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Engineer Builds His Own X-Ray After Hospital Charges Him $69K
Researchers create 2D nanomaterials with up to nine metals for extreme conditions
The Evolution of Electric Motors: From Bulky to Lightweight, Efficient Powerhouses
3D-Printing 'Glue Gun' Can Repair Bone Fractures During Surgery Filling-in the Gaps Around..
Kevlar-like EV battery material dissolves after use to recycle itself
Laser connects plane and satellite in breakthrough air-to-space link
Lucid Motors' World-Leading Electric Powertrain Breakdown with Emad Dlala and Eric Bach
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Tiny briefcase engine boosts EV range beyond battery power 
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.
Transportable solar powered EV charging station
Envision Solar's patented EV ARC™ is the worlds only transportable, solar powered EV charging station.
Could graphene ripples be tapped into as a clean, limitless energy source?
As if graphene wasn't versatile enough already, researchers at the University of Arkansas have now found a way for the two-dimensional material to be used as a source of clean and potentially unlimited energy.
World's first all-electric autonomous container ship to set sail in 2018
While self-driving cars are regularly in the news, we haven't heard as much noise on the autonomous shipping front, which could have equally far-reaching ramifications.
Volvo to supply Uber with up to 24,000 self-driving SUVs for taxi fleet
A fleet of self-driving Volvo vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc. could be ready for the road as early as 2019, marking the ride-hailing firm's biggest push yet to roll out autonomous cars.
How Many Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Lose Their Jobs? All of Them
Uber will buy 24,000 autonymous Volvo cars in 2019-2021. Nearly every driving job will vanish, faster than most think.
Making Sense Out of Tesla's Semi Truck Economics
During Tesla's semi truck unveiling they presented some pretty impressive economic numbers. I must admit that I was a bit overwhelmed and could not get the numbers to add up. Once understood the number DO make sense. Here's why.
Pentagon: ISIS 'Defeated' But US Will Stay in Syria
Russia Questions What US Goal in Syria Has Become
Small and passively safe Nuclear reactors for NASA and military missions
This month NASA will start testing a tiny 1 kilowatt uranium fission reactor Stirling engines for use in possible future missions to Mars.
China wants to catch up to US rockets in 2020 and then get nuclear spaceships in 2045
China plans a fleet of nuclear carrier rockets and reusable hybrid-power carriers by the mid-2040s.
US government should support Spacex and quickly develop moon bases
Spacex expects they will receive additional funding from the U.S. government for the BFR and Raptor engine. Spacex would still build the BFR even without government money.
Using Spacex BFR to rapidly and affordably build interplanetary photonic railway by the 2030s
The Lubin UCSB laser propulsion system efforts have been funded by Breakthrough Starshot for $100 million.
Laser arrays for propelling spaceships can also be used like nuclear cannon weapons
A powerful 70 gigawatt laser propulsion system that could accelerate an 100 kilogram object over 122 seconds to 2% of light speed (6000 kilometers per second) would also be able to fire kinetic projectiles at nuclear weapon power.
Meet the Tesla Semitruck, Elon Musk's Most Electrifying Gamble Yet
Elon Musk has always dreamed big, and tonight he showed off his biggest reverie yet: the fully electric Tesla Semi. Powered by a massive battery and capable of hauling 80,000 pounds, it can ramble 500 miles between charges. It'll even drive itself
Terrafugia flying car company bought by Chinese automaker
Of the various companies that are developing flying cars, US-based Terrafugia is perhaps the one that we hear about the most … and it may soon become even more well-heard-of. That's because it's just been purchased in its entirety by China's Zhejia
Asgardia, the world's first 'space nation', takes flight
The world's first "space nation" has taken flight.
On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite.
The "nanosat" -- it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread -- undertook a two-day journey from N
China builds world's fastest wind tunnel to test weapons that could ...
strike US within 14 minutes...Researchers want new facility to be up and running by 2020 as race to develop hypersonic technology intensifies
In photos: Concepts, customs and flying bikes from EICMA 2017
Aside from the 2018 production models that debuted at EICMA 2017, the Italian motorcycle show traditionally garnishes its centerpieces with a variety of exhibits ranging from prophetic concepts like KTM's 790 Adventure and Moto Guzzi's V85, to flambo
Planetary Resources delivers Arkyd 6 asteroid mining technology demo for launch Dec 2017
Planetary Resources is planning to mine the asteroids in the 2020s. Planetary Resources delivered the Arkyd-6 spacecraft, their second technology demonstrator. The spacecraft has officially begun its journey to the launch pad. In the weeks leading up
Moon, Mars, Asteroid and orbital colonzation and cities
Andy Weir wrote the Martian. His new book is about a lunar colony of 2000 people late in the 21st century. He looked at the science and economics of a lunar colony.
Volkswagen Thing Might Make Comeback As Electric Vehicle
Could debut after the production Microbus-inspired EV.
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Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images
2018 Vespa Eletricca Goes 62 Miles Per Charge, Or 124 With Gas Range Extender
There are not many brands with the cache of cool that Vespa effortlessly carries in its fluid lines.
UberAir flying cars coming to Los Angeles in 2020
Uber says that by 2020 they will be testing a few flying cars in Los Angeles and a real commercial flying car service will follow a few years later.
150 kw Laser should begin testing on an AC-130 in 2018 and a megawatt laser drone...
