More from Victor Tangermann (Page 47)

Hotel giant Hilton has signed a contract with Voyager Space Holdings and Lockheed Martin to design astronaut facilities for the Starlab space station.

Hilton Hired to Design Suites for Space Station Replacing ISS

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's fortune has dropped by a whopping $71 billion so far this year, making him only the 20th richest person in the world.

Mark Zuckerberg Is in Big, Big Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

A video of jetpack inventor and Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning performing some daring stunts went viral on Reddit over the weekend.

Advanced Transport

Jetpack Pilot Leaps Incredible Gaps Between Platforms, Like Mario

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doubling down on the company's efforts to develop a working prototype of its Optimus humanoid robot.

As Deadline Looms, Elon Musk Re-Assigns Autopilot Team to Humanoid Robot

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is significantly hiking up the prices of its Supercharger network in Europe, a response to the ongoing energy crisis.

Tesla Supercharger Prices Surge In Europe

By Victor Tangermann

A new report warns that China could soon be able to rule over the US economy and military using cutting edge tech.

Former Google CEO Issues Dire Warning About China

By Victor Tangermann

The Ethereum merge has regulators pondering whether they should treat ether as a security, which could signal a big turning point.

Oops! Ethereum’s Merge May Cause Huge Problems With the SEC

By Victor Tangermann

A crypto token allegedly honoring the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II was sent soaring, before fully collapsing in on itself.

Gullible Idiots Horrified When Queen Elizabeth Alt Coins Crash in Value

By Victor Tangermann

Austrian astrophotographer Gerald Rhemann has really outdid himself with an absolutely stunning picture of comet Leonard, including its dazzling tail.

This Photo of a Dying Comet Is So Incredible That It’s Melting Our Eyeballs

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's UN delegation has released a statement, arguing commercial satellites could become a "legitimate target" if they were to be used against Russia.

Russia Issues Veiled Threat to Shoot Down Pesky SpaceX Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

ETHPoW, a popular proof-of-work alternative to ether, crashed after Ethereum's merge, leaving miners in a predicament.

Miners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It’s Already Crashing in Value

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is being sued for misleading the public by calling its controversial driver assistance features "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving," Reuters reports.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Drivers Sue Tesla Because Full Self-Driving Isn’t Actually Full Self-Driving

By Victor Tangermann

A food delivery robot threw caution to the wind and forced itself across a police line in the name of duty.

Food Delivery Robot Plows Through Crime Scene as Cops Look on in Bemusement

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers at MIT suspect Saturn may be hiding the remains of an ancient moon in its rings — which could explain the planet's unusual tilt.

Saturn Might Be Hiding Remains of a Secret, Massive Moon in Its Rings

By Victor Tangermann

US president Joe Biden confused a gas-guzzling Corvette sports car for an electric vehicle in a recent tweet.

Advanced Transport

Joe Biden Mocked for Tweeting About EVs With Pic of Gas Car

By Victor Tangermann

The Ethereum blockchain has finally completed its long-awaited "Merge," switching from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake system.

Ether Price Falls After “Merge” to Cut Its Environmental Toll

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are proposing to unleash huge amounts of microscopic aerosol particles over the Earth's North and South Poles to slow down the melting ice caps.

New Plan Suggests Re-Freezing Earth’s Poles by Spraying Chemicals With Huge Military Jets

By Victor Tangermann

In October 2021, months before Russia's invasion, a YouTuber got an exclusive look inside the New Safe Confinement site at the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

YouTuber Clambers Inside Chernobyl’s Nuclear Sarcophagus

By Victor Tangermann

Austin-based urologist Christopher Yang used his Rivian R1 T pickup truck to literally power a vasectomy procedure during a prolonged Texas power outage.

Prosthetics and Devices

Urologist Powers Vasectomy With Electric Pickup Truck During Blackout

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long believed that 'Oumuamua, a mysterious object that visited our solar system, was an alien spacecraft.

Harvard Professor Defends Claim That Alien Spacecraft Cruised Through Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts just gave its ultra-realistic-looking humanoid robot Ameca a voice — and she has a lot to say.

