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xAI Grok 3.5 Renamed Grok 4 and Has Specialized Coding Model
AI goes full HAL: Blackmail, espionage, and murder to avoid shutdown
BREAKING UPDATE Neuralink and Optimus
1900 Scientists Say 'Climate Change Not Caused By CO2' – The Real Environment Movement...
He 3D Printed a Whole House
New molecule could create stamp-sized drives with 100x more storage
DARPA fast tracks flight tests for new military drones
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
How China Won the Thorium Nuclear Energy Race
Sunlight-Powered Catalyst Supercharges Green Hydrogen Production by 800%
Transportation
The Crown has claimed regulatory control of every means of conveyance, stifling the free travel of individuals and their property. This is an intolerable act. Superior transportation technologies already exist, but are suppressed by regulations.
Early SpaceX Starship Will Stay as Moon Bases
Elon has tweeted out that early Starships will stay on the moon as part of moon base alpha.
Sandy Munro Talks Tesla Cybertruck Driveline And Off-Roading Capabilities
n today's class, professor Munro teaches driveline 101.
Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles...
Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles in breakthrough that could transform electric vehicle market
HyPoint's "turbo fuel cells" promise huge range and power for eVTOLs
A California company says its new "turbo air-cooled" fuel cell design can deliver three times the power and four times the lifespan of a regular fuel cell, opening the door for high-speed, long-range, hydrogen-powered electric VTOL aircraft.
Extra salty sodium battery performs on par with lithium
Batteries that use a sodium-ion chemistry rather than the commonplace lithium-ion could offer a number of advantages, owing to the cheap and abundant nature of the element.
Billionaire oil tycoon builds £280million superyacht with eight laboratories...
Billionaire oil tycoon builds £280million superyacht with eight laboratories and submarine and will invite 400 marine scientists on board for four weeks a year to study how to protect the ocean
Mass Production Rate and SpaceX Starship Costs
The staffing levels at SpaceX and the production rate of Super Heavy boosters and Starship upper stages can be used to estimate the current and future costs for each Starship and Super Heavy booster.
About Twenty SpaceX Starship Prototypes to Reach Starship V1.0
Felix Schlang at What About It? provided another great update on SpaceX. He noted the new alloy 304L that will be used for some parts and progress on the heat shield.
SpaceX's historic astronaut launch try draws huge crowds despite NASA warnings
Approximately 150,000 people gathered at Florida's space coast for the launch.
Laser Induced Annihilation Reactions Would be a Superior Space Drive
Acta Astronautica – Future interstellar rockets may use laser-induced annihilation reactions for relativistic drive
NASA Plans for Particle Bed Nuclear Thermal Flight Demo By 2025
Dr. Jonathan K. Witter is the Chief Engineer for BWXT Advanced Technology Programs. He reviewed the nuclear thermal rocket work from the 1970s to today.
Detroit Three have a new competitor in the electric pickup war -- it's called Endurance
The next time you might be considering an F-150, Silverado or Ram pickup, Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns wants you to know something.
MegaCyberTruck for 3500 Mile Range and JLTV Replacement
Tesla has not created a Megacybertruck version for the US military. However, Nextbigfuture proposes an obvious ultra-long-range configuration that would totally outclass the JLTV and the combat laser mounted Strykers.
State of the game: The key players in the emerging eVTOL air taxi market
Electric VTOL air taxis are one of the great emerging technologies of our time, promising to unlock the skies as traffic-free, high-speed, 3D commuting routes.
Elon Musk's SpaceX crew complete the final rehearsal for their historic mission...
Elon Musk's SpaceX crew complete the final rehearsal for their historic mission - the first astronaut launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center since the last shuttle flight in 2011
Butter-Like Material Increases Stability In Solid-State Batteries
Current density is also ten times higher than without that new spreadable interlayer.
Latest Progress Towards Laser Pushed Solar Sails
Philip Lubin has led a team at UCSB to create laser arrays for propulsion and asteroid deflection.
Momentus Space Signs SatRevolution as a Customer
Momentus Space has agreed to launch a SatRevolution cubesat.
#Embraer #Pulse concept
As #Embraer celebrates 50 years, we challenged our designers and engineers with the question: What will business aviation look like in the next 50?
Check Out This Two-Door Tesla Cybertruck Transformed Into Coupe-Like Car
With just two doors, it takes on a whole new look that's far sleeker than the original.
The Boring Company finishes tunnel beneath Las Vegas Convention Center
The Las Vegas Convention Center is undergoing a major overhaul, and one of the most innovative features of the new-look facility will be the high-speed transport system that will circle beneath the surface. The Boring Company has now completed the ex
Multiple Historic Revolutions of SpaceX Superheavy Starship
In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone and described how it was three breakthrough products in one. It was widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary phone and full featured internet communication device.
Japanese researchers unveil an INFLATABLE e-bike that weighs 12 pounds and can be...
Japanese researchers unveil an INFLATABLE e-bike that weighs 12 pounds and can be folded so it fits inside a backpack
Sky Full of Starships
Let us assume that the SpaceX Starship is a complete fully reusable success that achieves mass production.
