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People know that computers became a multi-trillion dollar industry because it rode the exponential growth in power of Moore's Law.

Perhaps this is a forecast of the work of Tesla's 'Roadrunner Project' and million-mile battery tech?

Check out the two awesome mobile chicken coops over at Beechgrove Farm in Seymour Tennessee. One is for egg layers, that has rain water collection and a great egg collecting system. The other is for broilers and very inexpensive and simple to make. G

Even though bees had a 'very good year,' with the second smallest winter hive loss in 14 years, according to an annual survey released in March, agriculture experts continue to look for alternative pollination techniques. And, just in time for Na

What's it like to bring new farm babies into the world? Our author shares her experiences and tips on caring for baby goats, chicks, and goslings.

NASA has released a time-lapse video of our Sun that condenses 10 full years of solar observations into a gorgeous 61 minute movie.

'Robot dog named Zeus' is seen inspecting SpaceX's rocket test site in Texas after a Starship tank exploded during a cryogenic pressure test

Learn how to make biochar and its many beneficial uses including greatly enhancing soil life and fertility. Discover innovative ways to maximize its uses for dynamically carbon negative farming and gardening.

Everyday I'm carrying heavy water buckets to the animals in pasture. Finally, I've put together a clever system that gets water out to pasture where it's convenient.

I'll explain WHY it doesn't stink and HOW I get free compost from it. See How I feed the Chickens from the Garden and the Garden from the Chickens.

Gordon Ramsay Hamburger recipe is an art, by using a special Gordon Ramsay burger blend of, brisket, chuck sirloin, and short rib ground beef and along with freshly grilled onion slices that add such an important component in building the perfect bur

The pursuit of next-generation battery architectures have scientists exploring all kinds of alternative materials, and one that has been seen as a great candidate for some time is silicon.

SpaceX Will Use Its Own Steel Alloy in 6 Months and Will Build Spaceports Over the Coming Years

SpaceX Wants You to Try Getting Internet From Space with Starlink

A solid-state battery, where the liquid electrolyte that carries the charge is swapped out for a solid alternative, promises a number of performance benefits over today's solutions, but there are a few problems to solve first.

Hydrogen's impressive energy density offers some compelling advantages that could see it make a huge difference in the electric aviation and eVTOL sectors, as well as in renewable energy, where it's a lightweight and transportable

Dexamethasone, a cheap steroid, reduced deaths by one-third in ventilated patients and by one fifth in other patients receiving oxygen only. There was no benefit among those patients who did not require respiratory support.

The deal concerns lithium-ion batteries manufactured at the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada (the cylindrical 2170-type).

At last year's CES in Las Vegas, Waydoo launched a relatively cheap electric foil board called the Flyer, which went on sale late in 2019. Now the company has hit Kickstarter with a cheaper follow up called the Flyer One.

Heating and cooling systems are some of the biggest consumers of energy, so finding ways to passively cool buildings and electronics could be a huge saver of money and the environment. A new photonic film could be just the ticket, made with a micro-s

Artificial synapses are an important step towards emulating the supercomputer that is the human brain.

SpaceX had published a picture of a moonbase with multiple Starships and a solar farm.

SpaceX could use the electric skateboard of the Cybertruck to build all the of vehicles that they need for a lunar mining operation. About twenty-five to thirty cybertrucks could be delivered to the moon with every SpaceX Starship.

This cute, one-legged hopping robot out of UC Berkeley's Biomimetics lab has been capable of doing sweet parkour-style double-jumps off walls since 2016.

Radio waves travel poorly through the water, which makes it difficult for divers or submersibles to wirelessly transmit information to the surface. Scientists are trying to change that, though, by developing an underwater version of Wi-Fi.

Suspended animation a step closer? Scientists discover 'snooze button' in the brain that could induce 'hibernation' in humans to help them recover from illness or surgery

Embryo-like model created from stem cells provides a 'blueprint' of the human body and could reveal the causes of birth defects and diseases

Elon has tweeted out that early Starships will stay on the moon as part of moon base alpha.

n today's class, professor Munro teaches driveline 101.

Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles in breakthrough that could transform electric vehicle market

Over 2,000 Coca-Cola vending machines in Australia and New Zealand have started accepting bitcoin, thanks to an agreement between Coca-Cola Amatil and Centrapay. Coca-Cola Amatil is a major bottler and distributor in Asia Pacific, supporting 140 bran

Rugby players, boxers and wrestlers may soon be able to heal their deformed cauliflower ears with the help of a simple injection.

Google's own carrier offering definitely has appealing features.

Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors or CNFETs can now be made 1100 times faster so significant commercialization will finally happen.

During Lockdown a Ghanaian Shoemaker Invented a Solar-Powered Hand-washing Basin to Encourage Sanitary Habits

Signal, which uses end-to-end encryption on all messages, has added a new tool to its secure messaging app.

The US Department of Energy is working on advanced nuclear reactors that have lower manufacturing and operating costs.

Getting on the web is expensive. In the United States, the average cost of a home internet connection is $60 per month. Don't fancy paying all that money? Don't worry; even if you don't have a regular ISP, there are still ways to go online.

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in restoring mobility and sensation of touch in stroke-afflicted rats by reprogramming human skin cells and transplanting them into the brain.

There are currently over 100 COVID-19 vaccines going through trials, most of which focus on the use of antibodies, a powerful immune-system weapon.

A California company says its new "turbo air-cooled" fuel cell design can deliver three times the power and four times the lifespan of a regular fuel cell, opening the door for high-speed, long-range, hydrogen-powered electric VTOL aircraft.

Batteries that use a sodium-ion chemistry rather than the commonplace lithium-ion could offer a number of advantages, owing to the cheap and abundant nature of the element.

New research offers answer as to why some can seemingly pig out on anything without gaining weight.

The staffing levels at SpaceX and the production rate of Super Heavy boosters and Starship upper stages can be used to estimate the current and future costs for each Starship and Super Heavy booster.

The cooling system fully submerges standard, high-performance computing (HPC) servers into specially-designed tanks that are filled with polyalphaolefin dielectric fluid. The fluid is non-toxic, non-flammable, biodegradable, non-polar, has low viscos

Almost a year after the Pi 4 went on sale, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has doubled the maximum memory option to 8 GB, while also renaming the default operating system and releasing a 64-bit beta OS image.

A team at Idaho National Laboratory in collaboration with groups at Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories, as well as industry consultants and international partners, has for the first time in 30 years gotten a new material...

Contrary to popular belief, printing in 3D doesn't have to be expensive or hard to come by. Whether you're looking for a 3D printer for personal, professional, or educational use, you'll be able to bring your creations to life with the SparkMaker Ori

Self-driving startup Nuro is well-positioned to pursue its ambitions of autonomous delivery, having received a first-of-its-kind exemption from the US Department of Transport back in February.

Approximately 150,000 people gathered at Florida's space coast for the launch.