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Graphene Dream Becomes a Reality as Miracle Material Enters Production for Better Chips, Batteries

Virtual Fencing May Allow Thousands More Cattle to Be Ranched on Land Rather Than in Barns

Prominent Personalities Sign Letter Seeking Ban On 'Development Of Superintelligence'

Why 'Mirror Life' Is Causing Some Genetic Scientists To Freak Out

Retina e-paper promises screens 'visually indistinguishable from reality'

Scientists baffled as interstellar visitor appears to reverse thrust before vanishing behind the sun

Future of Satellite of Direct to Cellphone

Amazon goes nuclear with new modular reactor plant

China Is Making 800-Mile EV Batteries. Here's Why America Can't Have Them

China Innovates: Transforming Sand into Paper

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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.

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.

World record drone flights: Hydrogen vs battery vs gasoline-electric

Spanish company Quaternium has destroyed its own record for gasoline-electric drone endurance with a 10-hour...

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Stealthy diver delivery boat transforms into a submarine

If you're on a secret military diving mission, chances are you don't want the enemy to see you getting into the water. That's where VICTA comes in, as it's a diver delivery boat that transforms into a submarine.

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

Flying high! Professional skydiver takes maiden flight of the first electric wingsuit...

Flying high! Professional skydiver takes maiden flight of the first electric wingsuit designed with BMW that hits speeds of 186 miles per hour while soaring 10,000 feet in the air

Sandy Munro And Malcolm Bricklin Show Why They Bet On EVs With 3 Wheels

Didn't technology make electric cars possible? It can do the same for three-wheeler safety.

Rocket Lab gets set for its first ever booster recovery attempt

Part of this strategy involves using parachutes, a helicopter and a special grappling hook to collect the first stage as it drifts back down to the Earth, a technique it was able to successfully demonstrate using a dummy first stage earlier this year

Virgin Galactic planning to launch suborbital test flight this month

VSS Unity's next suborbital mission is targeted for Nov. 19 to Nov. 23.

Vector restarting operations under new ownership

The new Vector will leverage much of the design of the Vector-R rocket the original company had development, but with new engines and an initial focus on suborbital markets.

Pal-V Liberty flying car is now street-legal in Europe

Dutch company Pal-V has celebrated a milestone for its Liberty vehicle, which it describes as the world's first production-model flying car. A high-performance trike that converts into a gyrocopter, the Liberty has been street-approved in the EU.

NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water in Sunlit Parts of the Moon

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This means water could all over the moon and not just in permanently shadowed craters mostly near the north

Tesla Cybertruck Vs GMC Hummer EV Off-Road Comparison And Review

Which upcoming electric 'Supertruck' will be more capable?

Visualizing All Of Earth's Satellites: Who Owns Our Orbit?

For centuries, humans have looked to space and the stars for answers. The fascination is more than philosophical - it's coupled with the need to solve problems here on Earth.

Jet Packs Used To Board and Capture a Navy Ship in a Test

The British Navy tested having three commandos use Jet Packs to test boarding and capturing a patrol boat. The Gravity Industries Jet Suit has 5 engines, 1050 horsepower, and a top speed of over 85 mph. The suits cost about $440,000.

Cyclotech brings a totally unique propulsion system to the eVTOL world

Austrian company Cyclotech is planning to begin flight-testing an 80-kg (176-lb) demonstrator of its unique electric VTOL airframe, which uses Voith-Schneider propellers instead of rotors for exceptional agility and control in the air.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx collects sample from surface of asteroid Bennu

In a truly remarkable feat of engineering, NASA's OSIRIS-REx has scooped a sample of soil from the surface of asteroid Bennu, as it hurtles through space some 205 million miles from Earth. The spacecraft successfully touched the asteroid Bennu on T

NASA Landed a Probe on an Ancient Asteroid and Took a Sample In First for U.S.

"A piece of primordial rock that has witnessed our solar system's entire history may now be ready to come home for generations of scientific discovery," said a NASA scientist of the U.S.'s first attempt to return an asteroid sample to Earth.

Argonnes Developing Micro-Nuclear Reactors for eTruck Supercharging

The largest cross-country 18-wheel trucks will need five to 10 times more electricity than an electric car to recharge its battery. And these trucks often need to recharge far from high-power transmission lines.

China's Autoflight puts a canard twist on its latest long-range eVTOL

At the 2020 World UAV Conference in Shenzhen, Chinese heavy drone company Autoflight unveiled a big new canard-style electric VTOL cargo drone, and announced its intentions to develop a similar aircraft for urban air taxi operations.

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.

BIG shoots for the Moon with 3D-printed lunar habitat plan

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has conceived some of the most interesting architecture projects we've seen on land, and even water, but its latest design is out of this world - literally.

China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 snaps 'selfies' on its way to the Red Planet after releasin

China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 snaps 'selfies' on its way to the Red Planet after releasing an on-board camera into space

Electric air taxi could take to the Paris skies in time for the Olympics

Innovation hub Paris Region, airport operator ADP and urban transport operator RATP are eyeing the development of an urban air mobility branch ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, and have joined forces with German air taxi startu

Hyundai gets serious about unstoppable, four-legged 4x4 robo-cars

When Hyundai debuted (rendered, really) its sci-fi-grade Elevate walking all-terrain vehicle concept at CES 2019, we assumed its design team just threw an all-time-great New Year's Eve bash and let the party favors do the designing.

