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Autonomous Flight unveils six-seat eVTOL tricopter air shuttle

Full Autonomous Self Driving Teslas in Vegas Boring Tunnels by the End of 2021

Fish-inspired robots coordinate movements without any outside control

The UK Is Developing Nuclear-Powered Space Exploration for Faster Mars Trips

GM Unveils Cadillac Flying Car For Rich People

Gigafactories With New Solar PV Module Tech Might Cause Solar Glut in 2021

Orbital Assembly Building Parts to Eventually Scale to Large Rotating Space Stations

GM Unveils Cadillac Flying Car For Rich People

How Phoenix Feeds The Hungry With Fresh Food While Saving Local Businesses and Farms

Oak Ridge Research Next Generation Cathode Free Lithium Ion Batteries

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Gigafactories With New Solar PV Module Tech Might Cause Solar Glut in 2021

China-based PV manufacturing industry has possibly over built new Solar PV Module technology for 2021. If global installs follows the 20% annual global growth of recent years then the world will installs 145GW to 160GW of solar.

Portable X-ray device would let patients check their own bones

Presently, if someone has been involved in a potentially bone-breaking mishap, they have to be X-rayed by trained staff at a hospital. Soon, however, it may be possible for them to perform their own X-rays, using a compact device that could be locate

Tesla Model 3's IPM-SynRM Electric Motor Explained

The use of Internal Permanent Magnet Synchronous Reluctance Motor improves efficiency by a few percent compared to an induction motor.

THE CHINESE AND RUSSIANS ARE PREPARING TO CARRY OUT AN ALL-OUT INVASION --

--OF THE UNITED STATES People laughed at me when I first published the intentions of the Russians and the Chinese to attack the United States from all sides as this was in 2014. In 2020, when I again raised the possibility, some people howled. Toda

NASA scientists achieve long-distance 'quantum teleportation' over 27 miles for the first ti

– paving the way for unhackable networks that transfer data faster than the speed of light

New silicon/perovskite solar cell world record nears 30% efficiency

Silicon has long been the gold standard for solar cells, but it's beginning to reach its limit. Perovskite is emerging as a promising partner, and now engineers have achieved a new efficiency record closing in on 30 percent for this kind of tandem

This Is Not Cheese: It Is A Single-Crystal Ni-Rich Cathode In Action

Researchers from PNNL may have found a stable solution for better Li-ion batteries.

Perovskite Tandem Solar Will Start Taking Solar to 43% Energy Conversion

Perovskite Tandem Solar Will Start Taking Solar to 43% Energy Conversion

New method quickly converts natural gas into solid form for storage

Engineers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new way to convert natural gas into a solid form, allowing it to be stored and transported more safely and easily.

World's largest fully-autonomous DRONE unveiled by US space startup will launch satellites...

World's largest fully-autonomous DRONE unveiled by US space startup will launch satellites into orbit in as little as 180 minutes

Deflating graphene balloons act as sensors for hard-to-detect gases

With excellent strength, flexibility and electrical conductivity, graphene has a lot of potential in a lot of different areas, and that may extend to the detection of odorless, colorless gases.

Stanford Increases Solar Cell Production Rates by Four Times and Up to Ten Times Lower Cost

Using rapid-spray plasma processing, the Stanford team was able to produce 40 feet (12 meters) of perovskite film per minute – about four times faster than it takes to manufacture a silicon cell.

World's Lightest Solid!

Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission.

NawaStitch promises to make carbon composites even lighter and stronger

France's Nawa Technologies is setting up operations in the United States, and bringing its fast, affordable vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) manufacturing process into a new application: making carbon fiber composites much stronger.

Microwave Water Splitting for Breakthroughs for Making Hydrogen, Oxygen and Fast Battery Charging

Water was reduced via reaction with non-equilibrium gadolinium-doped CeO2 that was previously in situ electrochemically deoxygenated by the sole application of microwaves. The microwave-driven reduction was identified by an instantaneous electrical c

Building the Ideal Heat Sink

We all want faster smartphones and laptops, in smaller and smaller packages -- which means that heat dissipation becomes a vital part of their design.

TIG Welding with TOOL STEEL filler

Lay down hard tool steel weld beads... tell me that ain't nuts!

When It Comes to Generators, Bigger Is NOT Always Better

A generator can save the day when the power goes out. But, do you really need the biggest one you can find? Consider this alternative strategy instead.

SPARC Fusion Reactor on Track for 2035

The SPARC Fusion reactor team have made good theoretical progress to the goal of a commercial nuclear fusion reactor.

Gryphon Technologies to develop nuclear rocket engine for DARPA

The High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system will allow the US military to carry out missions in cislunar space.

How Transparent Solar Panels And 'Quantum Dots' Could Make Skyscrapers Power Themselves

This has been made possible by a seemingly fictional invention that has appeared over the last few years--organic, transparent solar cells that when inserted into panes of glass, absorb sun and turn it into electricity to power the building.