EHang to introduce air tourism in northwest China
Air mobility company EHang has joined forces with tourism company LN Holdings to bring air tourism to the latter's hotels. One of the first projects to emerge from the new collaboration will make the LN Garden Hotel in Nansha the first hotel to offer
Triton launches spectacular 24-seat DeepView tourist submarine
Now, the company has launched an incredible-looking tourist sub that can take 24 passengers, a pilot and a co-pilot down to 100-meter (328-ft) depths in air-conditioned comfort, providing panoramic views of the aquatic world through colossal 5.5-inch
Morphing carbon fiber composite changes shape on demand
Although we have seen "morphing" structural materials before, they typically incorporate solenoids, pumps or motors that add weight and complexity. Now, however, scientists have developed a carbon fiber composite that shifts shape with a simple shot
Electric microwave plasma thruster could rival traditional jet engines
A Chinese team has demonstrated a prototype of a microwave plasma thruster capable of working in the Earth's atmosphere and producing thrust with an efficiency comparable to the jet engines you'd find on modern airliners – under laboratory conditio
SpaceX Has a Good Starship Engine Firing So Next is the 150 Meter Hop
SpaceX has successfully had a static engine test firing for a Raptor engine and for Starship prototype.
World-first "impossible" rotating detonation engine fires up
A Florida team working with the US Air Force claims that it's built and tested an experimental model of a rotating detonation rocket engine, which uses spinning explosions inside a ring channel to create super-efficient thrust.
Asteroid sneaks past satellites in one of the closest flybys on record
No one saw it coming until it was right on top of us. More like above us, actually.
'World's clearest picture of the moon's craters' is captured by a Californian astrop
- by combining multiple lunar 'phases' into one spectacular image
Ground-going Learjet limo headed for auction
If there are two forms of transportation that millionaires like, those would be Learjets and limos – the one-off "Learmousine" is a mix of both. Should your pockets be as deep as it is long, the bizarre vehicle could soon be yours.
EHang commits to building air taxi terminal for China
Just last month, China's air mobility company EHang announced plans to fly into Europe and set up shop in Seville, Spain. Now the firm has partnered with the City of Hezhou in Guangxi Province, China, to build a tourism-focused terminal for its air t
Positron Dynamics Installed Antimatter Propulsion Related Gear
In March 2020, Positron Dynamics completed a new source installation at Berkeley. They continue to make progress on experiments and designs.
Lightweight Nuclear Electric Space Propulsion With Ten Times the Power
The Swarm-Probe Enabling ATEG Reactor, or SPEAR, is a nuclear electric propulsion spacecraft that uses a new, lightweight reactor moderator and advanced thermoelectric generators (ATEGs) to greatly reduce overall core mass.
NASA NIAC Funds Giant Lunar Crater Telescope
An ultra-long-wavelength radio telescope on the far-side of the Moon has tremendous advantages compared to Earth-based and Earth-orbiting telescopes.
Two new solar cells break records, including highest efficiency ever
Solar cells are constantly improving on the road to maximum efficiency. Now, three records have been broken by two different devices, including one that pushes the highest overall solar conversion efficiency towards the 50-percent mark.
Newly-Developed Solar Cell Earns Two World Records for Its 'Extraordinary' Efficiency
Each of the cell's six junctions (the photoactive layers) is specially designed to capture light from a specific part of the solar spectrum.
Virgin Orbit puts its 747 "flying launchpad" through a full rehearsal
Virgin Orbit continues to edge closer to its objective of firing satellites into space form an airborne 747, this time completing an end-to-end launch rehearsal designed to put all of its systems through their paces.
NASA funds concept for gigantic radio telescope on far side of Moon
NASA is exploring the potential of building an enormous radio telescope on the far side of the Moon in a vast, hollowed-out crater. The telescope's reflector would be comprised of a 1-km (0.6-mile) diameter wire mesh that would be pulled into place
REE showing progress in its mission to upend the automotive industry
REE's quiet plans for world automotive industry domination are coming along quite nicely, thank you. This Israeli company's revolutionary approach to vehicle development upends all traditional approaches and offers some huge advantages moving into th
Alphabet's Wing drones are delivering toilet paper and cookies...
Demand for Alphabet's drone delivery Wing is soaring in a Virginia town amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Simple new method makes graphene "paint" possible
Graphene may be versatile, but there's one thing it's not all that good at – dispersing in water. Now, researchers at Umeå University have found a relatively simple way to do it. Graphene oxide is a different form of the material that can make
Li-ion co-inventor patents glass battery that could upturn auto industry
And the new glass battery promises to accelerate the shift away from internal combustion engines because it will deliver a significant increase in storage capacity.
SpaceX's Elon Musk reveals next Starship's Raptor engines, explains latest failure
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to better explain what happened when the latest full-scale Starship prototype failed during one of its first tests, while later revealing the rocket engines set to power a future prototype's first flight.
Cadillac Celestiq Luxury EV Sedan Previewed In Exclusive Rendering
Some say the sedan body style is on its way out, but Cadillac's upcoming flagship would beg to differ.
Stratolaunch hypersonic vehicle to launch from world's largest plane
Stratolaunch, the company behind the world's largest plane, has unveiled plans for a hypersonic vehicle it hopes will offer customers a way of rapidly testing advanced flight technologies.
NASA unfolds James Webb Telescope's huge mirrors in deployment test
The James Webb Space Telescope has crossed another milestone on the path to its long-awaited launch. NASA engineers have now completed a deployment test, unfurling the telescope's gigantic mirror into the configuration it will take in space.