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.

Drone carries human kidney over Las Vegas desert in what could be the future of organ transportation

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misstated the April 2019 drone flight course and destination, from the Living Legacy Foundation to the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore.

Ground testing completed for Rolls-Royce ACCEL electric aircraft tech

Last year, we heard how Rolls-Royce was developing what it claims will be the world's fastest electric airplane, the ACCEL. Now, the company has announced that it has completed ground testing of the technology that will be used in the aircraft.

SpaceX's brand new Super Heavy monster is coming - SN1 build has begun

The first 200 get 20% off the annual Brilliant subscription! http://brilliant.org/MarcusHouse/. SpaceX's brand new Super Heavy monster is coming. Yep, the SN1 build has begun. Overall, another action-packed week of news at Boca Chica with starship

The Computer that Controlled the Saturn V (Behind the Scenes ft Linus Tech Tips) - Smarter Every Day

Have you subbed to the 2nd channel? If you dig this and feel like this video has earned it then maybe give it a shot.

BlackSky Monitoring Satellites Will Soon Have 50cm Resolution

BlackSky is preparing for the next generation of its geospatial intelligence constellation.

Solar Towers For Lunar Energy and Microwave Moon Mining

NASA NIAC has an update on the Lunar Polar Mining Outpost (LPMO). It is a breakthrough mission architecture that promises to greatly reduce the cost of human exploration and industrialization of the Moon.

Tesla: Significant Range Increase (30%) Possible Without New Chemistry

Cell form factor and cell vehicle integration will improve EV range by almost a third without switching to a new chemistry.

Pulsed Plasma Rocket

Howe Industries is investigating a Pulsed Plasma Rocket system that can produce 20,000 lbs of thrust with an Isp of 5,000 seconds.

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.

Bezos' Blue Origin to set record with launch testing NASA moon mission hardware

A New Shepard flight on Thursday will break the mark for reusing rockets.

GM Considers Expanding Into Electric-Flying Air-Taxis

Like an elderly man wobbling into a party and trying to fit in with young kids by using "hip new lingo", General Motors - days after seeing its partnership with Nikola come under fire - has now come out and said it is going to now be exploring option

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."

Scientists use nanoparticles as an alternative propulsion method for small spacecraft

Propellant is one of the most important things that any spacecraft needs to carry - without it, a spacecraft will be unable to move or change course. This is why spacecraft tend to carry a lot of it on board.

Elon Musk's Tunnel Under Las Vegas for Self-Driving Cars Is Almost Complete

For most of 2020, Elon Musk has dominated news headlines for SpaceX rocket launches and Tesla's wild stock movements, so much so that it's easy to forget that another Musk-owned transportation venture, The Boring Company, has also been making rap

Vanderhall Navarro Electric Off-Roader Announced Via Amusing Teaser Video

Vanderhall is known for its three-wheelers, but for its next project it's adding one wheel and going off-road.

The Lucid Air Is A True Engineer's Car, According to Ben Sullins

Form really follows function in what promises to be the best electric car around.

SpaceX Starship updates, Starlink Space Lasers, Rocket Lab Photon, SLS news & Astra launch failure

Today we are going to give you a rundown of SpaceX Starship updates, Starlink Space Lasers, Rocket Lab Photon, SLS news & Astra launch failure. So many updates Starship updates from BocaChica. SN7.1, SN8, SN9, SN10 and now SN11! Some interesting new

2021 Lucid Air Dream Edition Revealed: Range, Pricing, Specs, And More

Lucid Motors has formally introduced the Lucid Air Dream Edition, its luxury long-range electric sedan set to launch in the second quarter of 2021. The Lucid Air is the first electric car to out-Tesla, Tesla, so we're going to take a close look at wh

SpaceX Increasing Raptor Engine Power

SpaceX is increasing the thrust of the Raptor engines to 300 tons of thrust. 28 Raptor engines will provide 7500 tons of thrust for the Super Heavy Booster.

Elon Musk Thinks the First Orbital Flight of Starship Will Be in 2021

Elon Musk had a phone interview for the Human to Mars Conference. He mentioned that there will be improvements for the Super Heavy Starship.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo could launch again next month as the firm gears up to send...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo could launch again next month as the firm gears up to send billionaire founder Richard Branson into orbit by early 2021

Living Vehicle unveiled its luxury new travel trailer RV with a convertible home office...

Living Vehicle unveiled its luxury new travel trailer RV with a convertible home office starting at almost $229,300 -- take a look inside

Mach Effect Propulsion Levels Becoming Significant and Reliable

Nextbigfuture has had dozens of articles covering the experimental and theoretical propellantless propulsion system of James Woodward.

Another Successful SpaceX Starship Prototype Hop Test

The SpaceX SN6 Starship prototype had a successful 150-meter hop test. This is the second SpaceX 150 meter hop test using a prototype Starship. There was Starhopper test flight in 2019.
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