---
title: "This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2"
description: "From annoying robot security guards to hoverbikes, this is what fascinated us in the world of tech this week."
date: "2018-11-02"
modified: "2018-11-07"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/week-tech-oct-27-nov-2"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "china"
  - "hoverbike"
  - "moon"
  - "robot"
  - "tesla"
  - "This Week in Science"
---

# This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

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*\<em\>Image: Tag Hartman-Simkins\</em\>*

In the future, we'll be able to escape robot security guards on our hoverbikes. That is, if they won't drive themselves by then.

Here's what else fascinated us in the world of tech this week.

[Robot Security Guards Will Constantly Nag Spectators at the Tokyo Olympics.](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/robot-security-guards-tokyo-olympics>) Officials have unveiled Perseusbot, one of the robot security guards that will patrol train stations during the Tokyo Olympics.

[FBI's Tesla Criminal Probe Reportedly Centers on Model 3 Production.](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-criminal-probe-fbi>) Sources tell the *Wall Street Journal* that the FBI's Tesla criminal probe centers on whether the company lied about its Model 3 production.

[You Can Now Preorder a $150,000 Hoverbike.](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/hoverbike-hoversurf-preorder>) Hoversurf's $150,000 Hover One hoverbike is now available for preorder with deliveries expected to occur in the third quarter of 2019.

[Ford's Self-Driving Cars Are About to Chauffeur Your Senator.](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/autonomous-vehicles-washington-dc-ford>) Ford announced plans to begin testing its autonomous vehicles in Washington D.C., the first such testing in the nation's capital.

[There’s No Way China’s Artificial Moon Will Work, Says Expert.](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/artificial-moon-impossible-says-expert>) The plan to use an artificial moon to illuminate the Chinese city of Chengdu simply won't work as stated, according to an aerospace engineer.

Read More: [This Week in Tech: Oct 13 – Oct 20](<https://futurism.com/week-tech-oct-13-oct-20>)

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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