The chaos and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have claimed an unlikely victim: the machine learning systems that are programmed to make…
TESLA LEAK DESCRIBES UPCOMING “MILLION MILE” BATTERY
Tesla will soon announce a “million mile” battery that it says will bring down the cost of electric vehicles to the price…
SCIENTISTS CREATE JET ENGINE POWERED BY ONLY ELECTRICITY
A prototype jet engine can propel itself without using any fossil fuels, potentially paving the way for carbon-neutral air travel. The device…
PHYSICISTS DISCOVER NEW TRICK TO STABILIZE FUSION REACTORS
A team of research physicists at Princeton University may have found a new way to control fusion reactions — an incremental step towards making…
Engineers create thin, stretchable electronic material that is gas permeable
Engineering researchers at NC State University have created an ultrathin, stretchable electronic material that is gas permeable. Being gas permeable allows the…
SCIENTISTS BUILD ROCKET ENGINE POWERED BY SPIRALING EXPLOSIONS
For the first time, scientists have tested an experimental rocket engine that they say could change the way we launch spacecraft. The…
THIS IS WHAT AIR TRAVEL COULD LOOK LIKE AFTER THE PANDEMIC
Italian design company Avio Interiors has dreamed up with two airplane seat design concepts that could keep travelers safe — or at…
THIS SYSTEM LETS YOU FLY A DRONE WITH ARM GESTURES
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have developed a Jedi-like mind control system that allows you to control…
THE PENTAGON WANTS QUANTUM SENSORS TO TRACK FARAWAY SPACECRAFT
The Pentagon just put out a call for new sensors that use quantum technology to track and monitor distant spacecraft. While vehicles…
TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER ENCOURAGING MOON, ASTEROID MINING
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that encourages the mining of resources in on the Moon and asteroids. “Americans should have…