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Supreme Court takes case seeking to expand concealed-carry rights in public places
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China Unveils "AlphaDog" - An Affordable Alternative To The Terrifying "Robo-Dog
"Ice cube tray" retinal patch is loaded with cells to restore vision
Cartilage-inspired material may find use in self-lubricating bearings
Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a swipe of their palm
Dash of nanocarbon black makes conductive, heat-generating concrete
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.
How the Fastest Spaceship Ever Is Getting Terrifyingly Close to the Sun
Adam Szabo and Betsy Congdon, two leads on the Parker Solar Probe, discuss the mission's discoveries and its daredevil future.
Success! NASA's Ingenuity completes FOURTH flight on Mars --
--that saw the helicopter 'go farther and faster than ever before' by soaring 16 feet and traveling 872 feet across the surface
NASA received a data downlink from Mars confirming Ingenuity took off
China Space Station Module Launched
China has launched a 20 ton core space station module. They will launch two more lab modules in 2022.
Jetoptera VTOL aircraft design features "bladeless fans on steroids"
One thing nearly all air taxi concepts share in common is fast-spinning propellers or ducted fans somewhere outside the aircraft's fuselage, pushing air to develop thrust whichever way they're pointed.
Converting Solar Wind and Interstellar Plasma Drag into Propulsion
The Plasma Magnet work sponsored by NIAC in 2004-2005 developed a means of producing drag against the interplanetary solar wind or interstellar medium with high drag-to-mass ratio.
SpaceX FAA Filing for 40 Story Tower to Launch and Catch Super Heavy Rocket
SpaceX filed with the FAA to build a 469 ft tall steel launch tower for its Starship rocket in Texas and it will catch the super-heavy booster when landing.
Scientists pinpoint source of "impossible" EmDrive's thrust
In 2014, no less an authority than NASA proclaimed in peer-reviewed papers that it was getting mysterious thrust from the EmDrive, a strange, brassy trumpet of a thing that its creators claimed could produce thrust with no propellant.
Direct Laser Propulsion For Earth-Mars in 30 Days and Eventually 2.5 Days
Limitless Space Institute gave out nine interstellar space-related grants for about $1 million to 2 million each.
Revealed: CyberLandr Is A Truck Camper For The Tesla Cybertruck
A kitchen, living room, office, bathroom, and bedroom all in one tiny package that fits in the Cybertruck's vault.
Review of Nomad Internet for RV travelers
We tried Nomad Internet in our RV and came to really appreciate the fact that it is unlimited and unthrottled data.
Lilium's 7-seat eVTOL is more like an air minibus than an air taxi
Germany's Lilium has announced a 7-seat version of its gorgeous eVTOL air taxi, as well as plans to have a commercial operation up and running by 2024. Oh, and like approximately every other eVTOL company, it's headed to the NASDAQ through a SPAC.
Virgin Galactic Unveils Next-Generation Spaceship Series
Virgin Galactic has billed itself as a space tourism company, and that reality is no longer a distant dream for virtually everyone.
BAK Battery Unveils First Chinese 4680 Battery Cells
Limited production to start this year, mass production next year.
Jetman Dubai Takeoff - 4K
On Friday, February 14th, 2020: #Jetman? Vince Reffet took off, headed south towards Jumeirah Beach Residence, building speed and height. In 8 seconds he had reached 100 meters height, in 12 seconds 200m, 19 seconds 500m, and reached 1000m in 30 se
Ambri: A Battery that Could Change the World
Today Zac and Jesse speak to Donald Sadoway, the Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Advisor of Ambri.
Bike Tires That Need No Air Are Made From NASA Rover Tech...
Bike Tires That Need No Air Are Made From NASA Rover Tech –But Soon Will Be Available to Any Cyclist
Talyn's detachable lift system: A radically different eVTOL aircraft
The biggest problem with electric VTOL aircraft is the VTOL system. It's a pain.
The 12 Million Mile Battery
Tesla recently announced the coming "1 million mile battery" shocking the world.
Yacht of the future: Florida-based designer unveils plans for an eco-friendly...
Yacht of the future: Florida-based designer unveils plans for an eco-friendly $811m superyacht powered by retractable solar-panelled 'sails'
Return of the tri-plane: The revolutionary British-built hybrid aircraft powered by...
Return of the tri-plane: The revolutionary British-built hybrid aircraft powered by electricity and biofuel that's quieter than Hoover
6 Super Easy Tips on How to care for RV Solar Panels
I'm not the sort that likes to do unnecessary maintenance. So when it comes to solar, all I do is clean them once or twice a year.
SpaceX Targets July 1st, 2021, Super Heavy Starship Orbital Flight
NASASpaceflight reports that SpaceX is targeting a July 1st, 2021 orbital flight with Super Heavy BN3 and Starship SN20.
Jet packs are on their way to a battlefield near you
It's 2021, and although I thought by now there would be flying cars, cities on the moon and the ability to teleport from my bed to my couch instead of walking, I guess I'll settle for a jet pack, or as DARPA is calling it, a "Portable Personal
The Alpha Wolf Is An Old-School Looking, Off-Road Electric Truck
And the price won't break the bank.
Solar-powered off-road teardrop trades propane for electric camping
Making an all-electric camper tends to be a little easier when that camper doesn't require a large motive engine to propel itself to camp.
Libertarians Want to Make New Hampshire a Flying Car Mecca
Talk about nosedives.
