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Importing Poverty into America: Devolving Our Nation into Stupid

Grand Theft World Podcast 273 | Goys 'R U.S. with Guest Rob Dew

Anchorage was the Receipt: Europe is Paying the Price… and Knows it.

The Slow Epstein Earthquake: The Rupture Between the People and the Elites

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Drone-launching underwater drone hitches a ride on ship and sub hulls

Humanoid Robots Get "Brains" As Dual-Use Fears Mount

SpaceX Authorized to Increase High Speed Internet Download Speeds 5X Through 2026

Space AI is the Key to the Technological Singularity

Velocitor X-1 eVTOL could be beating the traffic in just a year

Starlink smasher? China claims world's best high-powered microwave weapon

Wood scraps turn 'useless' desert sand into concrete

Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?

The World's First Sodium-Ion Battery EV Is A Winter Range Monster

China's CATL 5C Battery Breakthrough will Make Most Combustion Engine Vehicles OBSOLETE

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.

800-horsepower electric supercar hopes to usher in the methanol fuel cell age

Roland Gumpert, of Audi Quattro and Apollo fame, has put forth a supercar that solves the problem of limited electric range and slow charging. The 800-horsepower, all wheel drive Nathalie uses a cheaply refuellable methanol fuel cell to charge its ba

Help render the next Pirates Without Borders 3D animation!

If you would like to contribute to future Precariat animations, you can donate your computer time to cloud rendering. No knowledge of 3D animation is required.

Tesla's Maxwell Dry Battery and a Five Year Lead on the World

Tesla bought Maxwell Technologies for their dry battery technology. Maxwell proved 300 Wh/kg energy density is which 20-40% better than current Tesla batteries.

This SUV powers your house–and your house powers this SUV

Solar power is remarkable, but it's unstable. Is it a clear day or did the clouds just roll in? The power is always in flux. That's why many solar panel owners choose to buy big batteries to store and sip energy all the time. But what if your ele

AI Chips for Self Driving Cars Will a Be $10 Billion Market by 2024

Wave Computing AI-enabled MIPS chips will support 80% of the self-driving and advanced driver assisted systems.

Goodyear Aero - A two-in-one tire for the autonomous, flying cars of the future.

Goodyear introduces its latest concept tire at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show.

The Speeder: Jetpack Aviation opens pre-orders on jet powered flying motorcycle

Jetpack Aviation has leap-frogged its own flying car project with the announcement that it's taking pre-orders now on a self-stabilizing, jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle capable of 150 mph speeds, 20 minute endurance and 15,000 ft altitudes.

New JAXA video shows Hayabusa 2 touching down on asteroid Ryugu

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released captivating footage of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft descending and making contact with the primordial asteroid Ryugu. During the rendezvous, the probe shot a bullet into the surface to kick up a

Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory Completion Within 85 Days

Chen Mingbo, head of the Shanghai city economic and information technology commission, has stated that Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory should be completed in May 2019.

Full Sized Autonomous Bus Test in Singapore

Full-size bus testing is underway. Some readers tell me this could not happen for decades. My calendar says its 2019.

Record-breaking device uses sunlight to produce hydrogen at 15% efficiency

Scientists at KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a device that combines incoming solar energy and water vapor from the surrounding air to produce a record-breaking daily average of 250 liters (66 gal) of hydrogen throughout the year.

Bigelow Aerospace Is Building The World's First Space Hotel | Answers With Joe

Robert Bigelow became a billionaire as the owner of Budget Suites of America hotels. But now he wants to build hotels in space. And his company Bigelow Aerospace is getting closer with their inflatable habitats.

How four rogue satellites could change the spaceflight industry

Earlier this year, a company launched four tiny satellites into orbit without permission. These "rogue satellites" caused an uproar in the space community, and in the future, others like them could increase the risk of catastrophic collisions in

Miners Eye The Moon For Trillion Dollar Payoff

European scientists have announced plans to start mining the moon as early as 2025, though what they'll be extracting is neither gold nor diamonds, but waste-free nuclear energy thought to be worth trillions of dollars.

Scientists Have Developed New Material That is as Flexible as Elastic But Tough as Steel

A new high-tech fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal has been developed by US scientists. (Video)

Australian startup plans a proper long-range, road-drivable VTOL flying car

Another flying car company is preparing to join the race to the skies, as Australia's Macchina Volantis gears up to build a prototype of its road-drivable 5-seat electric aircraft.

24M Delivers SemiSolid Cells With Energy Density Above 280 Wh/kg

24M, the battery start-up headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., announced first delivery of a commercially viable, high energy density lithium-ion cells – the SemiSolid lithium-ion battery design – to an undisclosed industrial partner.

If We Master Building in Space Then the Solar System Will Be Wide Open

Marc G. Millis, Jeff Greason, Rhonda Stevenson of the Tau Zero Foundation provided a 69-page review to NASA of the Interstellar Flight Challenges and Prospects.

'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working...

'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working atomic fusion experiment in his parent's spare room using $10,000 worth of parts from eBay

Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board

Astronaut trainer Beth Moses tagged along for the ride

SpaceX Starship and The Von Braun Rotating Space Station

The Von Braun rotating space station will be the first commercial space construction project in history. It will be serviced by the SpaceX Starship and be designed to accommodate national space agency laboratories, billionaires who want to own proper

SpaceX's Crew Dragon scheduled for first trip to orbit

Following a series of delays and setbacks, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is finally set for proper lift-off, with NASA today announcing it is targeting March 2 for the spacecraft's maiden voyage into orbit.

