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eHang certainly won’t be alone in the skies when China’s eVTOL air taxi market opens up. Two new projects have just been announced: the Autoflight V1500M, and the Pantuo Pantala – which frankly should be expecting a letter from Lilium’s lawyers.Continu… Continue reading Two new eVTOL projects emerge from China
You’ve seen Spot run. You’ve seen Spot jump. You’ve seen Spot do cute little booty-shaking dance routines. Now, see Spot fire lethal weapons. Sword Defense Systems has presented a precision rifle for robot dogs, capable of nailing targets 1.2 km (0.75 … Continue reading Robot dogs don’t look as cute with night-vision sniper rifles on board
The fascinating CycloTech eVTOL prototype has taken its first flight tests, running its paddle steamer-style “Cyclogiro” propulsion system, which offers some interesting advantages over typical multirotor-style designs.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraf… Continue reading CycloTech shows first flight of its cyclo-rotor eVTOL prototype
QuietOn’s latest set of active noise-cancelling sleep earbuds are absolutely tiny, suitable for side-sleepers and extremely simple to use – although there’s a couple of odd design decisions here. I’ve spent a few weeks sleeping in “nordic quietude.”Con… Continue reading QuietOn 3 review: The world’s smallest ANC earbuds for side sleepers
HyPoint’s aviation-targeted fuel cells were already promising three times the power of a regular fuel cell by weight, but thanks to a new proton-conductive membrane developed in partnership with BASF, their power density is set to jump by another 50 pe… Continue reading New BASF membrane adds 50% more power to HyPoint hydrogen fuel cells
China’s SAIC Automotive, one of the biggest manufacturers in the country, has been letting its design team stretch out on some fun and futuristic projects through its SAIC Design studio. This one caught our eye: the R RYZR, an open-air 4-wheel EV focus… Continue reading SAIC’s R RYZR tilting 4-wheeler suspends driver and passenger in mid-air
Japan’s Tetra Aviation plans to start delivering single-seat electric VTOL lift and cruise aircraft to customers by the end of 2022, and it has now released video footage of its Mk-5 aircraft making test flights in California.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Tetra demonstrates its buy ‘n’ fly single-seat eVTOL in California
How fast does an EV charger have to be to completely eliminate range anxiety – and can our power grids cope with ultra-chargers drawing 0.9 megawatts at full blast? It seems we’re going to find out. Hong Kong company Desten is hitting the road to demo a remarkable EV battery and charger combination that’s 2.5 times faster than the industry-leading beast that ABB revealed earlier this week.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Battery Charger, EV Charging, World’s Fastest, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Dawn of the 900-kW EV ultra-charger, and a battery that can handle it
A colossal US$22-billion infrastructure project will send Australian sunshine more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) to Singapore, via high-voltage undersea cables. Opening in 2027, it’ll be the largest solar farm and battery storage facility in history.
Tags: Australia, Singapore, Solar Power, Clean Energy, Grid-Level Energy Storage, World’s Largest, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading World’s biggest clean energy project to power Singapore from Australia
Superconducting quantum computers are huge and incredibly finicky machines at this point. They need to be isolated from anything that might knock an electron’s spin off and ruin a calculation. That includes mechanical isolation, in extreme vacuum chamb… Continue reading Quantum computing hits the desktop, no cryo-cooling required