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DARPA O-Circuit program wants drones that can smell danger...

Practical Smell-O-Vision could soon be coming to a VR headset near you

ICYMI - RAI introduces its new prototype "Roadrunner," a 33 lb bipedal wheeled robot.

Pulsar Fusion Ignites Plasma in Nuclear Rocket Test

Details of the NASA Moonbase Plans Include a Fifteen Ton Lunar Rover

THIS is the Biggest Thing Since CGI

BACK TO THE MOON: Crewed Lunar Mission Artemis II Confirmed for Wednesday...

The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card

Red light therapy boosts retinal health in early macular degeneration

Hydrogen-powered business jet edges closer to certification

Energy

Energy independence turns the gears of the visionary’s imagination, and grants us individual control of our modern lives. No meaningful alternative to the Crown’s system can be achieved without exploring decentralized energy production and storage.

Thor Motor Coach explores new roads with solar-powered, multi-sport camper van

Best known for huge, highway-hogging motorhomes and travel trailers, Thor Industries became the world's largest RV manufacturer when it purchased Germany's Erwin Hymer Group earlier this year.

Facebook just suspended Natural News for 7 days for posting this rather ho-hum fluoride infographic

(Natural News) The insanity of the tech giants' censorship continues to expand by the day. With Twitter having permanently banned the Health Ranger account several weeks ago (@HealthRanger) after I criticized Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for his involve

Clean, Cheap, Abundant Fusion Energy Would Wreck Globalization

The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode.

Series of Fusion Experiments that Could Lead to Cheap, Clean, Abundant Fusion Energy

The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode. If everything goes smoothly on four critical steps then this could be the

Series of Fusion Experiments that Could Lead to Cheap, Clean, Abundant Fusion Energy

The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode. If everything goes smoothly on four critical steps then this could be the

Superlight Micro-Engine That Weighs Just 22lbs and Is the Size Of A BACKPACK ...

Is Powerful Enough to Drive A Ford Fiesta For 750 Miles Without Refuelling...A hyper-efficient and super-light one-piston engine smaller than a backpack could render modern hybrids obsolete.

Thermal Energy Stored for Month in New Material

Global emissions must be reduced by 60% before 2050 to avoid 2 degrees of global warming. However, energy consumption is doubling in the next 40 years due to an increasing world population and economic growth.

800-horsepower electric supercar hopes to usher in the methanol fuel cell age

Roland Gumpert, of Audi Quattro and Apollo fame, has put forth a supercar that solves the problem of limited electric range and slow charging. The 800-horsepower, all wheel drive Nathalie uses a cheaply refuellable methanol fuel cell to charge its ba

Tesla's Maxwell Dry Battery and a Five Year Lead on the World

Tesla bought Maxwell Technologies for their dry battery technology. Maxwell proved 300 Wh/kg energy density is which 20-40% better than current Tesla batteries.

This SUV powers your house–and your house powers this SUV

Solar power is remarkable, but it's unstable. Is it a clear day or did the clouds just roll in? The power is always in flux. That's why many solar panel owners choose to buy big batteries to store and sip energy all the time. But what if your ele

Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory Completion Within 85 Days

Chen Mingbo, head of the Shanghai city economic and information technology commission, has stated that Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory should be completed in May 2019.

Record-breaking device uses sunlight to produce hydrogen at 15% efficiency

Scientists at KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a device that combines incoming solar energy and water vapor from the surrounding air to produce a record-breaking daily average of 250 liters (66 gal) of hydrogen throughout the year.

24M Delivers SemiSolid Cells With Energy Density Above 280 Wh/kg

24M, the battery start-up headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., announced first delivery of a commercially viable, high energy density lithium-ion cells – the SemiSolid lithium-ion battery design – to an undisclosed industrial partner.

'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working...

'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working atomic fusion experiment in his parent's spare room using $10,000 worth of parts from eBay

The Reason Tesla Spent $218 Million On Maxwell Technologies

WHY DID TESLA ACQUIRE MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES?

Tesla Acquires Maxwell Technologies for Battery Breakthrough

Tesla welcomes Maxwell into their house with $218M acquisition for battery technology and battery expertise.

TALOS Exoskeleton Program Fails But Silent Electric Dirt Bikes Could Work Out

Patrick Tucker at Defense One has reported that James Smith, SOCOM's acquisition executive has stated that the Special Ops Exoskeleton is nowhere near ready for use in combat.

Nikola Announces All-Electric Semi Truck: Up To 1,000-kWh Battery

Nikola recognizes the advantages of BEVs. Will skip FCVs at some point?

Ford F-150 Electric Pickup Truck Spied For First Time

Electric truck sighting confirmed.

Tesla Buys Maxwell to Eventually Nearly Triple Battery Energy Density

Maxwell Technologies has breakthrough dry battery electrode technology and ultracapacitors. Tesla has announced the purchase of Maxwell Technologies for $218 million in an all-stock deal.

Scientists Invent Ingenious Emission-Free System to Bottle Solar Energy in the Summer to ...

Save for Winter...This ground-breaking new solar-powered battery is giving the fossil fuel industry reason for concern. After decades of research, prototypes, and trials, the first sustainable solar-powered storage system is underway and it is poi

Watch New Harley Concept Electric Bike In Action

This as-yet unnamed Harley-Davidson concept bike seems somewhere between a dirtbike and a motorized mountain bike in function and weight.

Electric Heavy Equipment is Good for Underground Cities and Space Colonies

A Norwegian distributor of CAT heavy machinery has converted a CAT excavator to electric power using 3.4 tons of batteries. This was 300 kWh of batteries.