They Put GPT-3 Into That Robot With Creepily Realistic Facial Expressions and Yikes

By Victor Tangermann

Ben Nowack, a 26-year-old inventor, wants to send satellites with mirrors mounted to their backs into space to allow us to generate solar energy at night.

Former SpaceX Guy Aims to Launch Giant Mirrors Into Orbit to Shine on Solar Panels at Night

By Victor Tangermann

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

By Victor Tangermann

China has tested modified cars that are capable of magnetically levitating (maglev) almost an inch and a half off of the ground on a stretch of highway.

Advanced Transport

Chinese Researchers Test Cars That Hover Over Road Using Magnets

By Victor Tangermann

An unofficial space exploration account on Twitter asked the internet to name an upcoming mission to the planet Uranus. Mayhem ensued.

Asking the Public to Name Probe to Uranus May Have Been a Mistake

By Victor Tangermann

The latest communications satellite that launched on a SpaceX rocket over the weekend is already proving to be highly controversial due to its size.

Experts Say Annoying New Satellite Might Be Brighter Than Any Star

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos' space comapny Blue Origin experienced a big setback today. And the FAA is officially investigating the "mishap."

The FAA Is Not Happy About Blue Origin’s “Incident” This Morning

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian startup TransPod wants to revolutionize ground-based transportation by sending passengers along a tube-shaped track.

Advanced Transport

Startup Says Train Powered by “Veillance Flux” Could Travel 620 MPH

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin had to abort its latest uncrewed mission midflight.The company's New Shepard capsule was carrying a number of science experiments.

Blue Origin Rocket Fails Midway Through Flight, Jettisoning Capsule

By Victor Tangermann

A laser-sighted, automatic gun that shoots knives with deadly accuracy -- the perfect weapon for a hypothetical zombie apocalypse?

Robots and Machines

We’re Obsessed With This Laser-Sighted Gun That Shoots Knives

By Victor Tangermann

Using gene modification techniques, a team of researchers have come up with a new promising way to treat balding, a condition experienced by millions.

Scientists Are Working on a Gene-Hacking Drug That Could Treat Baldness

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, LSD-assisted therapy could be a surprisingly effective and long-lasting treatment for anxiety and depression-related symptoms.

Health & Medicine

Study Finds LSD Therapy Strikingly Effective at Reducing Anxiety and Depression

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't convinced of the long-term prospects of fusion energy, the concept of fusing atoms together to generate green electricity.

Elon Musk Slams Fusion, Says Future of Energy Is Wind and Solar

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) never beats around the bush when it comes to NASA's planned Artemis missions to the Moon.

New Government Report Is Extremely Bad News for NASA

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is still hard at work to get its Starship and Super Heavy booster prototypes ready for their big day. But not everything is going according to plan.

SpaceX Tested Starship’s Engines and Accidentally Caused a Large Fire

By Victor Tangermann

It's official: Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has passed away at the age of 96. And we have no idea why.

Nobody Is Sure What Queen Elizabeth II Died From

By Victor Tangermann

According to officials at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II, the second longest reigning monarch in history, is not doing well.

Queen Elizabeth II Is Reportedly Very Sick

By Victor Tangermann

Ethereum is about to implement a huge change dubbed "The Merge" to its platform — a change that has crypto miners shaking in their boots.

Crypto Miners Terrified by Ethereum’s Imminent Move to Proof of Stake

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is planning to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if we can deflect any future asteroids— and it just acquired the first image of its target.

NASA’s Battering Ram Now Has Asteroid It’ll Smash in Its Sights

By Victor Tangermann

In a scathing new interview, early Coinbase investor Liron Shapira took a swipe at the cryptocurrency space, calling it "essentially worthless."

One of Coinbase’s First Investors Says Crypto Is Worthless and Should Be Shut Down

By Victor Tangermann

This crypto advocate has an idea: fill future games with poor people playing human-controlled non-playable characters (NPCs).

Crypto Guy: Desperately Poor People Could Be NPCs in Video Games

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's has yet to ignite and launch its Space Launch System-powered Artemis 1 rocket into orbit, an unfortunate bookend for a rocket plagued by setbacks.

NASA Announces Plan to Fix Moon Rocket, and Maybe Launch It Eventually

By Victor Tangermann

YouTuber Daniel Riley invented and built a laser-powered lawn mower — the epitome of something you shouldn't try to replicate at home.

