SCUDERI SPLIT-CYCLE Technology - a new type of engine

If your next car gets twice the gas mileage of your current vehicle, and
belches out only a fraction of the pollution, you may have Carmelo
Scuderi to thank.

Scuderi, a Massachusetts engineer and inventor, started tinkering with
the fundamentals of the internal combustion engine when he retired in
the mid-1990s. The result was a radical new design that could make
engines for anything from gas-powered lawn mowers to diesel locomotives
lighter, far more efficient, and a whole lot easier on the environment.

Scuderi died in 2002, shortly after patenting the basic concept for his
engine. Since then, his children have made it their mission to bring the
engine to market. Five of them now work full time for the family
startup, the Scuderi Group.

Scuderi began by splitting the heart of the internal combustion engine
-- the chamber where air is compressed, mixed with fuel and then ignited
-- into two separate cylinders, linked by a passage. Air is compressed
in the first cylinder, and then shot through the passage into the second
cylinder, where it mixes with the gas and burns.

Wired article:
http://tinyurl.com/et4cg

YouTube video:
http://tinyurl.com/o7hcf

Company website:
http://www.scuderigroup.com/

I predict this will be important.
What do you reckon?
Will there be a DIY version of it?
--
Chris