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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
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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.
Mars-Moon Lava Tube habitation simulation in Iceland
Mike Dunn talked about the use of lava tubes for the Moon and Mars habitats. Mike has worked on The Mars Lava Tube Pressurization Project's (MLTPP).
New SpaceX BFR pictures shows updated design
Elon Musk tweeted out new SpaceX BFR pictures with an updated design. There are three fins now on the upper half spaceship.
670-mph hyperloop from Ohio to Chicago moves closer with new regulations
An exceptionally fast transportation system may be a step closer to Ohio.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) and German insurance company Munich Re said Monday that a set of core safety requirements and certification guidelines fo
Japanese online fashion billionaire, 42, will be the FIRST tourist on SpaceX's BFR flight ...
around the MOON (but Elon Musk refuses to say exactly how much he has paid)...A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket for an approximately seven-day trip around the Moo
Existing technology to mine water and ice on Mars
Kris Zacny, Mining Water on Mars.
Drilling and mining on the moon
Honeybee Robotics has two projects for near-term lunar ISRU-focused missions.
Public Lecture #4 - Lunar Prospecting and Mining by Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics)
This presentation will detail two projects currently under development at Honeybee Robotics for near term lunar ISRU-focused missions. The first project involves development of a sampling drill for volatile-rich lunar regolith as part of NASA's Lunar
SpaceX Big Falcon SpaceShip has a new design with three larger fins
SpaceX has shown a new rendering of the SpaceX BFR spaceship with three large mini-wings (fins). There is now a dark heat shield along the belly.
Robotic bumble bee sized drones will explore Mars by flying with flapping insect like wings
Marsbees are robotic flapping wing flyers of a bumblebee size with cicada sized wings. The Marsbees are integrated with sensors and wireless communication devices.
Russia will have giant Wing in Ground Effect Seaplanes patrolling the Arctic
The Soviet Navy built about thirty 125 ton Orlyonok-class ekranoplans and they were deployed mainly in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea fleets. They were used from 1979 to 1992. There was also a few 400-ton Lun-class ekranoplan was built as a missile la
SpaceX BFR will allow people to work & live in space, hardest parts of engine development are done
The new SpaceX BFR schedule is for short hop testing late next year and full orbital launches in 2021.
Boring Company Gets Approval To Build Tunnel In Residential Garage
And The Boring Company's saga continues.
Solid State Battery Firm Solid Power Raises $20 Million
Solid Power promises all solid-state batteries (ASSB).
Established in 2012, Solid Power from Louisville, Colorado that develops all-solid-state batteries (ASSB) has closed $20 million in a Series A investment round.
Electric air taxi prototype makes flight debut
Vertical Aerospace operating out of Bristol, UK, aims to bring on demand, emissions-free intercity air taxi services to the UK skies within four years. The company has nailed the first step in its bold plan by building and flying a fully electric ver
China Tibetan magnetic rocket launcher will look like Huangdicun Airbase test launcher
China has been claiming it will adapt its aircraft carrier electromagnetic launch systems as rocket range extenders for systems placed on high plateaus in Tibet.
Tesla Battery Biz Booming, Mostly From Tesla Energy
Despite increasing negativity about Tesla Energy, business is growing at an alarming rate.
Kreisel Introduces 2-Speed Auto Trans For Electric Cars
2-speed transmission in an electric car is a rare sight.
The Truth About Tesla Model 3 Batteries: Part 1
Today we are going to talk about "The Truth about Tesla's Batteries." If you're thinking about a Tesla, you've undoubtedly heard about how cheap they are to fill up, how little maintenance they require, and with recent Model 3 Production ra
25+ year journey to superstrong carbon nanotube bundles
In 1991, Sumio Iijima's discovered multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the insoluble material of arc-burned graphite rods and Mintmire, Dunlap, and White's independent prediction that if single-walled carbon nanotubes could be made, then they would
Nick Oberg illustration of the SpaceX BFR
Nick Oberg created a cutaway illustration of the SpaceX BFR.
Our Solar System has 127 probable planets and 500+ possibles
It is estimated that there may be 200 dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt of the outer Solar System and possibly more than 10,000 in the region beyond.
EasyJet and Wright Electric 180 seat electric airline will start flying around 2027
In 2017, Los Angeles startup Wright Electric partnered with budget airline EasyJet to build a 180-seat electric airliner to fly routes of up to 300 miles starting around 2027.
Nine-passenger all electric regional passenger aircraft by 2021
Israeli startup Eviation is making a nine-passenger all-electric regional passenger aircraft by 2021. It will take 9 passengers up to 650 miles at a cruise speed of 240 knots.
Elon has four year old idea for supersonic electric plane and Hypermach continues in stealth mode
On 2014, Nextbigfuture covered Elon Musk describing his belief that an electric supersonic vertical take-off passenger jet could be built.
Experimental glider smashes record for high-altitude flight
"The biggest impression is, it's a long ways down from up here."
15 COOL VEHICLES AND PERSONAL TRANSPORT MACHINES
This mix of cool vehicles are some of the craziest machines you'll ever see. Here is our list of 15 cool vehicles and personal transport machines.
