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From a New York rooftop in the 1800s to their first journey to space. From kidnappings and bribery to a world-changing mistake with an inkwell… Solar panels are one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and their history is more fun than you thought.
Category: Technology
Tags: Solar Power, Perovskite, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Photovoltaic
Continue reading Solar panels: Great moments from more than 140 years of innovation
McMurtry made its US debut to the crowds at the famed Laguna Seca circuit in Monterey, CA this week, racing the third annual Reverse Corkscrew Hillclimb with Max Chilton back in the pilot seat. The car and driver duo easily set not one, but two records… Continue reading Insane hypercar absolutely sucks its way into the record books
In 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) announced audacious plans to build an extraordinarily ambitious 10,200-square-mile (26,500-sq-km) urban area called Neom at the northern tip of the Red Sea with a US$1.5-trillion budget.Continue R… Continue reading Saudi Arabia seeks to silence Neom project doubters with images and video
In an automotive era where safety, sanity, sustainability, and responsible eco-friendliness have taken center stage, enter Nilu27, stage far-right. America’s newest V12 hypercar is designed explicitly to have no frills, no digital, no driver aids, and … Continue reading Luridly irresponsible Nilu27 hypercar is the one we all want
In February of this year, we reported on the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and its phase one testing of a low-vacuum-tube hyperloop-style maglev ultra-high-speed (UHS) train. In initial 1.24-mile-long (2-km) tests, the T-Flight hit … Continue reading 621-mph maglev vacuum train “T-Flight” test successful
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have unveiled a new type of amphibious vehicle that can hover like a drone, take winged flight like a plane, then dive at high speed underwater like nothing else – called the Nezha-SeaDart.Continue … Continue reading Amphibious SeaDart: High-speed drone can hover, fly and dive
Honda started the step-through motorcycle craze back in 1958 with the Honda Super Cub C100. Anyone who was anyone had a Super Cub. It’s been hailed as the most popular motor vehicle of all time. Not just motorcycle, but motor vehicle. Can CSC reach the… Continue reading Honda Trail 125 eater: The Wolf 125 comes to the US
Toyota and Stanford University have been pushing self-driving technology beyond the limits of traction for several years now, and they’ve now released video of two autonomous cars drifting in tandem, getting very sideways with extreme precision.Continu… Continue reading Inches apart: Self-driving cars master extreme sideways driving skills
Aeon – a major Japanese supermarket chain – has implemented a new AI system that evaluates and seeks to “standardize” employee smiles.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Facial Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Japan Continue reading Japanese supermarkets begin tracking and optimizing workers’ smiles
Good news for planet Earth, at least as far as the data shows for the United States. According to the US Energy Information Administration, in the five years from 2019 to 2024, in March and April specifically, electricity production using wind power ha… Continue reading Wind energy blows away coal-fired power in the US