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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.
Elon Musk will start making traffic busting tunnels next month
Elon Musk thinks being stuck in traffic is "soul-destroying" -- but, he has a solution: tunnels. Musk has been tweeting about tunnels for a month now, and even said he's going to build a tunnel boring machine and start digging. In developed ci
5 Super Sized Drones You Can Ride - 2016 - Piloted drone
Over the past few years, some people have taken drones from small almost toy devices for carrying a cameras to mini aircraft that are capable carrying a single person.
China's Private Space Industry Prepares To Compete With Spacex And Blue Origin
Satellites and space tourists
A PRIVATE CHINESE SPACE COMPANY JUST SCORED FOREIGN CONTRACT FOR FIRST TIME
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED WITH A DANISH NANOSATELLITE MAKER.
THESE 5 FINALISTS WILL RACE TO THE MOON IN GOOGLE'S LUNAR XPRIZE COMPETITION
ONE OF THESE SPACECRAFT COULD BECOME THE FIRST PRIVATE SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON THE MOON
Scientists unleash graphene's innate superconductivity
Already renowned for its potential to revolutionize everything from light bulbs and dental fillings through to semiconductors and motorcycle helmets, graphene can now add innate superconductivity to its repertoire.
Creating atomic scale graphene nanoribbons
Silicon crystals are the semiconductors most commonly used to make transistors, which are critical electronic components used to carry out logic operations in computing.
Army flies hoverbike prototype
Dr. William Roper, director of the Strategic Capabilities Office at Office of the Secretary of Defense and members of his staff visited the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Jan. 10.
Tesla Gigafactory Adds Electric Motor Production For Model 3...
Tesla Gigafactory Adds Electric Motor Production For Model 3 With New $350 Million Investment
5 Stylish Homes That Generate More Energy Than They Consume
Innovative, worldwide houses generate enough energy to power the entire house and electric cars.
Airbus working on flying cars, flying buses, ridesharing flying vehicles and drone...
Airbus working on flying cars, flying buses, ridesharing flying vehicles and drone product delivery
'Moon Express' Secures Funding in Race to Mine the Moon
The company Moon Express has just swept through a $20 million round of financing in a quest to dominate the lunar economy.
Flying guinea pig: Jetpack Aviation prepares to train its first civilian pilot
Things are developing fairly quickly in the world of Jetpack Aviation. After a bunch of public flights in Europe, the team has announced it's selected its first guinea pig civilian test pilot, who will be trained up and given the chance to fly the ex
Driverless Shuttles Hit Las Vegas: No Steering Wheels, No Brake Pedals
Electric, driverless shuttles with no steering wheel and no brake pedal are now operating in Las Vegas.
Hybrid Fusion Fission Molten Salt Reactor
A single HMSR (Hybrid Fusion Fission Molten Salt Reactor) is designed to produce 5 GW thermal power at 700 C, thermal conversion systems should be able to generate 2.1 GW gross electricity.
Spacex has successful launch and good landing of the first stage
Spacex has a successful return to flight. The mission was a success with successful deployment of all satellites and the first stage landed on the drone ship
Nanocomp Technologies makes bulk carbon nanotubes 100 times longer at 1-10 ....
A new commercial manufacturing process for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) produces tubes in the range of 1-10 mm in length (5-12-nm dia.), two orders of magnitude longer than currently available CNTs, which typically have lengths from 5-20µm.
Luxury solar yacht is just as spectacular as we anticipated
Remember the luxury zero emission Solarwave 62 catamaran designs from the end of 2015?
Flying River Taxis Eye Customers From the Seine to San Francisco
SeaBubbles, a French startup vowing to build flying river taxis, is seeking to close a third round of funding in less than a year and cement interest from the city of Paris, companies in the San Francisco Bay and other potential customers.
Luxembourg's Bid to Become the Silicon Valley of Space Mining
In the 1980s, during the nascent days of the satellite communications industry, Luxembourg foresaw the fat cat it could become.
MIT makes compressed graphene sponge material that is 20 times less dense...
MIT makes compressed graphene sponge material that is 20 times less dense than steel but 10 times stronger, light as stryofoam but stronger than steel
Gigafactory Battery-cell production begins
The start of Tesla Gigafactory battery mass production is a huge milestone in Tesla's quest to electrify transportation, and it brings to America a manufacturing industry--battery cells--that's long been dominated by China, Japan, and South Kor
Scalar Tensor Theory of gravitation to explain EMDrive
EMDrives are claimed to be propellentless space propulsion systems. If propellentless propulsion is possible it could enable fast human travel throughout the solar system and possible interstellar missions.
Possible timeline for the emergence of a true space age in the 2020s
Here is a possible timeline for the emergence of a true space age over the next 20 years.
