Global Wellbeing

Australia is making a new history in aviation by developing affordable environmentally friendly helicopters. As we know it Helicopters are handy little vehicles, they can hover and they can land in difficult to reach places and in congested areas. However there are a lot of disadvantages with current helicopter design. They are noisy, and they are enormous gas guzzlers (a Bell 206 L4 helicopter travels just 1.47 km per litre - a family car travels 10-13kms per litre.) When their tail rotors fail the chopper goes out of control usually resulting in a crash landing. They're complex to control, extensive training is required. It is easier to learn to fly an aeroplane than a helicopter. Helicopters vibrate. An unadjusted helicopter can easily vibrate so much that it will shake itself apart. Coaxial rotor helicopters can solve a lot of these problems but up till now they've been so expensive and technical that only the military has been able to afford them. Coaxial rotors are a pair...

Nur Majan: first electric car in Oman and one of the most innovative in the world Sultan bin Hamad al Aamri, CEO, Nur Majan, has said his company is still waiting for permission from the Royal Oman Police to manufacture the first electric car in the Arab world to be named “Nur Majan”. Nur Majan- artists impression He said initial approvals had been obtained earlier from government bodies concerned including the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Environment and Climatic Affairs. He said the company will build its factory in Barka and plans to produce around 120 cars annually at a total cost of RO 16.2 million. The electrically powered vehicle to be made by the company will be environment-friendly. It will need its first maintenance only after 21 years from the time of purchase, he claimed. The car can go from zero km to 100 kms in 4 seconds and gets 3,600 kilometres per charge. The cooling system is operable 24 hours a day by solar cell panels. After the company starts m...