Swiss startup Energy Vault wants to overcome the limitations of lithium-ion batteries by storing green wind and solar energy by stacking massive…
AMAZON PATENTED A SYSTEM THAT LITERALLY WHIPS STUFF INTO ORBIT
A newly-published patent dating back to 2017 lays out plans for a ship-based launch system that whips payloads into orbit using a miles-long whip…
BOSTON DYNAMICS’ ROBOT DOG IS GOING TO WORK ON AN OIL RIG
Oil rigs can be incredibly dangerous, making the structures an ideal target for automation. To that end, oil producer Aker BP and AI…
SCIENTISTS INVENT DEVICE TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY FROM RAIN
A team of engineers has figured out how to take a single drop of rain and use it to generate a powerful…
DARPA IS USING GAMERS’ BRAIN WAVES TO TRAIN ROBOT SWARMS
A team of artificial intelligence researchers at the University at Buffalo plans to study the brain waves and eye movements of around…
NASA IS ASKING ELECTRIC CAR COMPANIES FOR LUNAR ROVER IDEAS
NASA is asking potential industry partners, including electric car companies, to send ideas for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that could one day transport…
BEN & JERRY’S IS TESTING A DRONE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ICE CREAM
Drone startup Terra Drone Europe announced that it had partnered with Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, to test a drone…
US ARMY CONSIDERING RIFLE THAT ONLY FIRES WHEN HIT IS GUARANTEED
The U.S. Army is currently evaluating a smart rifle that will only fire if its software determines that the shot is guaranteed…
NASA IS ADDING A SPACE HOTEL TO THE SPACE STATION
NASA announced that it’s chosen private space station manufacturer Axiom Space to build the first “commercial launch destination” — space hotel for the…
JAPAN IS BUILDING A MASSIVE WALKING GUNDAM ROBOT
Japan is building a massive humanoid robot modeled after those in the “Gundam” sci-fi franchise. The robot will be a replica of RX-78-2 Gundam,…