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Apr 2, 2021

Ford Thunderbird Returns As Vertical Take-Off And Landing Vehicle

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Next year, the Ford Thunderbird returns as a vertical take-off and landing vehicle in a surprise move designed to compete with GM’s future Cadillac VTOL.

Apr 2, 2021

AIR 06 Imagines the Air Taxi of Tomorrow With Out-of-This-World Capability

Posted by in category: transportation

There’s no doubt that air taxis will be the next mobility solution that mankind is looking to implement. Actually, this process has been underway for a few years now.

Apr 2, 2021

Tesla Autopilot tries valiantly before asking for help in Vietnam’s crowded streets

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

In the future, Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suite are expected to handle challenging circumstances on the road with ease. These involve inner-city driving, which includes factors like pedestrians walking about, motorcyclists driving around cars, and other potential edge cases. When Autopilot is able to handle these cases confidently, the company could roll out ambitious projects such as Elon Musk’s Robotaxi Network.

Tesla’s FSD Beta, at least based on videos of the system in action, seems to be designed for maximum safety. Members of the first batch of testers for the FSD Beta have shared clips of the advanced driver-assist system handling even challenging inner-city streets in places such as San Francisco with caution. But even these difficult roads pale in comparison to the traffic situation in other parts of the world.

In Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, for example, traffic tends to be very challenging, to the point where even experienced human drivers could experience anxiety when navigating through inner-city roads. The same is true for other countries like India or the Philippines, where road rules are loosely followed. In places such as these, Autopilot still has some ways to go, as seen in a recently shared video from a Tesla Model X owner.

Apr 1, 2021

Self Contained Ion Powered Aircraft Charlene Model Outdoors

Posted by in categories: energy, transportation

This is the only solely ion propelled series of aircrafts that can lift their power supplies against earth’s gravity. These prototypes were patented specifically for lifting their onboard power supplies and the widely published patent has been in effect since 2014.

While the craft wasn’t working at full power for this test footage since their was a power loss, the safety tether still went completely loose when the craft was energized, and it is also shown flying outdoors. There is an indoor flight that lasted for almost 2 minutes continually when it was flying at its best. There is a video of that and other sustained flights on this YouTube channel.

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Apr 1, 2021

Global Technology Governance Summit 2021

Posted by in categories: governance, robotics/AI, transportation

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Apr 1, 2021

New Cheap Electric Cars Show How Automakers Are Conning The U.S. Market, Inflating Prices

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

European automaker Renault debuted its new cheap electric cars, the Kwid series, in India for a little over $6000 USD. The incredibly low price has left many consumers wondering why certain counties have access to cheap EV cars, while buyers in Europe and the United States are expected to pay more than quadruple that price for similar vehicles. It turns out there is a conspiracy and Europeans and North Americans who want electric cars are getting gouged by automakers, and it all has to do with gaining access to new markets.

The Kwid specifications are nearly identical to a Dacia, also a Renault brand. The difference: a European Dacia is double the price of an Indian Kwid. Meanwhile, the U.S. market misses entirely on either of these vehicles. The only electric cars available in America are dominated by premium brands and high price tags, making them unaffordable for most.

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Mar 31, 2021

Candela P-30 Hydrofoil Ferry Is All-Electric, Aims for World’s Fastest

Posted by in category: transportation

Traffic in and around big cities is getting more clogged, and the rising levels of pollution definitely don’t help with the quality of life in these areas. But what if there was a clean, efficient means of transportation that didn’t require new infrastructure or significant urban change?

Mar 31, 2021

Passenger plane that can fly at over 3,000mph unveiled

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Los Angeles to Tokyo in 2.5 HOURS: Supersonic jet firm unveils plane that can transport 50 people at over 3000mph…

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Mar 30, 2021

Opinion | How many aliens are out there? Why a new estimate is raising eyebrows

Posted by in categories: alien life, transportation

‘Humans are extraordinarily special’. Not new but well worth remembering.


Either way, their conclusion is that, like stick-shift cars, extraterrestrial civilizations are few and far between. The implication is that our nearest cosmic chums are at least several thousand light-years away.

You may wonder why this story has raised eyebrows. Well, it would make Homo sapiens extraordinarily special, despite the fact that the galaxy is stuffed with planets. It discomfits scientists (including me) because, historically, every time we’ve thought we occupy a privileged position in the universe, we were wrong. Remember that six centuries ago, learned folk would have assured you that Earth was the center of the cosmos.

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Mar 30, 2021

How a Boat-Plane Hybrid Shattered the Sound Barrier of Sailing

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