The future is now. By Loz Blain The Switchblade folds out into a two-seat aeroplane capable of 200 mph in the air A year after it was pronounced airworthy by the FAA, and 14 years after it was first announced, the Samson Sky Switchblade is officially off the ground. This street-legal […]
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Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational
The seven-story facility includes a rooftop test track and ‘Smart Garden.’ BY ANDREW PAUL | PUBLISHED NOV 21, 2023 1:15 PM EST After three years of construction and limited operations, the next-generation Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center production facility in Singapore is officially online and fully functioning. Announced on November 20, the 935,380-square-foot, seven-floor facility relies […]
Up, Up, And Electric Way!!
Testing of Air Force all-electric plane set to start at Florida base By PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN STARS AND STRIPES • October 28, 2023 The Alia, an all-electric airplane, comes in for a landing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 26, 2023. The plane will be put through its paces over the next […]
The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade
Here’s why the US military put a light anti-tank weapon on the back of a robotic quadruped. BY KELSEY D. ATHERTON | PUBLISHED OCT 24, 2023 4:46 PM EDT On September 9, Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, strapped a rocket launcher to the back of a commercially available robotic goat as part of […]
Oops! US Space Force may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere
By Harry Baker published 6 days ago A rocket carrying a Space Force surveillance satellite may have created a hole in the ionosphere as it shot into space. The launch was carried out with just 27 hours’ notice, which is a new record. A rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force satellite into […]
Growing and burying algae in the Sahara is the latest solution for the climate crisis
By Thomas Page, CNN Published 4:36 AM EDT, Fri August 18, 2023 Brilliant Planet’s pilot site in Akhfenir, Morocco, is cultivating microalgae to capture and sequester carbon dioxide. Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been proposed as a necessary step to curb global heating in the 21st century — […]
Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas
The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year. BY ANDREW PAUL | PUBLISHED AUG 10, 2023 4:00 PM EDT Japan’s bullet trains could finally be coming to America. DEPOSIT PHOTOS A new high-speed railway system inspired by Japanese bullet trains could someday carry commuters between Houston […]
Worm Back From 46,000 Year Coma
July 30, 20235:00 AM ET Emma Bowman A Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode is seen under the microscope at the University of Cologne’s worm lab in Germany. Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years. A tiny roundworm was revived after it […]
The New Frontier Is Here
“A just machine that make big decisions. Programed by fellas with compassion and vision.”Donald Fagen Peter Johnson | Jul 19 2023 – 7:18 am PT Nissan is adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) starting in 2025, the first Japanese automaker to make the move. Nissan EVs will use Tesla NACS in a first […]
Guess What’s Coming To Dinner
US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR today Chicken every Sunday is about to take on a whole new meaning. From farm to table-an old wive tale. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of […]