Robots and Machines

Guy Builds Terrifying Laser-Powered Lawn Mower

By Victor Tangermann

After examining blood samples from 14 NASA astronauts, researchers found that samples from all 14 astronauts showed mutations in their DNA.

Scientists Found Genetic Mutations in Every Astronaut Blood Sample They Studied

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has shared an absolutely gorgeous time lapse filmed from on board the International Space Station showing off a stunning aurora.

Space Station Captures Incredible Beautiful Auroras From Above

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created remote controlled, cyborg cockroaches — which could one day aid during search and rescue missions or monitoring the environment.

Robots and Machines

Scientists Wire Chip to Cockroaches’ Nervous System, Allow Them to Be Remote Controlled

By Victor Tangermann

Oxford quantum physicist Nikita Gourianov is likening the emergence of qantum computers to a financial bubble in a commentary piece for the Financial Times.

Quantum Computing

Oxford Physicist Unloads on Quantum Computing Industry, Says It’s Basically a Hype Bubble

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers are using James Webb Space Telescope image files to spread malware on Windows computers, according to cybersecurity firm Securonix.

Devious Hackers Are Hiding Malware in a James Webb Image

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, there may be ways to improve or even reverse disabilities associated with Down syndrome with the use of a new hormone treatment.

Scientists Say New Treatment May Improve Cognition for People With Down Syndrome

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is will be paying Boeing twice as much for each Starliner seat to the International Space Station than SpaceX, Ars Technica reports.

NASA Paying SpaceX Half of Boeing’s Price to Launch Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk and musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher's child X Æ A-12 — or just "X" for short — is already having trouble getting rockets off of the ground.

Elon Musk’s Two-Year-Old Son Frustrated When Toy Rocket Won’t Reach Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Somebody entered the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition with an AI-generated painting — and won first prize, Vice reports, pissing off artists everywhere.

Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Painting Wins State Fair Fine Arts Competition

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took its first direct image of an exoplanet, a gas giant, lurking outside of the Solar System.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Just Took Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

Dating app Filter Off has come up with a genius solution to ward off scammers and scambots: by locking them in a room with a bunch of its own scambots.

Artificial Intelligence

Genius Dating App Hooks Up Scammers Only With Bots and Other Scammers

By Victor Tangermann

In a piece for The Washington Post, historian Émile Torres argued that it's possible an artificial superintelligence (ASI) could cause our extinction.

Artificial Intelligence

Historian Warns That AI Is Likely to Cause Human Extinction

By Victor Tangermann

A space infrastructure startup called Orbit Fab announced that it will be offering satellite refueling services in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025.

Space Startup Unveils Plans for Orbital Fuel Station for Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

By Victor Tangermann

California is spending $20 million on a pilot project that will involve 8,500 feet of solar panels covering sections of canals.

California Installing Huge Solar Panels Over Canals to Combat Drought

By Victor Tangermann

Multinational insurance company AXA Insurance staged a hilariously terrible Tesla "battery fire" to prove that electric cars can be dangerous.

Major Car Insurer Admits to Staging Tesla “Battery Fire” Stunt

By Victor Tangermann

A group of fed up Tesla owners in Norway say they are going on a "hunger strike," because their cars suck.

Why These Tesla Owners Are Going on a Hunger Strike Against Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

A programming error accidentally — and permanently — shut down the entire Solana blockchain-based platform OptiFi, wiping out $661,000 worth of USDC.

Crypto Dev Enters Wrong Command, Destroys Entire Company

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA astronaut and Axiom-1 mission commander Michael López-Alegría revealed that the "worst" part of his journey to the ISS was the bathroom.

International Space Station

Commander of First Private SpaceX Flight to ISS Reveals Worst Part of Journey

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are warning that it's now "inevitable" that Greenland's ice cap will melt, leading to a major rise in sea levels, The Guardian reports.

Science & Energy

Now “Inevitable” That Greenland’s Ice Cap Will Melt and Cause Major Sea-Level Rise, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

College student and visual effects artist Curt Skelton managed to convince countless users on TikTok that he was the creation of an AI algorithm.

Artificial Intelligence

TikToker Fools Fans Into Thinking He Was Created With CGI

By Victor Tangermann

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