Algae for Fuel Production on Mars

Algae could be used for fuel production on Mars and it would also produce oxygen on Mars. It would also produce fertilizer for growing crops on Mars.

Inflatable Antennas for High Data Rate Satellite and 5G Communications

Freefall Aerospace is a NASA NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) success story.

Elon Musk on Tesla Roadrunner Cell Leak: "It Will Be Very Insane"

After Electrek featured a massive battery cell that was supposedly from Tesla's Roadrunner line, Teslarati covered it in detail and Elon Musk replied saying, "It will be very insane."

Mini-Reactors To Complement Renewables For Carbon-Free Electricity Era

Perhaps the time is right for a new wave of nuclear reactors, ones that are smaller than traditional nuclear power plants for several reasons:

Tesla Battery Day Is Coming: Solid Predictions Of What To Expect

It seems Tesla fans are eager to forecast the future. Only good things can come from Battery Day, right?

Silicon "sandwiches" make for lightweight, high-capacity batteries

The pursuit of better batteries means the exploration of alternative materials, and one that scientists see a lot of promise in is silicon.

"Holy Grail" Metallic Hydrogen Is Going to Change Everything

The substance has the potential to revolutionize everything from space travel to the energy grid.

Tesla Battery Partner Jeff Dahn Approaches Incredible New Battery Cell

The new battery cell chemistry would have game-changing density and an extended life span.

New Zealand's wireless power transmission: Your questions answered

Yesterday we covered the news that New Zealand's second-largest electricity distributor has signed a deal with startup Emrod to trial long-range wireless power transmission.

US Closer To Developing Small Nuclear Reactors That Sustain Life On The Moon & Mars

The US Department of Energy issued an unusual statement on Friday calling for private sector help in its years-long project to develop technology that would sustain future civilizations on the moon as well as Mars.

First boat to make its own hydrogen fuel from seawater. A new kind of boat and technology.

First boat to make its own hydrogen fuel from seawater. A new kind of boat and technology.

Carbon fiber exoskeleton is the latest to boost worker safety

More and more, workplaces are using assistive exoskeletons to protect their employees from injury. One of the newest, the 4th-generation version of German Bionic's Cray X, features a lightweight carbon fiber frame.

Sila Nanotechnologies Biggest Battery Breakthrough in Last Ten Years

Hyperchange has a conversation with Sean Mehta, a battery scientist at Sila Nanotechnologies, about the potential of transition metal-free Cathodes. This has the potential to disrupt the battery materials supply chain.

Progress to All Polymer Battery

Hideaki Horie's innovation is to replace the battery's basic components, which are metal-lined electrodes and liquid electrolytes, with a resin construction.

SpaceX Starlink Beta Testing Starting in North America This Summer

The SpaceX Starlink network will start beta testing this summer (probably August, 2020) in North America.

LiFePO4 Off-grid Solar Battery .2C Capacity Test and Price Comparison: USA vs China, DIY or Buy?

LiFePO4 Off-grid Solar Battery .2C Capacity Test and Price Comparison: USA vs China, DIY or Buy?

Fortune LiFePO4 Battery Cells: I love them!

Fortune LiFePO4 Battery Cells: I love them!

NASA sending space robot to asteroid worth 'more than global economy'

Space agency NASA is to preparing to launch its groundbreaking "Psyche" spacecraft that will explore a huge asteroid claimed to be worth more than the economy on planet Earth

Montreal Researchers on Track to 3 Petawatt Laser Pulses

Canadian researchers at the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) facility at INRS, generated 300 terawatt laser pulses (3 joules for a 10-femtosecond pulse).

3D Printed Fractal Cubes Could Be Five Times Better for Military Armor

Tiny, 3D printed cubes of plastic, with intricate fractal voids built into them, have proven to be effective at dissipating shockwaves, potentially leading to new types of lightweight armor and structural materials effective against explosions and im

Spintronics Breakthrough Could Enable Vastly Higher Speed Data Technology

Today's information technology relies on electronics that consumes a huge amount of energy, the electrons within electric currents can also transfer a form of angular momentum called spin.

Racing to Exawatt Class Lasers and Beyond

Peak laser intensity demonstrations have occurred on specific Nd:glass-based lasers:

"Graphene armor" protects perovskite solar cells from damage

Perovskite is emerging as a promising material for solar cells, but it has some durability problems. Now, engineers have developed a new electrode that could make them more stable, using a protective layer of "graphene armor."

Aerogel fashioned into world's lightest electromagnetic shielding

Containing the electromagnetic radiation generated by electronic components is a key consideration for designers of electronic devices, but today's metal-based shielding materials have their downsides.

Low-cost solar-to-hydrogen cell achieves breakthrough 17.6% efficiency

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

Tesla And Panasonic Enter 3-Year Battery Pricing Agreement

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

Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles...

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

Finally, Commercialization of Wafers of Carbon Nanotube Transistor Chips

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

HyPoint's "turbo fuel cells" promise huge range and power for eVTOLs

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.
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