How Airships Could Overcome a Century of Failure
A new breed of airships seeks to take flight and provide a greener solution for both luxury travel and heavy industry. But is the business case for bringing them back enough to overcome a troubled past?
Can't open that jar?
Experts lift the lid on the best tricks - including wearing a pair of rubber gloves for a sturdy grip
Upwardly mobile:
New technology will see handsets take just nine minutes to fully charge without causing damage to batteries
Has Nikola Finally Turned the Corner?
The road for Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) as a public company has been virtually all uphill. When it went public in the middle of 2020, the company had visions of transforming the trucking sector to battery-powered and hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric se
There's a Secret Network Skynet 2.0
There's a secret network in operation today and this network can send centralized commands from its master to slave devices without anyone being able to stop it. It has the most advanced location tracking capabilities and no one can intercept its t
What Is a Pirate Radio Station?
Pirate radio? Since when did Jack Sparrow go on the air? Tracking these broadcasts may be just what you need to get into the world of shortwave radio.
Build a Cheap High Volume Styrofoam Shredder
This video shows how I build a giant blender out of an electric lawnmower that works fabulously for shredding styrofoam (EPS) It discusses a number of things you can do with shredded styrofoam and where you can find it and how to use it by mixing air
Sleek T-frame home unfolds in 5 hours, is quake/tornado proof
After the 2009 earthquake in Central Italy left 40,000 people homeless, Nico D'Incecco and the team at A-Fold began thinking of how they could help provide quickly deployable shelters. In 2019, they released a house that unfolds in hours and provid
Bugging Out in an RV or a Tent?
While more and more people within the prepping community are learning the importance of bugging in – something likely to be your most practical response for most disasters – the fact of the matter is that there are situations out there that neces
Is a Phone That's Off Really Off?
Is your phone communicating externally when it's off? Is that even possible? Snowden was very concerned about this and brought it up many years ago. I never considered this a serious privacy threat but it's time to reexamine this since new technology
The aircraft that will never fly on Earth
If you could fly a drone in the skies of Mars, you could cover a lot more territory far more quickly than with a rover. But designing one is an enormous challenge.