World’s First Solar-Powered Train
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I think I’ll Stick With Petrol
The Daily Mail reports: (Emphasis added) Dozens of Tesla drivers in California were forced to wait in an extensive line after what should’ve been a quick stop at a Supercharger station turned into an hours-long ordeal. Shanon Stellini was travelling through Kettleman City on November 30 when she
The TRUTH about Wind Turbines
Matt Ridley poses a question: Here’s a quiz; no conferring. To the nearest whole number, what percentage of the world’s energy consumption was supplied by wind power in 2014, the last year for which there are reliable figures? Was it 20 per cent, 10 per cent or 5
Tech Thursday
In this video, you will be amazed to see how the fastest 5g technology is being used to remotely control super advanced technologies you’ve never seen before. Watch the video to learn more…
Tech Thursday
TSA testing advanced airport security technology As the Transportation Security Administration field tests advanced screening technologies for passengers at an airport teminal in Las Vegas, researchers at the University of Rhode Island are also developing new ways to detect explosives that may even surpass the abilities of bomb-sniffing dogs.
145 Years After Jules Verne Dreamed Up a Hydrogen Future, it Has Arrived
Alan Finkel, Office of the Chief Scientist In 1874, science fiction author Jules Verne set out a prescient vision that has inspired governments and entrepreneurs in the 145 years since. In his book The Mysterious Island, Verne wrote of a world where “water will one day be employed as fuel,
The ‘BLOOD Battery’ in Your Electric Car
It’s striking just how thoroughly bourgeois is the climate change phenomenon, at every level from the Eton old boys behind Extinction Rebellion to the Greens-voting wealthy inner suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney. Climate change is the ultimate first-world problem, the almost exclusive preserve of the anxious middle-
Why Tesla’s Blade Runner-inspired Truck Flopped
Evie Kendal, Deakin University Tesla’s new “Blade Runner-inspired” electric cybertruck has the world turning its head. The internet has had a field day since the vehicle’s launch on Thursday, with users finding creative ways to ridicule the truck’s eccentric design. This isn’t the first time
Tech Thursday
14-Year-Old Invents Driving Technology of the Future A 14-year-old student may have revolutionized the way people drive. Alaina Gassler, a freshman at Avon Grove Charter School in West Grove, Pennsylvania, just won a $25,000 prize for potentially eliminating the blind spots on a car. It
This Researcher Created an Algorithm that REMOVES the Water From Underwater Images
Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover the colorful brilliance of the deep. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video
Twiggy vs The Zuck: Mining Magnate Takes on Facebook
Despite Facebook’s pretensions to stamping out fake news and fraud on its platform, it seems often remarkably reluctant to do so. Even when certain very rich individuals are making it known in no uncertain terms that outright scams are being run on Facebook. For most of the past year,
Serious Software Flaws
Well, that is one way of describing it, I guess. Do you remember the incident in March 2018 when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a ‘self-driving’ Uber car? The driver was seemingly distracted at the time and was apparently relying on the software to drive the car.
Television Tuesday
In 100 years, the TV has taken many shapes and sizes. Here’s the history of the television, from the 1920s to today. 1920s The 1920s gave us the mechanical television. The first model had a small display on the right, and a huge cabinet. These first TVs were very
