Collaborate Disseminate
The intense heat under the Earth’s surface represents a virtually inexhaustible source of reliable clean energy that would be available 24/7 from anywhere on Earth – you could pull it up as steam to run generator turbines, or pipe it directly into dist… Continue reading “Walking” anchor and plasma drill promise cheap, deep geothermal power
A “bi-sensory” treatment combining precisely timed sound and touch has shown impressive results in reducing people’s experience of tinnitus, a common and debilitating form of hearing damage that presents as an incessant ringing sound in the ears.Contin… Continue reading Ring-busting tinnitus treatment combines sound and touch stimulation
Monégasque aerial photography and drone show company McClic has successfully test-flown its MC One personal eVTOL, a simple but nice-looking coaxial octacopter with a pilot’s seat on top. Anyone can fly it, given about 10 minutes’ training.Continue Rea… Continue reading MC One personal eVTOL rocks a Monaco-grade price tag
A Caltech team is celebrating the world’s first space-based wireless power transmission, and the first time detectable levels of power have been beamed down to Earth. The Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) aims to unlock huge orbital clean energy resourc… Continue reading World-first space solar demonstration beams power from orbit to Earth
There’s precious little human dignity in economy airline travel to begin with; why not go all the way? The HypNap TruRest offers you the opportunity to attempt sleep with your face mashed into a padded cradle, and arrive red, wrinkly and refreshed.Cont… Continue reading Trurest lets you faceplant your way to sleep on economy flights
With Apple dropping hints that its much-awaited AR/VR headset will drop at next week’s WWDC event, Meta has attempted to steal its rival’s thunder. The new Meta Quest 3 is smaller, much more powerful than its predecessor, and designed for next-level au… Continue reading Meta announces Quest 3 as Apple prepares to drop its VR/AR headset
A novel 3D-printing process has opened up a new class of strong, ductile, tuneable titanium alloys that could potentially be made from waste products, without expensive additives like vanadium. It may also work for zirconium, niobium and molybdenum.Con… Continue reading New class of “designer” titanium alloys could be made from waste
Bombardier says it’s stepping up prototype testing on its blended-wing Ecojet project, aiming to use its lift-generating fuselage, low-drag wingspan and propulsion advances to heavily reduce fuel burn and cut emissions in half.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Bombardier moves to second prototype of its blended-wing Ecojet
Japanese company PowerX is moving ahead with its strange plan to build a “mobile power station” in the form of a 140-meter (460-ft) electric “battery tanker,” which will carry 241 megawatt-hours of renewable energy across the sea over short distances.C… Continue reading Bizarre 460-foot “battery tanker” set to ship electrons by 2026
Norton has made good on its threat to turn its slinky V4SV superbike into a cafe racer – without neutering its rorty 1200cc V4 engine. The new V4CR carries an absolutely brutal price tag, but a bike this pretty might just get away with it.Continue Read… Continue reading Norton’s new super-naked cafe racer is highly saucy, way too pricey