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Priced at just US$290,000, Drako’s new Dragon hyper-SUV looks like the most comfy and practical way by far to get from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds. This Model X-killer combines outrageous power with huge-screen luxury and doors that go up.Conti… Continue reading Drako launches the fastest, most ludicrously overpowered SUV in history
Archer is targeting FAA certification by the end of 2024, and its first air taxi flights in 2025. With its Maker prototype logging successful test flights, the company has now unveiled Midnight, the four-passenger aircraft it’ll push toward production…. Continue reading Meet Midnight, the eVTOL air taxi that Archer will take to production
Computers destroy humans at chess, but there’s not a robot in the world you could send into an unfamiliar house and tell it to feed the dog; the general intelligence and adaptability of the human brain remain unrivalled. Intel’s research-grade Loihi 2 … Continue reading How Intel’s bleeding-edge Loihi 2 chips help robots perceive the world
The ringing, rushing sound of tinnitus is a complex condition. It’s caused by a range of factors, so there’s no known one-size-fits-all treatment. But researchers are reporting excellent results with a combination treatment in a smartphone app.Continue… Continue reading “Polytherapeutic” tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results
As the world rushes toward “the greatest disconnect between supply and demand in the history of commodities,” Snow Lake Lithium CEO Philip Gross talks us through his company’s plans to open the world’s first all-electric lithium mine in Canada.Continue… Continue reading World’s first electric lithium mine: Birth of an American supply chain
Croatian electric hypercar manufacturer Rimac has officially laid claim to the outright EV top speed record, at a blistering 258 mph (412 km/h), putting a 91-mph (146-km/h) gap on the highest speed we can find verifiably recorded for a Tesla Model S Plaid.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Rimac Automobili, World Records, World’s Fastest, Electric Vehicles
Continue reading Rimac Nevera destroys Tesla record to become world’s fastest EV
Minnesota company Upper Story has sent us its Turing Tumble, a fascinating educational toy that quietly tricks kids into inventing binary logic computers using nothing more than tiny marbles dropping through a series of clicky-clacky plastic pieces.Con… Continue reading Review: Turing Tumble lets kids build complex marble-powered computers
Denmark’s Hyme Energy wants to save decommissioned fossil-fuel heat and power plants by repurposing them as super-cheap renewable energy storage and release facilities, using cutting-edge molten salt technology borrowed from the advanced nuclear sector… Continue reading Swords to ploughshares: Hyme re-jigs old power plants for clean energy
Utah’s Transcend Energy Group claims it has a relatively simple and cheap way to dramatically increase the torque output of combustion engines, simply by replacing the standard connecting rods with new two-piece designs with a secondary joint.Continue … Continue reading Two-piece con rods claimed to boost low-end engine torque by 30%
“Hey,” says Sonic Lamb’s voiceover guy, “we’re here to give you an eargasm.” Sorry, I’ve just been rowing and I’m worn out from an Earth-shattering oargasm. But these hybrid-drive headphones do certainly take sub-bass frequencies to another level.Conti… Continue reading Review: Sonic Lamb headphones give you a skin-conduction subwoofer