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Apr 24, 2020

Elon Musk hypes up Tesla smart home HVAC, hints at Cybertruck feature

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, energy, sustainability, transportation

Elon Musk seems to be really interested in Tesla expanding into the home HVAC industry — going as far as saying that he is “dying to do it.”

He first brought up the idea in an interview on the Joe Rogan Experience almost two years ago.

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Apr 23, 2020

Work on Goodenough’s breakthrough solid-state EV battery moves forward

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

Goodenought’s breakthrough on a solid-state battery could mean the end of internal-combustion cars. The job of commercializing it goes to Hydro-Québec.

Apr 23, 2020

Tesla to implement a key security feature ‘soon’

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, security, sustainability, transportation

Tesla’s mobile app is one of the key parts of the Tesla ownership experience, and yet its security is lacking an important feature — two-factor authentication.

According to CEO Elon Musk, this will change in the near future.

When asked on Twitter whether there are any updates regarding two-factor authentication for the app, Musk said it’s “coming soon” (via Teslarati).

Apr 22, 2020

‘Nanocardboard’ flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes

Posted by in categories: space, transportation

O,.O woah!


This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. As the first of its kind, the Mars Helicopter will carry no instruments and collect no data—NASA describes merely flying it all as “high-risk, high-reward” research.

With the risks of extraterrestrial flight in mind, Penn Engineers are suggesting a different approach to exploring the skies of other worlds: a fleet of tiny aircraft that each weigh about as much as a fruit fly and have no moving parts.

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Apr 20, 2020

Tesla Cybertruck is going to be ‘able to float for a while,’ says Elon Musk

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Tesla Cybertruck is going to be “able to float for a while,” says CEO Elon Musk, who apparently can’t wait to bring the electric pickup truck to production.

For a while now, Elon Musk has cautiously boasted about the ability of Tesla vehicles to float, or even “act as a boat” for short periods of time.

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Apr 20, 2020

Researchers balance Casimir effects, make tiny hoverboard

Posted by in category: transportation

Circa 2019


Thanks to quantum mechanics, empty space can both push and suck.

Apr 19, 2020

Speedy 3D Printer Could Revive Algae Biofuel, With Coral Bonus

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, sustainability, transportation

Algae biofuel certainly faces an uphill battle these days, what with the global oil price crash and competition from electric vehicles. Nevertheless, there may be a glimmer of hope for algae biofuel fans, in the form of an ultra-fast 3D printer housed in a California laboratory. In an interesting sustainability twofer, the same machine might also spit out an assist for the world’s ailing coral reefs.

Apr 18, 2020

Dutch Hyperloop plan eyes Paris to Amsterdam in 90 minutes

Posted by in category: transportation

Plans to create a high tech link between French and Netherlands capitals are under discussion after a study suggests the project could be economically viable.

Apr 18, 2020

Boeing Patents ‘Star Wars’-Style Force Field Technology

Posted by in categories: energy, transportation

Circa 2015


— — Boeing’s new patent may let the force be with you even in real life.

The aircraft and defense company has taken a cue from science fiction with its plan to develop a Star Wars-style force field that would use energy to deflect any potential damage.

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Apr 18, 2020

High Powered Laser Shoots Down UAV

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

A short production outlining Air Force experimentation on White Sands Missile Range with the use of high powered microwave and laser systems to shoot down small unmanned aircraft. Video filmed by John Hamilton.