AeroDelft's Phoenix rising as the world's first liquid-hydrogen aircraft
We've written plenty about hydrogen's potential as a transformative technology for green aviation; in gaseous form, hydrogen offers an energy density much higher than lithium batteries, and that offers a genuine path toward the decarbonization of sho
Tesla Current 10-30% Battery Cost Advantage is Still Improving
Cairn Energy Research Advisors reports that Tesla has the lowest cost batteries by at least 10% and over 24% versus other car companies. This is before the cost reductions that Tesla is implementing from 2020 Battery Day.
SpaceX's Future Starship Design Explained! Starship SN10 Is Done! Onwards To The Next One!
What are the improvements SpaceX will have to make for their next Starship after SN10 and what does Elon Musk have in store for the future of Boca Chica and our plans to colonize Mars? Let's find out!
Spinning Membrane Space Telescopes Would Be Big, Cheap and Easy
Robert Zubrin has proposed using rotating membranes to create Enormous Space Telescopes (ESTs) that can scale to over 1000 meter diameter or match current space telescopes for thousands of time lower cost. They would also not require the construction
What a difference 400 years makes! AI 'Mayflower' will make groundbreaking crew-less...
What a difference 400 years makes! AI 'Mayflower' will make groundbreaking crew-less crossing of Atlantic next month powered by solar energy: Craft will chart same 3,000-mile route taken by ship that brought 102 Pilgrims to America in 1620
Rolls Royce taxis the world's fastest electric aircraft to-be
A speedy all-electric aircraft being developed with one eye on the record books has taken another step forward, with Rolls-Royce taking its Spirit of Innovation plane to the runway for the very first time.
Aptera Solar-Powered Car With '1,000-Mile' Range Gets 7,000 Preorders for Delivery in 2021
Looking like a mix between an F-1 car and the Batmobile, the world's first mass-produced solar-powered car just took several more steps towards its first market day.
RocketLabs 8 Ton Payload Reusable Rocket for 2024
Rocketlabs is in second place for making reusable rockets after SpaceX. Blue Origin is not in second place.
Honda, Yamaha, KTM and Piaggio team up in swappable battery consortium
Four major manufacturers have committed to developing a standardized swappable battery system for electric motorcycles, opening up the possibility of quick-swap battery banks at service stations, servicing a range of brands and models.
Rocket Lab just unveiled plans for a big new rocket called Neutron that could fly astronauts
Neutron's first launch could fly in 2024.
World's first space HOTEL to begin construction in low Earth orbit in 2025...
...complete with restaurants, cinemas and rooms for up to 400 guests
Campervan DIY battery build HUGE POWER!
Lithium Titanate Oxide battery build
Stunning video shows just how quiet Joby's eVTOL air taxi will be
Joby Aviation has been in semi-stealth mode for so long that this pair of videos released today comes as a real shock.
Ascendance proposes a long-range, low-emission hybrid VTOL air taxi
Right now, the entire electric VTOL scene is a house built on a foundation of faith. Faith that the hordes of researchers beavering away on next-gen battery technology will achieve an enormous energy density breakthrough, or faith that hydrogen fuel
United Airlines Buys $1 Billion Of Flying Taxis For 2024 Launch
Just as technology has underpinned economic growth for decades, the future of flying electric taxis will revolutionize transportation while transforming urban mobility into a greener, zero-emissions world.
Animation of Interior of SpaceX Starship and Rapid Prototyping
Animation of Interior of SpaceX Starship and Rapid Prototyping
Polydrop camping trailer optimized for EV towing and off-grid living
In 2019, California startup Polydrops reimagined the teardrop trailer as an angular mobile personal space designed to escape the world.
Meet The $4,460 EV Some Are Saying Could Dethrone Tesla In China
It's an unlikely adversary, but SAIC-GM-Wuling's new $4,460 EV could wind up being a Tesla-killer in China.
Life on the bachelor bus: Massachusetts man, 27, spends $24,000 transforming...
Life on the bachelor bus: Massachusetts man, 27, spends $24,000 transforming an old school bus into a dream traveling home with electric fireplace and rooftop terrace after losing his job and fiancé during the pandemic
GKN Aerospace proposes eVTOL Skybus transports for 30 to 50 passengers
This initiative is part of the UK's Future Flight Challenge, which is using some £125 million (US$171 million) of government cash and a further £175 million (US$239 million) from the industrial sector to fund a wide range of projects related to el
Alauda unveils full-sized Airspeeder Mk3 electric flying race car
We first heard of Alauda's plans for a flying electric racing vehicle series in late 2017, when the Australian startup's Matt Pearson launched a Kickstarter to gauge interest and raise funds.
Powerpaste packs clean hydrogen energy in a safe, convenient gray goop
Fraunhofer researchers have presented a magnesium-based "Powerpaste" that stores hydrogen energy at 10 times the density of a lithium battery, offering hydrogen fuel cell vehicles the ability to travel further than gasoline-powered ones, and refuel i
Virgin Galactic prepares for another attempt to reach space
Virgin Galactic is looking to shrug off a failed flight in mid-December, with plans for another attempt to reach space in around a fortnight's time.
Hybrid supercapacitor offers NiMH energy density, charges much faster
QUT researchers have demonstrated a hybrid supercapacitor design that stores vastly more energy than a regular supercap while offering charge/discharge rates much higher than lithium batteries