solar storm struck Mars. The aurora was accompanied by a powerful dose of radiation that would have posed a significant danger to humans exploring the Red Planet.

Between September 12 and 13, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft observed the Martian atmosphere as a magnificent ultraviolet aurora 25 times brighter than any seen by the probe since entering Mars’ orbit in 2014 illuminated the planet.

The September 11 solar storm, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), that prompted the aurora was so powerful that it was detected on Earth, despite the fact that our planet was on the opposite side of the Sun during the event.