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Photo Credit: Toyota Motor Corporation Occurring after a one-year delay under unprecedented circumstances, the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games opened on July 23 rd as a much-needed opportunity to see the globe’s most diverse, dedicated collection of human athleticism in full force. The competitors of this year’s games have spent a before part of an entire lifetime perfecting their performance potential for the chance to be the lucky few to be eligible in their choice sport. With more than11,000 athletics arriving from 206 countries vying for the rare opportunity to one of three medals in each event. With all the practice and preparation put forth by every individual competitor to make it to Tokyo, Japan, the final leg of the journey towards attempting to make Olympic dreams come true receives some support by a sizable staff in the Olympic Village as well as at athletic venues. Serving to support athletes and the workers at the games, Japanese automotive giant Toyo...

Great Scott! We've reached October 21st 2015. Where are the flying cars? Why can't I drink a Pepsi Perfect? Why haven't lawyers been abolished? The movie Back to the Future II certainly gave us a wacky prediction of what this day would look like. In late 2015, automobiles are still grounded but that doesn't mean technology has remained trapped in 1985 either. Electrified automobiles existing in many forms is providing a futuristic reality. Even in the movie's version of 2015, Back to the Future II didn't tout alternative vehicle powertrains (Mr Fusion powered by the time circuits of the Doc Brown's modified DeLorean but gasoline was apparently still a mode of propulsion). Hybrid and fully-electric cars are driving the cause but visions of hydrogen being an automotive power source have also given birth to fuel cell research. Toyota has become the latest automaker demonstrating the possibilities of hydrogen fuel cell technology creating the Mirai as a r...

In NASCAR jargon, the term 'fuel cell' is applied to the protective cocoon created in the 1960s to contain fuel. In the scientific and engineering field, a fuel cell is seen as the future powerplant with a keen focus on automobiles. A system of panels that converts the reaction of separated hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy, the technology has been heavily pursued by some automakers such as General Motors , Mercedes-Benz and Honda. Last year, Toyota introduced to the world their first fuel cell-powered production vehicle called the Mirai (meaning future in Japanese). When the Sprint Cup Series' Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway took place on April 26th, the NASCAR circuit was better acquainted with the science and technology resulting in the future fuel cell. Ahead of its sales introduction later this year (starting in California), the 2016 Toyot...