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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
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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.
Breakthrough for rechargeable non-aqueous magnesium-metal battery...
Scientists at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered a new approach for developing a rechargeable non-aqueous magnesium-metal battery.
Lockheed Martin wins NASA supersonic X-plane contract
Son-of-Concorde may not be daydream for much longer with NASA awarding a US$247.5 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design, build, and test a prototype supersonic aircraft capable of generating no more noise than a car door closing while flying
China Completes 5G Autonomous Driving Test In Showcase Tech City
Technocracy in China works like this: President Xi Jinping personally directed the creation of the development zone, then his 'government' picked Baidu to conduct the driving tests.
Saudi has $200 billion deal with Softbank for 200 GW of solar by 2030
Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Softbank to build 200 GW of solar power by 2030 at a cost of $200 billion.
The Governments Odds of Financial Success is ZERO!
The Governments Odds of Financial Success is ZERO!
Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture gets Phase 2 NIAC funding
The breakthrough architecture uses a kilometer-scale, multi-hundred-megawatt phased-array laser to beam power to a vehicle that converts it to electrical power for a multi-megawatt electric propulsion system that produces a specific impulse of 58,000
Radioisotope Positron Propulsion
Current state of the art in-space propulsion systems based on chemical or ion propellants fail to meet requirements of 21st century space missions.
Mach Effect Propellantless drive gets NIAC phase 2 and progress towards ...
James Woodward and the Space Studies Institute has a Phase 2 NASA Innovative Advanced funded study.
Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Propulsion Concept gets Phase 2 NIAC funding
The pulsed fission fusion propulsion (PuFF) system envisions using a pulsed z-pinch to compress a fission-fusion target.
Lockheed Martin Patents Nuclear Fusion-Powered Fighter Jet
Lockheed Martin has secretly been developing a game-changing compact nuclear fusion reactor that could potentially fit into a fighter jet.
"CUORE" experiment seeks to get to the heart of the matter – and antimatter
Deep below the mountain of Gran Sasso in central Italy, under nearly a mile of solid rock, the CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events, and Italian for "heart") experiment is underway to help us understand one of astrophysics's great
Iguana's ingenious amphibious seven-seat cabriolet taxi
The Iguana amphibious seven-seat taxi incorporates the signature retractable caterpillar tracks, at the same time as breaking new ground in passenger cabin design with a retractable hardtop that can be adjusted in height as a sunshade or sealed down
Ford to Use Cryptocurrency for Inter-Vehicle Communication System
Ford has been issued a patent for "Apparatus and methods […] for vehicle-to-vehicle cooperation to marshal traffic." The patent indicates that Ford is seeking to use cryptocurrency technology as a means for cars to communicate with each other w
SpaceX heavy and near term solar sail for manned missions to Near Earth Objects
Centauri Dreams has a published paper by Gregory Matloff who has written extensively on Interstellar Travel and solar sails.
Autonomous boat gets around under wave power
We're seeing many examples of auto manufacturers aiming to remove the human element from the driving experience, but there are also moves to get robot boats on the water, too.
The First SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 should launch in April and each could be reused 10 to 100 times
The current SpaceX Falcon 9 boosters that have been recovered were only designed to be reused 2-3 times but the new SpaceX Falcon 9 block 5 are expected to last for ten reuses.
Norway's Electric Ferry Is So Impressive That 53 More Were Ordered
The first electric ferries – Ampere in Norway (since 2015) and Elektra in Finland (since 2017), have proven their capabilities and operators are now lining up in the queue to purchase more.
Nissan Introduces $2,850 Refabricated Batteries For Older LEAF
Announces exchange costs for new 24, 30 and 40 kWh LEAF batteries too.
Wallpaper Wednesday: Rimac C_Two – Our Top 20 Images
The Rimac C_Two, unveiled at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, is one of the most beautiful cars ever made and one of the quickest, too.
AeroMobil reveals electric VTOL flying car concept
Like Terrafugia and Pal-V, AeroMobil has developed a flying car/roadable aircraft that requires a runway in order to take off and land. This Wednesday, however, the Slovakia-based company announced its plans for an electric VTOL (vertical take-off an
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Mini-Concorde Baby Boom plane that will travel at 1,687mph is a step closer to take off after a 'milestone' engine delivery
Advanced Vasimr plasma drives and SpaceX BFR trip times
The Vasimr rocket is on track to a 100-hour continuous firing this summer of the company's VX200SSTM VASIMR® prototype at a power level of 100 kW.
Future of humanity in Space with SpaceX, Planetary Resources, Blue Origin and Starlabs
There were MIT presentations about getting into space and beyond the cradle of the Earth
Google Is Turning Ads Into Games You Can Play
Google is introducing new playable ads inside other games. It's an ad-Inception.
Hyundai Kite – Dune Buggy With Electric Propulsion
Hyundai, in partnership with Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), designed a special all-electric dune buggy concept called Hyundai Kite.
