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Engineers at INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre in Canada have developed the world’s fastest camera, which can shoot at an astonishing 156.3 trillion frames per second (fps).
Category: Technology
Tags: Photo, Photography, World’s Fastest, Camera, Cameras, Light
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A new wireless EV charging pad can fill a car’s battery as efficiently as a wired plug, at groundbreaking 100 kW power levels – unlocking the possibility of fast, efficient and super-convenient charging simply by parking in a designated spot.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Charging, Wireless Charging, EV Charging, World’s Fastest, World’s Most Powerful, ORNL
Continue reading World’s fastest wireless EV charger unlocks 100 kW parking spots
China’s Unitree Robotics is claiming a new world speed record for its H1 humanoid robot. In a just-released video, the bipedal bot is pictured hustling along at a claimed 3.3 meters per second (11.9 km/h or 7.4 mph) … and the fun doesn’t stop there.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Unitree, Humanoid, biped, World’s Fastest, Robot
Continue reading Unitree’s H1 humanoid breaks world speed record and tackles stairs
China’s biggest missile manufacturer is working on a hyperloop. CASIC claims it’s clocked the fastest speed ever for a superconducting maglev vehicle – over 623 km/h (387 mph) – during tests in a low-vacuum tube just 2 km (1.2 miles) long.
Category: Transport
Tags: Hyperloop, Vacuum Tube, Maglev, China, World’s Fastest
Continue reading China claims new speed record with vacuum-tube maglev train
Connecticut-based WaveAerospace has announced “the world’s fastest multirotor UAS,” a “new class of aircraft” that’s effectively a quadcopter drone with a raging jet turbine in the middle, capable of insane speeds and all-weather operation.
Category: Drones, Technology
Tags: Jets, Turbine, drones, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Huntress hybrid drone packs a 300+ mph turbojet core
A four-legged robotic dog called HOUND has demonstrated an unprecedented level of agility and speed, clocking the fastest 100-meter dash ever achieved by a quadruped robot and setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Robot, Quadruped, World Records, World’s Fastest, KAIST, Guinness
Continue reading Robo-dog sets new 100-meter sprint Guinness World Record
Everybody feels like they could use a faster internet connection, and now engineers in Japan have shattered the record for data transmission. The team managed to transmit more than 20 times the global internet traffic per second through a single optical fiber.
Category: Telecommunications, Technology
Tags: Data, Data Transfer, Transmission, World’s Fastest, Communications, Fiber Optic, Optics
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Chargepoint has begun “large scale deployment” of it new Express Plus Power Link 2000, a DC charging station capable of delivering up to 500 kW – twice as fast as Tesla’s V3 Supercharger. The only issue is we only know of one car that can handle it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: EV Charging, World’s Fastest, Mercedes-Benz
Continue reading New EV charger pushes half a megawatt – but only one car can take it
Chargepoint has begun “large scale deployment” of it new Express Plus Power Link 2000, a DC charging station capable of delivering up to 500 kW – twice as fast as Tesla’s V3 Supercharger. The only issue is we only know of one car that can handle it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: EV Charging, World’s Fastest, Mercedes-Benz
Continue reading New EV charger pushes half a megawatt – but only one car can take it
For anyone who thinks that all electric boats are essentially just aquatic golf carts, well … think again. A Princeton University student team recently broke a world speed record for electric-powered boats, with an average speed of 114.2 mph (183.8 km/h).
Tags: Princeton University, Electric Boats, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Princeton University student team sets new electric boat speed record