Criticism of pseudoscience, generally by the scientific community or skeptical organizations, involves critiques of the logical, methodological, or rhetorical bases of the topic in question.
A+E Networks. The German engineer Felix Wankel, inventor of a rotary engine that will be used in race cars, is born on August 13, 1902, in Lahr, Germany. Wankel reportedly came up with the basic idea for a new type of internal combustion gasoline engine when he was only 17 years old.
In 1994, Ernst Dickmanns drove a robotic car more than 620 miles during heavy traffic in Paris. Although the car was partially controlled by Dickmanns, he managed to reach speeds of 81 miles per hour and demonstrate that automatic vehicles could handle lane changes and convoy driving.