Theoretical progress on producing and storing several grams of antimatter per year
There was a 2016-2017 Kickstarter for Antimatter fuel production.
Astronaut Scott Kelly Now Has Different DNA Than His Identical Twin Brother After One Year In Space
Astronaut Scott Kelly set a record for the longest single spaceflight in history and now NASA is saying the trip made him a "new man" as well.
"Rebar graphene" foam supports 3,000 times its own weight
Graphene spends most of its time in a two-dimensional form, but that makes it hard to make use of its long list of advantages, like its strength, light weight, and electricity and heat conduction.
Kitty Hawk autonomous flying taxi officially unveiled
Kitty Hawk, the same group of California dreamers who introduced the leisure-focused Flyer last year, has revealed an all-electric, self-piloted air taxi in New Zealand.
Elon Musk: Humans Must Colonize Mars To Survive WW3 But AI Is More Dangerous...
Elon Musk: Humans Must Colonize Mars To Survive WW3 But AI Is More Dangerous Than Nukes
Coming Soon to a Front Porch Near You: Package Delivery Via Drone
Federal authorities promise unmanned aircraft proponents: 'We'll help you get there'
Proto-molecular nanotechnology –
– Programmable Molecular Fabrication of trillions of functionalized carbon nanotubes
Amazon airship to launch its delivery drones; Amazon Go grocery store - Compilation
1. Jan 4, 2017 -- Amazon has filed a patent for a self-driving airship that can store inventory and be used as a base to launch delivery drones.
FLYRIDE® , Zapata's new invention !
Latest water product from Zapata, Flyride® enables you to fly and slide on the water, providing new sensations. Easy to use, it was especially designed to be accessible to all, regardless to the user's level.
Foiler "flying yacht" is a sleek, hybrid-powered hydrofoil
The Foiler from Enata Marine is an impressively styled blend of hybrid diesel-electric propulsion with a retractable hydrofoil system that, quite literally, elevates the luxury yacht.
Elon Musk says The Boring Company will focus on transporting pedestrians ahead of cars
Musk has received criticism in recent months from public transit advocates
Zapata Ezfly: The jet-powered aerial Segway anyone can fly
The Zapata Ezfly looks for all intents and purposes like a Segway of the sky. You stand on a small platform equipped with a series of jet thrusters, holding two handgrips that come up from the base, then rise up into the air and zoom around, steering
A different view every week: The self-elevating, off-grid, luxury floating home
Florida-based company Arkup has floated the concept of an off-grid, liveable luxury yacht.
Waymo self-driving trucks to start hauling cargo next week
Waymo has clocked up millions of self-driving miles since starting Google's autonomous vehicle project in 2009, celebrating 5 million of them by recently releasing a 360-degree video to demonstrate how its cars see the world around them.
Production-ready $600,000 Pal-V Pioneer Flying Car shown in Geneva
The quest to become the world's first commercially available flying car is one that will go down to the wire when legal, safety and regulatory hurdles have been overcome and the first owner settles into the seat.
Scaled Composites new X-plane takes to the skies
Scaled Composites Model 401 experimental plane has completed its maiden flight.
Solar-powered two-seater plane will soar to the edge of space
Solar planes have already traversed the Alps and flown around the world, but one team has its sights set a little higher: the edge of space. SolarStratos is planning to fly a solar-powered plane to an altitude of over 80,000 ft (24,000 m), from where
Electric off-roader blurs the line between motorcycle and bicycle
The lightweight LMX 161-H is an electric motorcycle styled after downhill bicycles, fusing elements from both worlds.
Lightweight platform concept points the way to longer-range EVs
Just last month, Williams Advanced Engineering announced it would be teaming up with Singer Vehicle Design to create a 500-hp air-cooled flat-six.
Bridgestone rolls out an airless bike tire
It was six years ago that we first heard about Bridgestone's prototype AirFree Concept automobile tires, which utilized flexing thermoplastic resin "spokes" instead of compressed air.
Rimac C_Two 1,914-hp electric hypercar can drive itself if you're too scared
Ladies and gents, please put your hands together for one of the fastest cars ever built.
Why is Paul Allen building the world's largest airplane? Perhaps to launch a space ...
shuttle called Black Ice...A massive airplane being built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen moved a step closer to flight last week, when it crept out of its hangar in Mojave, Calif., and practiced rolling down the runway, hitting a top speed of 46
Luxury solar yacht is just as spectacular as we anticipated
Remember the luxury zero emission Solarwave 62 catamaran designs from the end of 2015?
Plimp Airships
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The PLIMP airship represents an innovative new class of aircraft, developed by Egan Airships.
Test track has 33 times lower air pressure as progress towards 4000 kilometer per hour trains
Having super-high speed trains travel in vacuum or very low pressure is an idea that has been around for centuries and the maglev vacuum concept has been around for decades.