Exploring distant planets with cumbersome rovers comes with countless challenges. But microrobotics could offer a whole new way to reconnoiter alien environments.…
LAMBORGHINI DEBUTS FIRST HYBRID AND IT’S AN ABSOLUTE BEAST
Italian sports car maker Lamborghini revealed the Sián, its first ever hybrid. Sián house a 785 horsepower V12 engine, but it bolts…
ELON MUSK: “NEXT GEN” CRAFT COULD BE TWICE THE SIZE OF STARSHIP
SpaceX’s Starhopper spacecraft finally completed its long-delayed test launch. The same day, CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to speculate about what a…
Volocopter’s 2X eVTOL records a first with flight at Helsinki International Airport
The Volocopter 2X air taxi vehicle is the first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft to fly at an international airport,…
NASA OFFICIALLY ACTIVATES ITS “GPS FOR DEEP SPACE”
NASA just activated its Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), which launched into Earth’s orbit in June. Scientists will attempt to use the…
THIS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM COULD BE BUILT IN A BACKYARD
U.S. government report noted the “enormous untapped potential” of geothermal energy, the heat naturally produced beneath Earth’s surface, for the generation of electricity.…
THIS ROOMY, INFLATABLE HABITAT COULD ONE DAY TAKE YOU TO MARS
Aerospace company Sierra Nevada Corporation just showed off its prototype of a 26-feet-across inflatable space habitat module — roughly one third the…
VOLOCOPTER UNVEILS 18-ROTOR ELECTRIC AIR TAXI FOR TWO
German startup Volocopter unveiled the aircraft it hopes will service the world’s first on-demand air taxi service — and it is wild-looking. The…
VIRGIN GALACTIC UNVEILS LUXURIOUS SPACEPORT LOUNGE
Virgin Galactic revealed what its spaceport at its new New Mexico home looks like — and it’s a beautiful vision of the…
China Deploys Its First Robot Traffic Police
The Handan Public Security Bureau in Northern China deployed three types of traffic robots to assist human officers in the city. A…