Seabubbles brings its electric, self-stablizing, hydrofoiling Bubble Taxis to Miami

Raising boats out of the water on hydrofoils makes them much more comfortable and efficient – and this French design uses electric propulsion and an automatic self-stabilizing system to give you clean, quiet and sexy water transport.

British Rocketmaker Orbex Unveils Prototype of Small-Satellite Launcher

FORRES, SCOTLAND -- Orbex, a United Kingdom-based rocket startup, just unveiled part of its new Prime small-satellite launcher, which the company hopes will be lofting spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from the north of Scotland at a rate of one a mon

Elon Musk Believes Super Heavy Starship Will Eventually Be Built for Less than Falcon 9

Elon Musk believes there is a path for the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship (SHS) to be built for less than a Falcon 9.

The Reason Tesla Spent $218 Million On Maxwell Technologies

WHY DID TESLA ACQUIRE MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES?

Moon Bases, Orbital Bases and the Start of Mars Colonization by 2040

One of Elon Musk's speeches was animated by After Skool. Elon discussed how societal and technological progress is not inevitable.

Tickets to Mars Will Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000, Elon Musk Says

SpaceX's Mars ships won't be ferrying just the super rich to and from the Red Planet, if everything goes according to Elon Musk's plan.

Elon Musk and Others Plan the Details for a City on Mars

Elon Musk wrote a 16-page article that described a plan to reduce the cost to bring one person to Mars down to $100,000.

Tesla Acquires Maxwell Technologies for Battery Breakthrough

Tesla welcomes Maxwell into their house with $218M acquisition for battery technology and battery expertise.

World's Largest 3D Printed Rocket Engine

Space startup Orbex has revealed the world's largest 3D printed rocket engine.

TALOS Exoskeleton Program Fails But Silent Electric Dirt Bikes Could Work Out

Patrick Tucker at Defense One has reported that James Smith, SOCOM's acquisition executive has stated that the Special Ops Exoskeleton is nowhere near ready for use in combat.

Nikola Announces All-Electric Semi Truck: Up To 1,000-kWh Battery

Nikola recognizes the advantages of BEVs. Will skip FCVs at some point?

Space-Based Technocracy: Asgardia Exceeds 1,000,000 Citizens

A video came out about five months ago that detailed the nation of Asgardia, a newly formed technocracy that is based in space. Their sovereign "lands" are a space station currently in low Earth orbit and their citizens are spread around the worl

Richard Branson says he'll fly to space by July

British billionaire Richard Branson plans to travel to space within the next four or five months aboard his own Virgin Galactic spaceship, he told AFP Thursday.

Robust Plasma Propulsion Ignition System Developed for Cubesats

Purdue has created part of a new cubesat thruster which electromagnetically accelerates plasma to produce thrust. They have successfully tested the ignition system for more than 1.5 million pulses. This is a giant leap for extending the lifetime of e

ANOTHER Tesla driver is caught on camera sleeping behind the wheel while driving on

Autopilot in California - just a week after the same thing happened in Vegas

Ford F-150 Electric Pickup Truck Spied For First Time

Electric truck sighting confirmed.

Tesla Buys Maxwell to Eventually Nearly Triple Battery Energy Density

Maxwell Technologies has breakthrough dry battery electrode technology and ultracapacitors. Tesla has announced the purchase of Maxwell Technologies for $218 million in an all-stock deal.

Amazon Hauling Cargo On I-10 In Self-Driving Trucks Developed By Embark

Embark, Electrolux, and Ryder have partnered in a driverless truck endeavor on a 650-mile I-10 route...

Scientists Invent Ingenious Emission-Free System to Bottle Solar Energy in the Summer to ...

Save for Winter...This ground-breaking new solar-powered battery is giving the fossil fuel industry reason for concern. After decades of research, prototypes, and trials, the first sustainable solar-powered storage system is underway and it is poi

Retractable sail could give bikes a boost of wind power

Although there's nothing like cycling with a good tailwind, your bike and your body are only capable of catching a limited amount of that wind.

The Lilium Jet – The world's first all-electric VTOL Jet

In April 2017 the Lilium Jet successfully completed its maiden test flight series in the skies above Bavaria.

Watch New Harley Concept Electric Bike In Action

This as-yet unnamed Harley-Davidson concept bike seems somewhere between a dirtbike and a motorized mountain bike in function and weight.

SpaceX's Full Size Raptor Rocket Engine Revealed By Elon Musk

Last night Elon Musk posted a pair of low resolution images showing the new Raptor engine getting ready for testing at the Mcgregor, Texas facility.

The rise and fall of rocket mail

As you read this, countless cards, letters and packages are en route to delivery destinations across the globe. We rarely think about the logistics involved in international mail crossing land and sea, country borders and continents, because we don'

This Will Be the Biggest Winner of the EV Revolution

Volkswagen is taking matters into its own hands. On Friday, the German auto giant said it's going to spend €870 million (about $995 million) by 2020 to develop electric vehicle (EV) components.

Tesla Pickup Truck With 500-Mile Range To Be Unveiled This Summer?

The Tesla product path is pretty exciting. With the Model 3 finally hitting its near-term production and delivery stride, we're ready for more details about what's coming. Last night's financial call with analysts was pretty revealing on this f

Future Electric Pickup Trucks Worth Waiting For

From the Rivian R1T to the promised Tesla pickup, these are the electric pickup trucks to start saving up for.

Bitcoin [BTC] and other cryptocurrencies can now be credited to Uber app

Vendit recently announced that it now supports Uber, the world's largest cab-hailing service. This will allow cryptocurrencies to be credited to the user's Uberwallet, which can be used to pay for cab rides.
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