150 kw Laser should begin testing on an AC-130 in 2018 and a megawatt laser drone possible in the 2020s
Waymo to Offer Paid-Ride Robot-Only Chauffeurs 2018
Waymo vans loaded with laser LiDAR, radar, cameras, computers, AI and no human safety drivers will pick up Arizonans registered in its "Early Riders" program within a few months. Commercial, paid-ride service starts in 2018.
Electric Lamborghini Terzo Millennio Houses Battery In Body, Sports 4 In-Wheel Motors
With a bodyshell that doubles as a battery and self-healing carbon-fiber construction, this is as far-out as concept cars get. We love it.
INTRODUCING KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM
KSP is a game where the players create and manage their own space program. Build spacecraft, fly them, and try to help the Kerbals to fulfill their ultimate mission of conquering space.
China will launch a reusable spaceplane in 2020
China plans to launch its reusable spaceplane in 2020, according to a statement from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Project Formula: Russian hoverbike creators take aim at VTOL flying car
The Russian team that brought us the terrifying Scorpion Hoverbike (now being flown by the Dubai police department) is working toward a 5-seater VTOL air taxi.
Protean Electric in wheel motors will first get adopted by chinese carmakers
Protean Electric is an award-winning technology company that has developed an in-wheel electric drive system for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric light-duty vehicles.
Bitcoin ASIC maker pivots to AI tensor ASIC chips
Bitmain announced its first products for accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) applications, applying its industry-leading expertise in Bitcoin mining hardware and system design.
Airbus flying electric taxi is on track for flight tests in 2018
City Airbus Project multi-passenger, self-piloted electric vertical take-off and landing (flying electric taxi) is on track for maiden flight in 2018.
"Luxury tourism" version of world's largest aircraft is in the works
Airships may indeed be well-suited to tasks like cargo transport, surveying and surveillance, but what really captures peoples' imaginations is the thought of travelling aboard one as a tourist. Well, according to Britain's Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV),
Former US president George HW Bush apologizes after --
-actress claims he 'sexually assaulted' her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph- - with his wife Barbara standing by his side
Mitsubishi e-EVOLUTION Concept Unveiled
Mitsubishi has unveiled its all-electric e-EVOLUTION Concept from the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show.
Air-Breathing Aqueous Sulfur Flow Battery for breakthrough ultralow cost energy storage
Joule Journal – Air-Breathing Aqueous Sulfur Flow Battery for Ultralow-Cost Long-Duration Electrical Storage
AMERICA'S FUTURE WAR TRUCKS DON'T NEED NO STINKING WINDOWS
THE AMERICAN MILITARY is working to add a lot of tools to its arsenal. Drones. Lasers. Laser-shooting drones. Drone-killing lasers. But the researchers devising the future of warfare are doing some subtraction too. One thing you won't see on the ba
First Moon colonists could be molemen living giant 50km cave
A Japanese space probe data confirmed that an enormous cavern stretching for about 50 kilometers exists beneath the moon's surface, offering a possible protected site for future lunar bases, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Oct. 18.
Bigelow and ULA plan expandable B330 orbital lunar space station in 2022
Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are working together to launch a B330 expandable module on ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle. The launch would place a B330 outfitted module in Low Lunar Orbit by the end of 2022 to serve as a lunar depo
Spacex BFR and developing the high ground is the geopolitical game changer
There is a lot of talk about a hypersonic weapons arms race to create missiles and then a decade later hypersonic drones and then a decade after that hypersonic spy planes and fighter planes.
Boeing gave the US the B52 and 747, the Spacex BFR will be bigger than either
Boeing gave the US military long range conventional bombing superiority for decades with the B52 and commercial aviation dominance with the 747.
Mach Effect Propulsion Replication and modeling that matches experimentation
The Mach-Effect thruster is a propellantless propulsion concept that has been in development by J.F. Woodward for more than two decades.
Mach Effect Propulsion better to go smaller with an array of devices
At 23 minutes of this video. SSI SA Dr. Heidi Fearn explains how just scaling power and size causes problems. (heat, arcing and other problems).
Boron Nitride Nanotubes potential material for future hypersonic planes
Boron nitride nanotubes could be used to make hypersonic planes.
Stanford Says Its Sodium-Based Battery Beat Lithium On Most All Fronts...
Stanford Says Its Sodium-Based Battery Beat Lithium On Most All Fronts, 80% Cost Reduction Possible
Pilot Wave theory suggests Trumpet shaped Emdrive would have more thrust
A radio frequency (RF) resonant cavity thruster, EmDrive, is a controversial proposed type of propellentless electromagnetic thruster with a microwave cavity, designed to produce thrust from an electromagnetic field inside the cavity.
Everything We Know About The Tesla Semi – Infographics
All we've seen of the Tesla Semi so far is a couple of tweets from Elon Musk and a portentous picture of a couple of scowling headlights, and quick peak/spyshot at something on a flat bed in the wild that inspired some pretty decent renders.
X3 ion thruster achieves record 102 kilowatts of power and 5.4 newtons of thrust
The X3 thruster was designed by researchers at the University of Michigan in cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force.
Beaming laser power to ion drive is 300-400 times more thrust than just laser photonic sail
A 100 meter to 150 meter solar array that is attuned to the lithium ion will be about 70% efficient.