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Based in Melbourne, Australia – but clearly also with a presence in China – Pegasus is now moving its head office and production facilities to Las Vegas. The company says it’s been working on its flying car design since 2009. Indeed, the project looks … Continue reading Watch: Nevada’s new flying car handles like a go-kart, hovers like a heli
Koenigegg has vowed never to make a faster car than the wild Jesko Absolut. This feisty 1,600-horsepower hypercar has now had its first day out on an empty airstrip – and it brought home the bacon, including the coveted 0-400-0 km/h world record.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Koenigsegg, Supercar, Hypercar, World Records, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Koenigsegg Jesko grabs four world records, in preparation for the big one
Nearly six months ago, Figure announced its gleaming silver humanoid robot had got its first job working at a BMW manufacturing plant. It’s been training up for the occasion, and new video shows how far this general-purpose worker has come.Continue Rea… Continue reading Video: Figure 01 humanoid trains for its first job assembling BMWs
Biocomputing is one of the most bizarre frontiers in emerging technology, made possible by the fact that our neurons perceive the world and act on it speaking the same language as computers do – electrical signals. Human brain cells, grown in large num… Continue reading ‘Brain-in-a-jar’ biocomputers can now learn to control robots
According to The Japan News, the project has been under discussion since February by an expert panel at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ministry. A draft outline of an interim report was released Friday, revealing plans to complete an i… Continue reading Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks
These are some absolutely wild ideas, so before we get started, it’s important to know that Michael Levin is no fringe scientist or crackpot. He’s a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, as well as the Tufts Center for Regenerativ… Continue reading New intelligence model could upend biology, genetics, medicine and AI
It’s the work of YouTube creator Truong Van Dao, who runs a wildly successful channel entirely devoted to showcasing his handiwork making wooden vehicles. His progression over the last three years has been remarkable; he started out simply carving shoe… Continue reading Video: Extraordinary wooden vehicle hits the streets
If you listen to the rather compelling arguments of AI doomsayers, the coming generations of artificial intelligence represent a profound danger to humankind – potentially even an existential risk.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Artificial In… Continue reading World-first research dissects an AI’s mind, and starts editing its thoughts
Created in Sweden, the Maus Fire Suppressor is around the size of a long, slim flashlight at around 9.7 in (24.5 cm) long and 2 in (5 cm) in diameter. It’ll sit wherever you put it for up to five years, and where traditional fire extinguishers require … Continue reading Fighting fire with pyro: World’s smallest extinguisher leaves no mess
While alien-looking eVTOL aircraft are stealing the headlines, Electra’s slightly more conventional approach is beating the likes of Joby, Archer, Lilium and Vertical Aerospace on pre-sales. Indeed, we pointed out in January that this company’s pre-ord… Continue reading Watch: High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway