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Alex Tolley has written up an analysis of an improved plasma magnet sail concept called Wind Rider. Centauri Dreams covered the work.

China is developing a megawatt nuclear reactor for moon and Mars missions according to the South China Morning Post.

Reviewing the Subpod, the composting product I get the MOST questions about. It took me a while to get this review together because I wanted to put the system through its paces, and as you'll see, there were some design challenges I faced with the la

You may think you're protecting a computer with a VPN, Location turned off and various privacy strategies, but without awareness of all your devices, Google and other Big tech could be spying on all your devices at once, validating information among

Check out the world's first FLOATING CITY! Flood-proof Oceanix - backed by the UN - will be built in South Korea by 2025

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed an ultra-thin device that permanently bonds onto bones, and beams data out wirelessly. The breakthrough could allow doctors to monitor the health of a patient's bones over time, or how well th

Maybe we should study it? Here's another unpatentable, natural, safe molecule that appears to work against Covid and will probably never be mentioned by any Chief Health Officer who wants a cushy job with the WHO or Pfizer.

Emanuele Almagioni wanted to build a home in a cold and windy, but very sunny, town high in the Italian Alps that would use the sun to provide all of its heating needs.

This is a fun build with my daughter.

It is late afternoon in Manhattan and you have a flight to catch at Kennedy International Airport.

Bob Anderson joins us today to talk about how he went off grid and how he has built up his energy independence. Is That YOU... Mr. Anderson

An aircraft developed by Rolls-Royce to smash the speed record for an all-electric plane looks to have done just that, within three years of being announced.

Lesson in joyful, smiling courage! Teacher Kath who lost all four limbs to sepsis and was clinging to life has made an astonishing return to the classroom thanks to the bionic technology that's out of this world

I discovered some really incredible spying done by Google. I found out that it was tracking my De-Googled Pixel. I had to backtrack to figure out why and I have identified the cause. However, I'm not clear on what the mechanism is or if it's specific

Stop buying butter! Do it yourself! Only 1 ingredient is required. Butter is quick and easy to make. Everyone will like homemade butter because it is delicious.

We are in the final stages of our moving preps, and this week, we got the PV panels and solar generator system set up and tested. In this video, we discuss the brands we chose and why, the power requirements of common appliances and electrical items

A "bioactive scaffold" regenerated damaged cells in the nervous systems of mice paralyzed from spinal cord injuries, allowing them to walk again 3-4 weeks after treatment--an astonishing feat never before achieved.

Having access to clean water is a human necessity. We often take it for granted until we're out RVing or camping.

Using a Virtual Machine, we will test out 9 Linux Distros and see how they fare with user friendliness and ease of use. Could grandma use them? We will test out Ubuntu, Elementary OS, Fedora, Manjaro, Ubuntu Mate, MX Linux, Linux Mint, Pop! OS, and Z

In this video I put a combined output electrolysis device to use by making an HHO micro torch. This uses an electrolysis design I built in my previous video (which can be seen here):

IBM announced a new 127-quantum bit (qubit) 'Eagle' processor at the IBM Quantum Summit 2021.

We fire up the powerwall for the first time on Solar!

Golf Cart Update! I'm adding a 36V SPIM08HP module to the gold golf cart. This module is capable of 2,400 Amp pulse! That's insane. These cells also come in pairs which will be perfect for E-bike builds.

Two years ago we first heard about the AB5 JetQuad, a jet-powered VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drone. Well, it's time to meet its new-and-improved successor, the AB6. Among other things, it has an estimated top speed of 250 mph.

Last month, social media giant Facebook rebranded as Meta and revealed its vision for the future of online interaction. Much of the news so far has focused on what immersed users will see, but the company is also working on bringing touch to the Meta

For over a decade, Israeli atmospheric water generator (AWG) company Watergen has been one of the players working to refine and grow air-to-water technology that can efficiently pull water vapor out of the air and collect it as fresh, filtered drinki

As sunlight passes through a building's windows it can cause indoor temperatures to rise, to the point that the structure's power-hungry air conditioning system has to be used.

Currently, if you wish to track the electrical activity of someone's muscles, you have stick electrodes onto their skin. An experimental new technology, however, simply utilizes conductive fabric that's incorporated into washable pieces of clothing.

Washington startup Helion Energy says its seventh-gen Polaris prototype will be the world's first fusion generator to demonstrate net electricity production, as early as 2024, and it's roped in a record-breaking funding round to get it built and runn

A Protein That Stops Tumor Growth is Discovered As Remedy For Drug-Resistance

Exploring Why This Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Matters

The not-so-healthy Mediterranean diet? Switching from 'Western' foods to non-organically-grown fruit, veg and whole grains can TRIPLE the pesticides you consume and weaken your immune system, study warns

Journalist Rene Rodriguez announced on October 10 that he had published his final byline at the Miami Herald, where he's worked since 1989 in a variety of roles, most recently covering real estate.

Which electric pickup truck would you choose?

A groundbreaking new imaging technique, utilizing X-rays generated by a cutting-edge particle accelerator, is offering 3D images of whole organs in unprecedented detail. Demonstrating the technology researchers imaged the lung of a deceased COVID-19

... of your plants. It will tell you how well they're hydrated, attract your attention when they need water and, if you want to go a step further, even give them water!

Daniel Larimer wants to take on YouTube and other centralized platforms, a solid YouTube replacement is overdue, so I am happy to see his new project.

Humans could soon TALK to whales: Artificial intelligence will decode clicking sounds made by the marine animals and link each one to a specific context to create a language model that communicates with them

The Airbus Zephyr is the world's leading solar-electric stratospheric Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), with a wingspan of 25 meters and it weighs less than 75kg.

--and trapped in cages so flies could eat them alive. Bi-partisan fury at 'reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds'

Learn how to safely pressure can raw chicken in this step-by-step tutorial. Having home-canned chicken on your pantry shelf means you have easy last-minute meals at your fingertips!

To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to operate as a transforming home within a home. "That box is like a Swiss Army Knife where everything can open or close, depending on t

The way to be self-reliance on energy.

Mining cryptocurrency is an energy-intensive industry.

While there are already eye implants that allow the blind to see simple patterns, Spanish scientists have recently had success with a different approach.

Restaurants and ghost kitchen companies are testing out different robotic and automated technology solutions to speed up service and solve for ongoing labor challenges

Turn your mistakes into wins! Here's how I set up my mushroom cultivation area for mushroom logs, A-frame style. We also discuss farm design and the scale of permanence concept.

The 'own an RV camping spot' trend continues to build steam, about to be joined by a development in Middle Tennessee that is marketing large, multi-acre parcels of pristine mountaintop land to RVers.

If you have $92,000 and can wait til 2023 for delivery