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Neuroscientists just found a hidden protein switch in your brain that reverses aging and memory loss
NVIDIA just announced the T5000 robot brain microprocessor that can power TERMINATORS
Two-story family home was 3D-printed in just 18 hours
This Hypersonic Space Plane Will Fly From London to N.Y.C. in an Hour
Magnetic Fields Reshape the Movement of Sound Waves in a Stunning Discovery
There are studies that have shown that there is a peptide that can completely regenerate nerves
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Swedish startup unveils Starlink alternative - that Musk can't switch off
Video Games At 30,000 Feet? Starlink's Airline Rollout Is Making It Reality
Grok 4 Vending Machine Win, Stealth Grok 4 coding Leading to Possible AGI with Grok 5
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.
China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon
China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.
Simulated One Gravity Living on the Moon and Mars With a Supertrain
The moon has one-sixth the Earth's gravity and Mars gravity is 38%. There will be negative health impacts for people to live for extended periods at lower gravity. In space stations, we can spin the station to get the desired gravity.
Twenty Month Payback for Tesla 100-MW Utility Scale Battery Storage System
Australia has determined that Tesla 100MW battery system saved $40 million and the system had cost only $66 million. This is a 20-month payback on the investment.
More Audible Sounds from InSight's Seismometer on Mars
More Audible Sounds from InSight's Seismometer on Mars
China Preps for Launch of Historic Mission to Moon's Far Side on Friday
China is getting set to launch the first-ever surface mission to the moon's far side.
CHINA GOING TO DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IN MYSTERIOUS MISSION
China is heading to the dark side of the Moon, in a journey no spacecraft has ever made before.
Waymo One, the first commercial robotaxi service, is now picking up passengers in Arizona
Robot cars are now officially a real business. Waymo on Wednesday launched a commercial robot ride-hailing service in Arizona called Waymo One.
Hankook rolls out Hexonic and Aeroflex concept tires at Essen
We're suckers for good concept tires here at New Atlas, and it seems there's no shortage of ideas each year for what the future might look like where the rubber hits the road. These two Hankook concepts come to us from the Essen Motor Show, and they
Tesla Model Y Will Have Three Rows of Seats by End of 2020
Leaked documents show Tesla plans to build small Model Y SUV at Gigafactory 1 by the end of 2020 and another production line in the China Gigafactory a few months later. It will have a third-row seat. The timeline is outdated. It seems that the actua
Water-stabilized hydrogen fuel promises twice the range of gasoline at half the price
with zero tailpipe emissions...Israeli-Australian company Electriq Global's new technology stabilizes hydrogen in a recyclable liquid that can be pumped and transported just like gasoline. That's huge news, because it enables long-range electric dri
Let's Get Our Skies Ready for Flying Cars
Peter Thiel summed up a wide-felt disappointment with the technological status quo when he quipped: "We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters." The famed investor should buck up, because he may soon be able to tweet (or not) from his taxi
How Wireless Charging For Electric Vehicles Will Solve Range Anxiety
Solving car charging problems
SpaceX launched 64 satellites in record-breaking mission
Elon Musk's company launched a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday after a series of delays triggered by bad weather and last-minute inspections for the rocket. It marked one of the largest satellite ride-sharing missions ev
Equipment for Moon Mining Operations are Being Developed
The technology needed for mining water ice on the moon and converting it into fuel is pretty straight forward. Various groups are already making the actual needed hardware.
SpaceX StarLink Pushes the Limits of Technology for Faster Communication – Carnival of Space 588
The Carnival of Space 588 is up at Cosmoquest.
While You Weren't Looking, Engineers Combined a Plane and a Blimp to Make a Plimp Airship
What happens when you cross a blimp with a plane, and give it a few helicopter features? A lighter-than-air plimp-hybrid airship is born, according to a Seattle-based company looking for investors.
10 ELECTRIC CARS FOR 2019 and BEYOND
Are electric cars still the wave of the future? Car makers seem to think so, from retro to futuristic, electric cars are coming out in droves. Here is our list of 10 Electric cars for 2019 and beyond.
Reverse Engineering SpaceX - 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention
From the 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention, held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Southern California from Aug 23-26, 2018.
Rivian R1T Up-Close And In-Depth: Everything You Need To Know
You wanted a closer look at the details of the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck … well here you have it.
This is Elon Musk's key to Tesla's future
Elon Musk's Gigafactory is arguably the most important thing that Tesla makes. The 1.9 million-square-foot factory in Sparks, Nevada, is only 30 percent complete, but it's already on track to make 60 percent of the world's lithium ion batteries
LinkSure is building a satellite network to provide global internet access for free
It's easy to take web access for granted, but in many regions getting online isn't as simple as just opening up a browser window.
