More from Victor Tangermann (Page 58)

NASA's Perseverance rover has run into a bit of trouble: small pieces of Mars rock are now obstructing the rover's sample collection system.

NASA’s Mars Rover Has Run Into Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Here's a brain teaser for you: scientists are suggesting spacetime may be made out of individual "spacetime pixels" instead of being smooth and continuous.

Scientists Say the Universe Itself May Be “Pixelated”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has tested out its massive "chopstick" tower, a structure designed to guide its Starship and Super Heavy booster during launches and landings.

SpaceX Tests Giant “Chopsticks” For Catching Starship as It Lands

By Victor Tangermann

China has developed a laser that could be mounted on a satellite to enable high-speed communication, tracking, and identifying targets, South China Morning Post reports.

Chinese Researcher Says New Space Laser Is Definitely Not a Weapon

By Victor Tangermann

The Boring Company's tunnel at the Las Vegas Convention Center is starting to experience traffic jams all on its own during this year's CES.

Elon Musk’s Tunnel Mocked for Getting Its Own Traffic Jam

By Victor Tangermann

Infamous antivirus software Norton is being blasted for adding a cryptocurrency mining software called Norton Crypto to its Norton 360 suite.

Norton Antivirus Criticized for Automatically Installing Cryptomining Software

By Victor Tangermann

A 23-year-old man from Wisconsin reportedly murdered an dismembered the bodies of his parents after they found out that he made up the fact that he worked at SpaceX and would be moving to Florida last summer.

Man Accused of Dismembering Parents After They Discovered He Didn’t Actually Work at SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

A startup installed a new battery in a Tesla Model S — which allowed the vehicle to cover an astonishing 752 miles on a single charge.

Tesla Drives 750 Miles With Upgraded Battery

By Victor Tangermann

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a big splash with a teaser video of its expressive humanoid robot. Now, it's back for an interview.

That Robot With the Super Creepy Facial Expressions Is Back, and Yikes

By Victor Tangermann

KFC has brought its plant-based chicken nuggets to restaurants nationwide, the latest in meat alternative products changing the face of the industry.

Science & Energy

KFC Will Now Start Selling Fake Chicken Nationwide

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian rocket booster is making its uncontrolled re-entry through the atmosphere right now — and officials aren't entirely sure where it will hit.

Russian Rocket Part Careening Back Down to Earth After Failed Launch

By Victor Tangermann

An increasing number of experts are suggesting the dream of terraforming Mars and making it at least a little bit more habitable for humans is still alive.

Former NASA Scientist Explains How We Could Terraform Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Here's a video of an electric BMW that can literally change the color of its paint job with the press of a button. We still don't know how it works.

Advanced Transport

BMW Shows Off Car That Changes Color at the “Touch of a Button”

By Victor Tangermann

A small number of Pc gamers are noticing their Asus motherboards heating up and — in some rare cases — catching fire.

Robots and Machines

Expensive Motherboards Are Literally Bursting Into Flames

By Victor Tangermann

China's Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter has taken some incredible selfies with the massive surface of the Red Planet lurking ominously in the background.

China’s Mars Orbiter Shares Incredible New Selfies

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Israeli scientists have allowed a goldfish to navigate dry land — or, at least, remotely control a fish tank on wheels.

Science & Energy

Scientists Build Robot Fish Tank That Lets Goldfish Drive Around on Land

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed today why he supports alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin and isn't a huge fan of Bitcoin.

Elon Musk Explains Why He is “Pro Doge,” Not Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre invention dubbed "Taste the TV" (TTTV) allows you to taste whatever you're watching through a special hygienic film that covers a flat TV screen.

Science & Energy

Scientist Invents Screen That Creates Flavors When You Lick It

By Victor Tangermann

Without the assistance of gravity, giving somebody a haircut is a lot tougher than you might think. And the results may end up being a disappointment.

Astronaut Barber Means Well, Gives Terrible Haircut in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Australian brain computer interface company Synchron allowed a 62-year-old man with ALS to turn his thoughts directly into tweets.

Prosthetics and Devices

Man With ALS Tweets Using Brain Implant That Translates Thoughts Into Text

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers claim to have quantum entangled frozen tardigrades, microscopic animals that are extremely hardy.

