Collaborate Disseminate
As long as the name of the Olympics holds some kind of international prestige, people and countries are going to do whatever it takes to grab those gold medals. But with technology developing at a rapidly accelerating pace, what does that going to mean… Continue reading What will the 2056 Olympics look like?
Joby has flown a new record distance for a full-sized eVTOL aircraft on a single battery charge, covering 154.6 miles (249 km) in a single 77-minute flight, complete with energy-gobbling vertical takeoff and landing phases.Continue ReadingCategory: Air… Continue reading Joby sets new record with 154.6-mile eVTOL flight
Joby Aviation has released new video showing a “complete flight profile” of its eVTOL air taxi, and also announced its plans to create (and profit from) a new carbon credit trading system similar to the one that’s kept Tesla profitable for some time.Co… Continue reading Joby shows complete eVTOL flight video, and clever carbon credit play
Virtual set filmmaking has proven itself incredibly practical and flexible in a very short time, with Disney’s The Mandalorian pioneering the technology in the streaming equivalent of prime time. To briefly recap, the show is shot on a large, flat soun… Continue reading Korea gets its first Mandalorian-style virtual film set
Boston’s Form Energy is building a commercial-scale pilot of a remarkable new grid-scale battery project that could make a huge contribution to long-term energy storage as the world moves away from fossil fuels. These simple iron-air batteries store up… Continue reading Disruptive iron-air grid-scale battery is 10% the cost of lithium
Nearly five years ago, in a vastly different world, Eddie Braun completed the stunt that famously defeated Evel Knievel, jumping a rocket bike clean over Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. It’s a special memory to me, because I travelled all the … Continue reading Interview: Rocket-bike pilot Eddie Braun on his new Stuntman film
Beijing’s Da Vinci Dynamics has launched its DC100, a high-performance electric streetbike with an impressive 250-mile (400 km) NEDC range, and some wacky “robotic” tricks, including the alleged ability to self-balance and follow you around.Continue Re… Continue reading This self-balancing electric motorcycle will follow you around
Man stands next to car and talks about it: it’s a video format you’ve seen a thousand times. It does hit a bit different, though, when the guy’s own name is on the back of the car. Christian Von Koenigsegg is one of a very short list of people who have… Continue reading Mr. Koenigsegg thrashes the Jesko “megacar” and its remarkable gearbox
China has produced the first of a new breed of maglev trains capable of speeds up to 600 km/h (373 mph), or nearly half the speed of sound. It says these will be the fastest ground transport services available on the planet.Continue ReadingCategory: Tr… Continue reading China unveils new 600 km/h ultra-fast maglev train
The world produces more than 1.8 billion tons of steel a year, releasing nearly twice that weight in carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Indeed, steel production accounts for somewhere between 7-8 percent of global anthropogenic carbon emissions, so th… Continue reading World’s 2nd-largest steel producer to begin making green steel by 2025