More from Victor Tangermann (Page 99)

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology invented a glider made out of a special polymer that self-destructs at a certain temperature.

Robots and Machines

This Stealthy Glider Self-Destructs When Exposed to Sunlight

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is gearing up for the last flight test of its Starhopper test vehicle of its upcoming Starship spacecraft at its Boca Chica test site in Texas.

SpaceX Starhopper Will Fly for the Last Time Tonight

By Victor Tangermann

Don't fly a drone with a weapon attached to it, stupid, warned the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in a notice released publicly last week.

FAA Reminder: Don’t Fly a Drone With a Weapon Attached to It

By Victor Tangermann

An Austrian team of scientists are proposing to build an airship, otherwise known as a zeppelin, that's ten times as big as the Hindenburg.

Advanced Transport

These Scientists Want to Bring Back Zeppelins in a Big Way

By Victor Tangermann

Two astronauts spent six and a half hours outside of the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday installing a new commercial spacecraft docking port.

Astronauts Add Docking Bay For Private Spaceships to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers from private medical company Bivacor have been working on an artificial, bionic heart that can allow cardiac patients to stay alive.

Prosthetics and Devices

This Steampunk Bionic Heart Uses Maglev Tech to Pump Blood

By Victor Tangermann

A smart doorbell home security video surfaced that allegedly shows two UK thieves hacking into a Tesla and driving away in just 30 seconds.

Video Shows Thieves Hacking, Stealing a Tesla in Just 30 Seconds

By Victor Tangermann

This Roomy, Inflatable Habitat Could One Day Take You to Mars

This Roomy, Inflatable Habitat Could One Day Take You to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A team of physicists at Trinity College Dublin have build what they claim is the world's smallest engine. And it's only the size of a single calcium ion.

The World’s Smallest Engine is the Same Size as a Single Ion

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news: record-breaking fires have been burning up Brazil's Amazon rainforest since January, an increase of over 83 percent since last year.

Devastating Fires in Amazon Rainforest Can Be Seen From Space

By Victor Tangermann

On Saturday, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk endorsed Democratic candidate Andrew Yang for the upcoming 2020 presidential election on Twitter.

Elon Musk Endorses Andrew Yang for President

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that "thousands of solar reflector satellites" could be used to warm up the surface of Mars.

Elon Musk: “Thousands of Solar Reflector Satellites” Could Warm Up Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Retail giant Walmart is suing Tesla, claiming that the company's solar panels ignited seven of its stores' roofs, CNBC reports.

Walmart Sues Tesla, Claims Solar Panels Are Setting Fire to Stores

By Victor Tangermann

23 local government organizations in Texas were hit by the same coordinated ransomware attack last week, Ars Technica reports.

23 Local Governments in Texas Slammed By Ransomware Attack

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced it's completing the final designs and planning for constructing and testing a spacecraft that will visit Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

Science & Energy

NASA is Sending a Probe to Jupiter’s Icy Moon to Look for Life

By Victor Tangermann

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is proposing to award a $2 billion prize to the first private space company to land Americans on the Moon.

Newt Gingrich Proposes $2 Billion Prize to Land on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Robotic Refuelling Mission 3 just successfully demonstrated the first of three tools designed to refuel NASA spacecraft in space.

New Tech Puts NASA One Step Closer to Fueling Spacecraft in Space

By Victor Tangermann

According to researchers from Imperial College London, the party drug MDMA could be an effective treatment for alcohol addiction.

Neuroscience and Brain

Study: MDMA Appears to Be an Effective Treatment for Alcoholism

By Victor Tangermann

The New York Police Department is growing a massive DNA database of thousands of genetic profiles, The New York Times reports.

Police Are Collecting DNA From People Without Telling Them

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic revealed on Thursday what its spaceport at its new New Mexico home looks like — a beautiful vision of the airport's space successor.

Advanced Transport

Virgin Galactic Unveils Luxurious Spaceport Lounge

By Victor Tangermann

In an attempt to convince its two billion users that it truly cares about their privacy, Facebook is opening a number of pop-up privacy check-up cafes.

