The world’s first “space nation” has taken flight.
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This is the Tesla semi truck
500 miles of range and more aerodynamic than a supercar
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Elon Musk reveals first photo of tunnel under LA to bypass traffic
Elon Musk shared this picture of the Boring Company’s tunnel under Los Angeles.
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For decades, the blind have used canes to get around. Now a special wristband gives them a ‘sixth sense.’
Sunu has developed a wristband that emits a silent, high frequency sound and vibration to alert the visually impaired of obstacles within their environment.
Transparent solar panels are “the wave of the future”
Researchers from Michigan State University believe transparent solar panels have the potential to generate just as much solar power as rooftop solar panels. When used effectively, they could at full implementation provide 40 percent of electricity in the U.S.
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A team of scientists just made food from electricity- and it could be the end of world hunger
Finnish research team has taken a step towards the future of food by developing a method for producing food from electricity. If scaling it up proves to be successful, it could be a tool in the fight against world hunger and climate change.
Austrian and Chinese academies of sciences successfully conducted first inter-continental quantum video call
The two Academy presidents Chunli Bai and Anton Zeilinger tested quantum encrypted communication between Beijing and Vienna in a live-experiment. The quantum key was transmitted via the Chinese quantum satellite Micius.
Genetically engineered bacteria—spread by mosquito sex—could spell the end of malaria
The mosquito is a delicate insect, with spindly legs and a graceful proboscis. The parasitic, single-celled organisms that spread malaria are even smaller and more fragile, and scientists are trying their hardest to remove them from the planet. More than 400,000 lives every year are at stake—that’s more people than die of international terrorist attacks, lightening strikes and shark attacks combined.
Electricity-free Stanford system cuts cooling costs by beaming heat into space
Radiative sky cooling systems use reflective panels to emit heat into space, potentially cooling a building in the process.
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Radical discovery means computers will soon sniff out explosives
Arusha — Nigerian neuroscientist Oshiorenoya Agabi may have found a way to solve one of life’s puzzling dilemmas: how to make air travel pleasant again.
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You’ll soon be able to buy your kids a $500 Luke Skywalker Landspeeder
For 40 years, kids enamored with Luke Skywalker’s beat-up X-34 Landspeeder have had two choices: they could play with a tiny action figure version, or they could sit in a cardboard box and make speeder sound effects. Continue reading… “You’ll soon be able to buy your kids a $500 Luke Skywalker Landspeeder”