Quantum Physics

Scientists Claim to Entangle Entire Animal in Quantum State

By Victor Tangermann

An X-ray telescope that flew to space with NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1990 has landed on Craigslist with a price tag of $10 million.

Someone’s Selling a NASA Space Telescope on Craigslist for $10 Million

By Victor Tangermann

According to data released by the CDC, life expectancy in the US has dropped by 1.8 years from 2019 to 2020, a massive drop.

American Life Expectancy Crashes by Almost Two Years

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is now officially under formal investigation for allowing its customers to play a number of games while actively driving the vehicle.

Tesla Under Formal Investigation for Allowing Drivers to Game While Driving

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview with conservative Christian satire website The Babylon Bee, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a stab at the concept of the Metaverse.

Elon Musk Says the Metaverse Sucks and Neuralink Will Be Better

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientists say sulfuric acid in the clouds of Venus could be neutralized by the presence of ammonia, possibly the result of biological processes.

Science & Energy

MIT Scientists Say Life May Have Been Detected on Venus After All

By Victor Tangermann

Both Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey don't believe the hype in Web3, a blockchain-based, decentralized internet.

In Anti-Blockchain Twist, Elon Musk Slams Web3 as “Marketing Buzzword”

By Victor Tangermann

At least 132 SpaceX employees have tested positive for COVD-19 at the company's factory in Hawthorne, California, the Los Angeles Times reports.

There’s a Huge “Active Outbreak” of COVID-19 at SpaceX HQ

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers are counting down the days until the launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope — and anxiety surrounding the long-awaited launch is rising.

Science & Energy

Scientists Incredibly Anxious About Space Telescope Launch

By Victor Tangermann

Courtesy of YouTube channel "BPS Space," we get to watch a rocket-powered Christmas tree soar to an altitude of almost 300 feet.

Watch These Madmen Attach a Rocket Engine to a Christmas Tree and Launch It Like a Festive Missile

By Victor Tangermann

Comic book artist Liam Sharp decided to shut down his gallery on DeviantArt, because "people keep stealing my art and making NFTs."

Artist Shuts Down Because People Keep Stealing Their Work to Make NFTs

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is finally paying his taxes this year. "For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year," he tweeted.

Elon Musk Brags That He’s Paying More Taxes Than Anyone Else in History

By Victor Tangermann

Nuclear experts in the Netherlands are warning against "anti-5G" pendants that some are wearing to ward off harmful frequencies, they say, are being emitted by 5G towers.

Prosthetics and Devices

Experts: Stop Wearing Radioactive “Anti-5G” Necklaces, Idiots

By Victor Tangermann

Nick Clegg, Meta's vice president for global affairs and communications, isn't impressed with the design of the company's Quest virtual reality headset.

Facebook Exec Laments the Company’s Bulky, “Wretched” VR Headset

By Victor Tangermann

A Minecraft builder has built an 8-bit processor inside the video game, a truly impressive demonstration and understanding of what makes them tick.

Genius Builds Computer Inside Minecraft That Can Run Its Own Games

By Victor Tangermann

Because nothing matters any more, a dog appears to have taken control of a Tesla vehicle, according to a groundbreaking investigate report.

Tesla Spotted Cruising Down Highway With Dog in Driver’s Seat

By Victor Tangermann

In Red Bull-sponsored stunt news, a daredevil wingsuit pilot became the first person to fly in and back out of an active volcano.

Advanced Transport

Man With Wingsuit Flies Inside Mouth of Active Volcano

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has barely made it out to the public and beta testers are already being sexually harassed.

Sexual Assault Is Already Happening in the Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Probe Took a Video as It “Touched the Sun” and Wow

Science & Energy

NASA’s Probe Took a Video as It “Touched the Sun” and Wow

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptocurrency prices went completely nuts on several crypto exchanges on Tuesday, spiking to crazy new heights. The price of Bitcoin hit $789 billion.

Crypto Site Glitch Makes Some Users Temporary Quadrillionaires

By Victor Tangermann

The US Navy has fired a laser weapon at a floating target in the Mideast, destroying it, the Associated Press reports.

Robots and Machines

US Navy Uses Laser Weapon to Destroy “Floating Target”

By Victor Tangermann

With the help of the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, scientists discovered a huge deposit of water at the bottom of a Martian canyon.