This Will Be the Biggest Winner of the EV Revolution

Volkswagen is taking matters into its own hands. On Friday, the German auto giant said it's going to spend €870 million (about $995 million) by 2020 to develop electric vehicle (EV) components.

Tesla Pickup Truck With 500-Mile Range To Be Unveiled This Summer?

The Tesla product path is pretty exciting. With the Model 3 finally hitting its near-term production and delivery stride, we're ready for more details about what's coming. Last night's financial call with analysts was pretty revealing on this f

Future Electric Pickup Trucks Worth Waiting For

From the Rivian R1T to the promised Tesla pickup, these are the electric pickup trucks to start saving up for.

Railguns Stabiliize ITER Nuclear Fusion Plasma Three Times Faster than Gas Guns

The projectile, called a "sabot," releases a payload of material into the center of the plasma that radiates, or spreads out, the energy stored in the plasma, reducing its impact on the interior of the tokamak.

"Project Dilithium": US Military Eyes Mini Nuclear Reactors For Remote Deployments

The US military's Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has put out a request for contractors to submit proposals for small nuclear reactors that could be deployed to remote locations that are difficult or dangerous to transport fuel, reports Defense O

Scientists Create Super-Thin 'Sheet' That Could Charge Our Phones By Harvesting Wifi From th

Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from WiFi

Technology extracts at least 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere at a cost of less...

than 2 cents per liter....Jim Mason was first profiled in Reason in 2008 when his early attempts at homemade power generation ran afoul of regulators in his hometown of Berkeley, California. He fought through and created a business, All Power Labs,

Railguns Stabiliize ITER Nuclear Fusion Plasma Three Times Faster than Gas Guns

One of the problems preventing the Multi-billion dollar ITER nuclear fusion project from scaling to provide commercial energy are disruptions of the plasma. Disruptions are sudden events that can halt fusion reactions and damage the tokamaks.

Electricity-free air con:

Thermoacoustic device turns waste heat into cold using no additional power

Tuning Graphene Superconductivity

A Columbia University-led team has developed a new method to finely tune adjacent layers of graphene--lacy, honeycomb-like sheets of carbon atoms--to induce superconductivity.

Watch: New Video Surfaces Of Aston Martin's All-Electric Supercar, Production Starts In Months

Aston Martin has been manufacturing and racing petrol sportscars for well over a century. It was not until 2017 at the 2018 Frankfurt Motor Show, the British automaker revealed the Rapide E, an all-electric version of the Rapide sports sedan, would h

Kirk Sorensen - A Global Alternative (thorium energy via LFTR) @ TEAC4

Kirk Sorensen for harnessing the power of the atom using Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR). LFTR offers greater efficiency and . Lectures from TEAC4 (Thorium Energy Alliance Conference.

CTO of General Fusion Forecasts Ten Years to Commercial Fusion

CBC News has a new article which reports that Mike Delage, chief technology officer at General Fusion thinks commercial fusion could be as little as a decade away.

Russia Will Test a New Sodium Fast Reactor and Reprocessing to Handle All Nuclear Waste

The MBIR is a sodium-cooled fast reactor with 150 megawatts of thermal power and will have a design life of up to 50 years.

If TAE Technologies Succeeds With Commercial Fusion Then a Fusion Rocket...

If TAE Technologies Succeeds With Commercial Fusion Then a Fusion Rocket Will Follow

Porsche Is Doubling Production Of Its "Tesla Killer" Taycan On Soaring Demand

The Porsche Taycan is widely considered to be the "mainstream" luxury automobile market's most potent threat to the Tesla Model S. The specs for the vehicle look to be extremely impressive, not just from an EV standpoint, but from any type of "street

Let's Look At CATL's Numerous Battery Deals

Mega-player in the battery biz.

Tesla Move to Bigger Battery Packs and 2170 Batteries for S and X Cars

Tesla is discontinuing the 75 kWh battery pack versions of the Model S and X cars.

Cadillac to lead GM's electrification efforts.

General Motors announced today that Cadillac will be GM's lead electric vehicle brand. The company is currently developing an all-new EV platform, which at first will be utilized in an upcoming all-electric Cadillac.

Atlis XT Electric Pickup Truck Revealed: 500-Mile Range, Tows 35,000 Pounds

Might there be a competitor for the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck?

Tesla and China Could Complete Gigafactory 3 by March, 2019

How fast can Tesla and China complete Gigafactory 3?

This Lone Rivian R1T Electric Truck Video Shows All

We can't get enough of this incredible electric truck. Build it now!

Tesla's Secret Weapon: Intense Focus On Batteries

INSIDE TESLA'S SECRET, INTENSE FOCUS ON BATTERIES By now, regular readers of this column are well aware that we (along with most other writers who focus on electric vehicles) consider the threat of the "Tesla killer" to be no threat at all.

The Battery Revolution. End of Gasoline?

Representing the battery breakthrough that is ready to commercialize and promises much more battery capacity for our smartphones and electric vehicles and extremely fast charging. So, the price of electric vehicles will be very close and even lower t

This most innovative battery designs of the year

Access to energy wherever and whenever we need it is fundamental to much of modern society, keeping us warm in the winter, cool in the summer, entertained all year round, and making sure our food is safe to eat.

Impressive solar-powered island resort opens in the Maldives

New York-based architectural firm Yuji Yamazaki Architecture (YYA) is behind the design of the Kudadoo Maldives Private Island that opened recently in Lhaviani Atoll, Maldives.

China Starts Operating Most Powerful Single Nuclear Reactor

China has completed and is now operating an advanced french designed EPR nuclear reactor with 1750 MW of power. This is the most energy from a single nuclear reactor.
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