Facebook is Opening Privacy Check-Up Cafes, for Some Reason

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA's Subterranean Challenge is kicking off today, and robotics teams from across the nation are mapping underground environments with robots.

These Robots Could One Day Explore Caves on Distant Planets

By Victor Tangermann

Report: The World’s First Solar Road is an Absolute Disaster

Advanced Transport

Report: The World’s First Solar Road is an Absolute Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

To carry their dirt bikes into the desert, an electric car conversion company chopped off the back of a damaged Tesla Model S to turn it into a pickup.

Watch This Hacked-Together Tesla “Pickup” Do Wicked Donuts

By Victor Tangermann

For the past few months, UPS has sent giant self-driving trucks on the roads to deliver cargo loads between Phoenix, Tucson, and Arizona.

Self-Driving Vehicles

UPS Has Been Quietly Shipping Packages on Self-Driving Trucks

By Victor Tangermann

Smart oven maker June Ovens is in the news this week, thanks to reports of their smart ovens allegedly turning themselves on overnight.

Internet Of Things

WiFi-Enabled Smart Ovens Are Preheating Themselves at Night

By Victor Tangermann

British Airways is testing a range of new VR entertainment features for select first class flights between London's Heathrow airport and JFK in New York.

Virtual Reality

Airline Tests VR Entertainment — But Only For First Class Passengers

By Victor Tangermann

Hacker and IT security analyst Truman Kain has created a surveillance tool that can tell you in real-time if you're being followed while driving your Tesla.

This Tesla Surveillance Hack Can Tell You if You’re Being Followed

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has scheduled the next test flight of its Starship prototype Starhopper — possibly up to an altitude of 650 feet — for this weekend.

SpaceX “Starhopper” Will Attempt Longest Flight Yet This Weekend

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley got to test out their hot new spacesuits for launch day of the long-awaited SpaceX Crew Dragon test flight.

NASA Astronauts Test SpaceX Spacesuits for Crew Dragon Launch

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk estimates the cost of building a self-sustaining city on Mars to be anywhere "between $100 billion and $100 trillion."

Elon Musk: Mars City Could Cost Up to $10 Trillion

By Victor Tangermann

YouTuber Amie DD published a video last week in which she has a small RFID tag that doubles as her Model 3 keycard implanted into her forearm.

This Biohacker Implanted Her Tesla Model 3 Keycard Into Her Arm

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's mobile Kilopower mobile fission nuclear power generator could be sent off to Mars by 2022, according to team members.

This Nuclear Reactor Could Be Shipped to Mars by 2022

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla Model 3 exploded into flames on the side of Moscow's Ring Road highway after colliding with a stationary tow truck.

Watch a Tesla Model 3 Explode on the Side of a Russian Highway

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers observed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* flare up growing 75 times brighter than usual.

Science & Energy

The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Just Did Something Wild

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a new bionic eye system that sends electrical signals to the wearer's brain via an implant to allow them to see again.

Future Bionic Eyes Could One Day Give Wearers Infrared Vision

By Victor Tangermann

Debris created by India's anti-satellite test are still circling the Earth four months later, putting spacecraft and other satellites in danger.

Debris From the Satellite India Blew Up Still Polluting Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's massive floating nuclear power plant is destined to make its way across the Arctic Ocean to supply electricity to a remote eastern region.

Russia Is Floating a Nuclear Power Plant Across the Arctic

By Victor Tangermann

Tech giant Apple is activating a software lock on its latest iPhones, causing an annoying message to show up and hide the overall health of the battery.

Apple Update Cracks Down on “Unauthorized” iPhone Batteries

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent Tesla cease-and-desist letter claiming it had made "misleading statements" about safety.

US Gov: Tesla Made “Misleading” Safety Claims About Model 3

By Victor Tangermann

After being removed by Facebook, the event called "Storm Area 51" has been resurrected. Facebook claims it was a "mistake."

It’s Back: Facebook Resurrects “Storm Area 51” Event

By Victor Tangermann

Hotel giant Marriott announced in April that it's planning to construct a 26-story skyscraper in New York City in just 90 days.