Science & Energy

Scientists Spot Hidden Water in Mars’ Grand Canyon

By Victor Tangermann

The local police department in Fremont, California has reported a "suspicious death" that occurred on December 13 in the parking lot of Tesla's factory.

Worker Murdered at Tesla Factory

By Victor Tangermann

Both The Verge and The Washington Post have published stories today of SpaceX and Tesla employees coming forward alleging rampant sexual harassment.

A Huge Wave of Sexual Harassment Allegations Just Hit SpaceX and Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to launch its James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers are absolutely mortified of a disaster if anything goes wrong.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Are “Terrified” of NASA’s James Webb Telescope Launch

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may have caught a black hole — or possibly a neutron star — in the act of being born.

Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Spotted a Black Hole Being Born

By Victor Tangermann

"SpaceX is starting a program to take CO2 out of atmosphere & turn it into rocket fuel," CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Monday. Please join if interested."

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is Going to Start Sucking CO2 Out of the Air and Turning It Into Rocket Fuel

By Victor Tangermann

Israeli company MeaTech 3D has successfully bioprinted a 3.67 ounce steak that's composed out of layers of lab-grown fat and muscle cells.

Science & Energy

Scientists Sucessfully Bioprint World’s Largest Lab-Grown Steak

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong has launched a new "epigenetic reprogramming" company with the goal of extending the human health span.

Billionaire Launches Startup to Reprogram Human Gene Expression

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk likes to envision a highly automated world in which everybody can go about their way and do as they please.

Elon Musk Says That Politically, He’s a “Utopian Anarchist”

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is having a blast on board the International Space Station. In a recent video, he can be seen "playing around in zero gravity."

Billionaire Playboy Shares Video of Himself Frolicking in Outer Space

By Victor Tangermann

Eye drops that could potentially replace reading glasses for millions of people was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October.

Health & Medicine

FDA Approves Eye Drops That Replace Reading Glasses

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has had to make a rather awkward compromise when it comes to its upcoming and much-hyped Cybertruck — one giant windshield wiper.

Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck Will Have a Single Absolutely Enormous Windshield Wiper

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists have created a sleeping bag that sucks on the legs and feet of astronauts to keep them healthy long term.

Scientists Invent Tube That Sucks on Astronauts Like Giant Popsicles

By Victor Tangermann

Alphabet's AI research company DeepMind has released the next generation of its language model that almost has the reading comprehension of a high schooler.

Artificial Intelligence

DeepMind Says Its New AI Has Almost the Reading Comprehension of a High Schooler

By Victor Tangermann

Instead of grinding through rock with a massive grinder, a startup called Petra is hoping to dig tunnels using super heated gas.

Robots and Machines

Startup Says It Can Dig Tunnels Really Fast by Melting Through Rock

By Victor Tangermann

Even when temperatures drop to 75 degrees Celsius below zero (-103 Fahrenheit), massive "zombie fires" continue to burn below parts of Siberia.

Underground “Zombie Fires” Continue to Burn Even at 74 Degrees Below Zero

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla owners were shocked to find that they were able to play elaborate video games while driving their vehicle. Now the NHTSA is looking into it.

The Feds Are Investigating Tesla for Allowing Drivers to Game While Driving

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have created a jetpack-wearing humanoid robot — that also has a creepy, doll face.

Scientists Built a Robot With Jetpacks and a Creepy, Doll-Like Face

By Victor Tangermann

Famed astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has truly outdone himself with his latest picture of the Sun, stitching together around 150,000 individual images.

This Photo of the Sun Is so Absurdly Detailed That It Looks like a Living Organism

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially sold off his last remaining home for a cool $30 million. That means his only official abode is a small $50,000 prefab rental.

Elon Musk Just Sold His Final Home to Live in a Small Prefab Box

By Victor Tangermann

Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin announced on Twitter that Russia will send cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the ISS next year on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Russia Mocked SpaceX. Now It’s Reserved a Seat for a Cosmonaut

By Victor Tangermann

During an interview this week, Elon Musk warned that letting people live longer lives by coming up with new technologies may actually be a really bad idea.

Elon Musk Says That Immortality Tech Would Be Very Dangerous

By Victor Tangermann

China spotted a puzzling "mystery house" on the surface of the Moon, a cube-shaped object hiding in plain sight. The internet had a field day as a result.

People Have Some Wild Theories About the Cube China Found on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

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