Superlong Tunnels now and in the near future
The Delaware Aqueduct is the longest tunnel that is currently in use. It was completed in 1945 and is 85 miles (135 kilometers) long.
SpaceX Mars and Moon Colonization with titanium alloy bulldozers and materials processing
Craig Davidson gave a talk in 2017 about Improving the SpaceX Mars Colonization Plans.
Robot boat sails into history by finishing Atlantic crossing
All summer, the small boat drifted steadily eastward across the churning North Atlantic until it neared the Irish coast, where it made history by becoming the first unmanned sailboat to cross the Atlantic.
Could the Airfish-8 finally get the Wing In Ground Effect Vehicle up and running?
A Singaporean company has resurrected a post-WW2 German design to commercialize a beautiful reverse-delta ground effect vehicle as a high-speed, high-efficiency ferry for six to eight passengers. The Airfish 8 hovers serenely between two and 23 ft (0
Scientists have invented a way to create 'unlimited renewable energy'...
Scientists have developed a way to transform sunlight into fuel that could lead to an 'unlimited source of renewable energy'.
SpaceX Mars and Moon Colonization with titanium alloy bulldozers and materials processing
Craig Davidson gave a talk in 2017 about Improving the SpaceX Mars Colonization Plans.
Make a moon and Mars capable bulldozer. Replace steel with titanium-aluminum alloy. Use electric battery technology and solar panels.
Superbridge over Gibraltar
Carbon nanotube bundles are becoming a feasible and economically convenient solution for the realization in our time of super bridges, such as those required across the Straits of Bab al Mandab, Messina or Gibraltar (main spans ?2.7, 3.3 or 3.5 km,
Reaction Pre-cooled Engines could deliver reusable hypersonic planes by 2025
They have proven an innovative pre-cooling system which does not require the development of new materials to handle the heat of hypersonic flight speeds.
Airship POLICE CARS: Autonomous drones the future of emergency services
AUTONOMOUS airships are set to revolutionise policing, a cutting-edge company has claimed.
Pictures and Video of the SpaceX Crew Dragon
SpaceX revealed the SpaceX crew dragon which four NASA astronauts will ride into orbit in 2019.
Two test flights must go well and then the SpaceX crew dragon will be certified for manned flights for NASA.
US plans to build and man a Lunar Gateway Platform by 2024
VP Pence announced the plan to put a manned crew on a Lunar Gateway Platform by 2024.
Southern Company partnering with Bill Gates backed Terrapower on molten chloride fast reactor
Several companies are starting to develop molten salt reactors. TerraPower is backed by Bill Gates and is developing molten salt reactors.
Progress to lithium-oxygen batteries with up to four times the energy density of lithium-ion
University of Waterloo Chemists are the first to achieve four-electron conversion, which doubles the electron storage of lithium-oxygen, also known as lithium-air, batteries.
Move over, Musk: Kalashnikov unveils 'electric supercar'
Russian arms maker Kalashnikov on Thursday presented its new electric car inspired by a rare 1970s model, saying the new technology will rival Elon Musk's Tesla.
Asteroid mining for water with a few hundred spacecraft can be profitable
The maximum distance for asteroid mining 3 million miles (0.03 AU) with current technology. The corresponding delta-V is 437 meters per second. The near earth asteroids that are in range should contain more than one million liters of water.
Gravity Jet Suit Flight experiences now and Future Racing Events
Richard Browning spoke at SU Global Summit 2018 and demoed the Gravity Jetpack twice this week in the SF bay area.
Solar electric demonstrator takes to the air for the first time
Just a few short months after its Sun Flyer 2 prototype completed its maiden flight, Bye Aerospace reports that another of its aircraft has completed its first test flights.
The world's biggest plane inches closer to takeoff:
Stratolaunch, with a wingspan longer than a football field, could take to the air for the first time within weeks
China's top battery maker will make cheaper next generation low cobalt batteries
China's largest lithium battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) plans to begin producing in 2019 next-generation nickel-rich batteries, which are cheaper to make and have longer life-spans.
Many startups that hope to become the next SpaceX
Robert Zubrin believes that by 2023, there will be at least six other private space launch companies that will join SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and Stratolaunch in commercial space launch.
Breakthrough to safer solid state batteries with double the performance
The University of Michigan has a made a breakthrough towards a ceramic, solid-state electrolyte which could enable lithium-ion batteries with twice the energy performance.
First Nanotubes, then Graphene and now new form of carbon schwarzites
UC Berkeley chemists have proved that three carbon structures recently created by scientists in South Korea and Japan are in fact the long-sought schwarzites, which researchers predict will have unique electrical and storage properties like those now
Arizona confirmed for autonomous grocery delivery
A couple of months ago, supermarket retailer Kroger and driverless vehicle maker Nuro announced that they were to begin testing grocery delivery using the latter's self-driving pods. Now the partnership has confirmed Scottsdale, Arizona, as the first
Boring Company Announces Dodger Stadium Dugout Loop
Elon Musk's Boring Company wants to build a high-speed, zero-emissions underground public transportation system to Dodger Stadium.