Israel's 'flying car' passenger drone moves closer to delivery
YAVNE, Israel (Reuters) - After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm is optimistic it will finally get its 1,500 kg (1.5 tonne) passenger carrying drone off the ground and into the market by 2020.
Towards roll to roll graphene production
An innovative new cheap and simple mass production technique, developed by the University of Exeter, is set to open up the global potential of the 'wonder' material graphene.
Will 2017 be the year we hail a flying Uber?
Also, the slow creep of private companies in our public transit
Near term Improved batteries will enable commercialized flying cars
Technologies are maturing and converging to make small, affordable airplanes feasible says Brian German, an aerospace researcher at Georgia Tech.
EV Electro Swift, Electric car Conversion
EV Electro Swift, Electric car Conversion
Build your own Electric Car!
The "Electro-Metro" Project.
Can't afford a Nissan Leaf? No Problem!
Here are the last uncharted corners of the globe
Despite modern navigation systems, the world is still full of mystery
THE FUTURE OF SHOPPING...
Online retail giant granted patent for astonishing blimp which can carry a vast fleet of robotic flying vehicles
Jerry Pournelle talks about China's orbital tests of the EMDrive as a bigger than Sputnik moment
Jerry Pournelle is a famed science fiction author who also had an interesting technology career
Lunar Xprize landings are targeted for 2017
The Google Lunar XPrize challenges privately funded teams to be the first to land on the moon, travel 500 meters, and send back pictures, for a $20 million jackpot.
Bootstrapping space industry and a solar system wide civilization with Robots and 3D printing
Advances in robotics and additive manufacturing (3D printing) technologies are game-changing for space colonization.
EM Drive is an "impossible" spacecraft engine that generates thrust ...
from the quantum vacuum, using no moving parts and producing no exhaust. (NaturalNews) I'm a fan of physicist Richard Feynman, and one of his most memorable quotes explains that "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts."
Grail satellite analysis indicates lava tubes on the moon could be up to 1000 to 5000 .....
Slight variations in the moon's gravitational tug have hinted that kilometers-wide caverns lurk beneath the lunar surface.
Amazon building an app that matches truck drivers to shippers
Amazon is building an app that matches truck drivers with shippers, a new service that would deepen its presence in the $800 billion trucking industry.
New Video: the flying Quadrofoil Q2S Electric Limited Edition in action
After months of testing and fun on water, our new and improved Quadrofoil Q2S Electric Limited Edition is ready for action!
Reaction Engines UK progressing to full demonstrator hypersonic engine in 2020 and....
SABRE - Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine - is a new class of engine for propelling both high speed aircraft and spacecraft.
LPP Fusion reviewed at Mars Conference
Gerald Black - Nuclear Fusion is the solution to energy problems and to advance space propulsion
Amazon completes its first drone-powered delivery
The first delivery was made in Cambridge, UK and took 13 minutes from purchase to drop-off.
DARPA funds 30 KW X4 liquid piston engine that is 90 times lighter...
DARPA funds 30 KW X4 liquid piston engine that is 90 times lighter than a conventional 2700 lb military 30 KW diesel generator
Elon Musk Explains Raptor Engine at IAC Congress Mexico | Engine test included
September 26 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk twitted: "SpaceX propulsion just achieved first firing of the Raptor interplanetary transport engine"
Elon Musk revealed more Sept. 27, 2016 at his talk at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Me
LPP Fusion reviewed at Mars Conference
Gerald Black - Nuclear Fusion is the solution to energy problems and to advance space propulsion
Reviewing Space developments in 2016 and the next big future in space
This is one of the Nextbigfuture article series reviewing developments in 2016 and looking ahead to developments over the next few years.
Reaction Engines UK progressing to full demonstrator hypersonic engine...
SABRE - Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine - is a new class of engine for propelling both high speed aircraft and spacecraft. SABRE engines are unique in delivering the fuel efficiency of a jet engine with the power and high speed ability of a ro
Aether Cruise Experience
This is my final year university project for Transport Design BA (Hons) at the University of Huddersfield.
This is a luxury cruise concept based upon an airship platform. This allows passengers to travel at high speed in luxury. It is also provide t
Chocks away: Official debut for solar-powered space plane
A solar-powered plane that is to be flown to the edge of space has been officially unveiled today. The SolarStratos plane is powered by 22 sq m (237 sq ft) of solar panels and will be flown to an altitude of 25,000 m (82,000 ft) to demonstrate and ex
Holidays on the moon will be possible in a DECADE - but a ticket will cost you £8000
Adventurous holidaymakers could soon be packing for a lunar trip, as long as they're prepared to pay the astronomical ticket price