Robots and Machines

This Company Says It’ll Build an Entire Skyscraper in 90 Days

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's Ministry of Defense just released the first footage of its Sukhoi-S70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter-B) unmanned combat air vehicle taking flight on August 3.

Russia’s Top Secret Heavy Strike Stealth Drone Takes Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Subway has announced a partnership with Beyond Meat to test out a new sandwich called the Beyond Meatball Marinara Sub in participating restaurants.

Subway to Start Selling Meatless Meatball Marinara Subs

By Victor Tangermann

The US Army is Building a Supercomputer Inside a Storage Container

The US Army is Building a Supercomputer Inside a Storage Container

By Victor Tangermann

The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 has officially raised its orbit by just shy of two miles using its solar sail.

“Solar Sail” Spacecraft Climbs Two Miles of Orbit Using Sun Power

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers Just Spotted One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever

Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Spotted One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook has removed an event called "Storm Area 51" with some 2 million Facebook users who have RSVP'd, claiming it violated community standards.

Facebook Removes “Storm Area 51” Event

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook has announced it's collaborating with researchers to build a real-time brain decoding device that could help patients with neurological damage.

Facebook is Making Progress on Its Mind Reading Headset

By Victor Tangermann

A massive space rock called Asteroid 2019 OK just flew right past Earth reaching a distance of only 73,000 kilometers away from our planet's surface.

Science & Energy

“City Killer” Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth Almost Undetected

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese vlogger "Your Highness Qiao Biluo" was ousted to be a 58-year-old woman with a different appearance when her face filtering software glitched.

Youthful Vlogger’s Face Filter Fails, Exposing Her as 58-Year-Old

By Victor Tangermann

Israeli lunar lander Beresheet crashed onto the surface of the Moon on April 11 spilling thousands of dehydrated "water bears" or tardigrades.

Science & Energy

Crashed Moon Lander Splattered Live Organisms Onto Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers claim they have made significant progress in developing a blood test that can detect Alzheimer's up to 20 years before any symptoms appear.

Health & Medicine

New Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s 20 Years Before Symptoms

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers just 3D printed functional components of the human heart using a specialized printer that's capable of printing suspended hydrogels.

Researchers 3D Print Functional Components of Human Heart

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have found that a distant exoplanet is so drawn by the gravitational pull from its host star, it's being deformed into the shape of a football.

Science & Energy

Scientists Just Found a Hellish Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at DeepMind have found that their machine learning AI could alert medical health professionals of future kidney injury 48 hours early.

Artificial Intelligence

This “AI Doctor” Can Predict Acute Kidney Conditions 2 Days Early

By Victor Tangermann

During the closest encounter we've ever had with the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe took an impressive picture of the solar corona.

Here’s the Closest Picture We’ve Ever Taken of the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers from Cornell University claim they've found the first potentially habitable "super-earth," an Earth-like planet outside the Solar System.

Science & Energy

Satellite Spots “First Nearby Super-Earth” That Could Harbor Life

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Chinese engineers are working on developing an electric helicopter, according to local news.

Advanced Transport

Chinese Researchers Are Working on an Electric Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

A Japanese scientist from the University of Tokyo just got permission from the government to create animal embryos that contain human cells, Nature reports.

Health & Medicine

Japanese Scientist Wants to Grow Human Organs In Animal Embryos

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that extraterrestrial life might be possible after all on distant icy planets that conventionally are thought to be too cold.

Science & Energy

Study: Icy Planets Could Be Warm Enough to Harbor Life

By Victor Tangermann

Up to 18 people will be part of the first ever human study in the U.S. that uses gene editing technique CRISPR inside the body to treat blindness.

This Human Gene Editing Trial Will Use CRISPR to Treat Blindness

By Victor Tangermann

Extremely bright objects that first appeared close to the Big Bang — theoretical objects called "dark stars" — could have seeded supermassive black holes.

Science & Energy

These Bizarre Objects May Have “Seeded” Supermassive Black Holes

By Victor Tangermann

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