Moon Direct SpaceX Falcon Heavy Plan is 6 Years Faster and 50 times Cheaper than NASA
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the U.S. is within 10 years of having a continuous manned presence on the moon, which will lay the groundwork for expanding space exploration to Mars. A Moon Direct plan (created by Robert Zubrin) could get con
Record-breaking atomic clocks precise enough to measure spacetime distortions
Time might feel like something we've got a pretty good handle on, but scientists are trying to find new ways to measure it ever more accurately.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule to take test flight on January 7, 2019
Elon Musk's SpaceX company has made rocket launches essential viewing, with a regular stream of dramatic successes and unfortunate failures.
SpaceX Will Launch 64 Satellites Tomorrow
https://www.wired.com/story/spacexs-next-launch-will-spark-a-space-internet-showdown/
FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Launch 7,000+ Satellites
Well, this is it. We're now one step closer to Elon Musk taking over the universe.
NASA's InSight landed on Mars!
NASA's InSight mission successfully landed on Elysium Planitia, Mars, on 26 November 2018, at around 19:54 UTC (12:54 PST, 15:54 EST). The InSight lander, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a
The $70,000 electric pickup truck that can do 0-60mph in THREE seconds:
Rivian R1T takes aim at Tesla - R1T pickup will debut in Los Angeles, in the fall of 2020. Rivian's truck will have a range of up to about 400 miles. Prices start at just under $70,000 before federal tax credits
The Next Fifteen Years With SpaceX, Mars and Space
The success of SpaceX Falcon Heavy on its first launch was not just luck. Although this will be confirmed in 2019 and 2020 based upon what happens with about five planned Falcon Heavy launches.
Lockheed Martin Is Now Building NASA's Quiet Supersonic Jet
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team has officially started making the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) plane, which could take to the skies in the next several years.
A new generation of flight:
Revolutionary Star-trek inspired 'ion propulsion' plane engine with no moving parts is unveiled by MIT researchers (and it actually flies)
Virgin Orbit's "flying launchpad" completes first captive carry flight
Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl took to the skies over Southern California on November 18, 2018 carrying a 70-ft-long (21-m) rocket for the first time. The specially modified 747-400 "flying launchpad" with the LauncherOne small-satellite booster under it
Nanotube film enabling ten times higher energy lithium metal batteries
Thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries.
SpaceX going all in to launch unmanned BFR to Mars by 2022
All SpaceX rocket development decisions are to accelerate the earliest completion of the SpaceX BFR.
Odysseus solar-powered, ultra-long endurance, autonomous aircraft readied for maiden flight
After a decade of development Aurora Flight Sciences has finally unveiled Odysseus, its full-scale, solar-powered, autonomous aircraft designed to stay in the air for months at a time.
Fusion breakthrough as China's "artificial sun" reaches 100 million degrees
The day of clean, limitless energy from nuclear fusion has taken another step closer thanks to China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST).
Boring Machine reaches other side of LA tunnel
Elon Musk announced that the Boring Company completed the LA/Hawthorne tunnel. The tunneling machine broke through to the other side.
Demonstration supersonic plane will fly at mach 2.2 by the end of 2019
XB-1 is the first independently developed supersonic jet. It is a one-third scale version of 55 passenger jet. If all goes well $6 billion will be raised to build commercial supersonic passenger jets. Boom Aerospace wants the 55 passenger versions to
FCC tells SpaceX it can deploy up to 11,943 broadband satellites
Initial launch of 4,425 satellites to be followed by 7,518 closer to the ground.
Volkswagen Announces More New Factories For Electric Car Production
Volkswagen EVs to be produced in Zwickau, Emden and Hanover
Volkswagen announced that two more plants in Germany will be designated to produce electric cars, based on the new MEB platform.
DARPA Laser radar can see wind 8.6 miles away and enables permanent balloons
DARPA has solved the how to keep stratospheric balloons permanently over one location.
Russia claiming reusable nuclear rocket progress
Russia is claiming progress on a megawatt nuclear space propulsion engine. They had previously stated the system would be ready by 2017.
Google's Self-Driving Cars: The Big-Tech Takeover Continues
A self-driving car program, now known as Waymo, is about to quietly launch a fleet of paid rides in the world's very first commercial driverless car service.
Momentus plasma water propulsion will two to three times better than chemical rockets
Momentus will provide in-space transportation services to various orbits all the way out to deep space. They will receive $8.3 million in funding today.
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Invest In 5-Minute Battery Charge Startup Enevate
Extreme fast charging is promised.
Analysis: Tesla Pickup Truck Battery Size, Range, & 0-60-MPH Time
Our model suggests that the upcoming Tesla Pickup Truck will have a 200 kWh battery, 380-mile range, and a 3.9 second 0-60-mph time.
Fifteen years after Concorde, supersonic jets are booming back into style
New laws in the US are breathing fresh life into supersonic air travel
Dubai Police Take Delivery Of First Electric Hoverbikes
The future is now and science fiction is fact, as motorcycles take to the sky.
Spaceplanes authorized for Cape Canaveral and Stratolaunch has engine success
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) issued Space Florida a Launch Site Operator License (LSOL) for operations at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF).
Rocket Size Comparison 2018 V1
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellant carried within the rocket before use.