Geothermal Energy This Geothermal Energy System Could Be Built in a Backyardfuturism.com - Kristin Houser In June, a U.S. government report noted the “enormous untapped potential” of geothermal energy, the heat naturally produced beneath Earth’s surface, …
Wireless This Company Claims to Have Invented an AirPower-like Charging Mat That Actually WorksGizmodo - Andrew Liszewski Announced when Apple added wireless charging to the iPhone, the AirPower charging pad was never to see the light of day. The company was vague about …
Play buttonNo Man's Sky 'Beyond’ delivers the ‘No Man’s Sky’ experience I was waiting forEngadget - Daniel CooperIf there was ever a game that rode its hype train off a cliff, it's No Man's Sky, which burned bright right up until the moment people got to play it. From a jaw-dropping announcement at E3 2014, it was
Habitats Inside Sierra Nevada's Inflatable Space Habitat for Astronauts in Lunar Orbit (Photos)space.com - Robert Z. Pearlman HOUSTON — Astronauts may one day orbit the moon, live on the lunar surface or travel to Mars in a multifloor, inflatable habitat, should a Colorado …
Geek Sphero Just Bought littleBits to Become One of the Largest Makers of Educational ToysGizmodo - Andrew Liszewski Late last year Sphero revealed that it was going to stop producing toy robots based on popular characters like R2D2, BB-8, and Lightning McQueen. …
Science Marine Archaeologists Reveal Submerged Wooden Structure From the Stone AgeGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Archaeologists have spotted an 8,000-year-old wooden platform in the waters off southern Great Britain. The mostly intact find sat in a larger …
Photons Quantum radar has been demonstrated for the first timeMIT Technology Review - Emerging Technology from the arXiv A radar device that relies on entangled photons works at such low power that it can hide behind background noise, making it useful for biomedical and …
Hyundai Hyundai teases a new 1970s-inspired electric car to be unveiled next monthElectrek - Fred LambertHyundai is teasing a new 1970s-inspired electric car concept set to be unveiled at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Over the last few years, Hyundai has been going through a bit of a transition.
Metals Uranium 'breaks the rules again'phys.org - University of Manchester Work led by the research group of Professor Steve Liddle and published in the prestigious journal Nature Chemistry has reported a uranium dinitrogen …
Mobile Technology Intel’s new chips just fixed the worst thing about ultrathin laptopsbgr.com - Chris Smith It was only a few months ago that Intel unveiled a series of brand new 10th-gen processors that can deliver more powerful graphics performance to …
Satellites Here Come the Space Tugs, Ready to Tidy Up Earth's OrbitsWIRED - Condé Nast Vigoride's prototype flew to space a month ago, and it has two more test flights planned. Momentus hopes those demonstrations will help them line up …
Habitats One could fly to Mars in this spacious habitat and not go crazyArs Technica - Eric Berger "We're offering a huge amount of volume in a small amount of space." On Wednesday, Sierra Nevada Corporation—the company that makes aerospace …
Graphene Meet the crystal growers who sparked a revolution in graphene electronicsnature.com - Mark Zastrow Two Japanese scientists supply hundreds of laboratories with a prized gem — and are now among the world’s most published researchers. The smell of …
Play buttonInnovation You Can Thank Chemist Stephanie Kwolek for Bulletproof Vests and Yoga Pantssmithsonianmag.com - Dan Samorodnitsky This story originally appeared on Massive Science, an editorial partner site that publishes science stories by scientists. There’s a pile of fibers …
Pfizer Pfizer Invests $500 Million in Gene Therapy Manufacturing PlantBloomberg - Riley Griffin Pfizer Inc. said it plans to spend $500 million to expand a gene-therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, North Carolina, helping the drug giant …
Pfizer Pfizer to build gene therapy manufacturing facility in NCSeeking Alpha - Douglas W. House Pfizer (PFE +1.2%) plans to invest $500M to construct a state-of-the-art gene therapy manufacturing operation in Sanford, North Carolina. The …
Play buttonIndiegogo Philips turns to the crowd for compact projector launchnewatlas.com - Paul Ridden Though crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have been used by startups and small businesses to bring their ideas to life, …
Science Scientists Create a Healthier Butter-Like Spread Made From 80 Percent WaterGizmodo - Andrew Liszewski As delicious as butter is—adding flavor and texture to almost any food—it’s not the healthiest thing to smear on toast or corn on the cob. Some …
SpaceX NASA adds docking station in space for Boeing, SpaceXMarketWatch - By Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts are adding another parking spot to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and …
Hydrogen Researchers discover climate-friendly way of extracting hydrogen from oilEngadget - Rachel EnglandScientists have discovered a way to extract hydrogen from oil without releasing greenhouse gases -- a move they've hailed as a "silver bullet" for climate issues. Hydrogen is already used by some car to
Photoshop Photoshop for iPad begins beta testing ahead of public release9to5Mac - Benjamin MayoAdobe has started private beta testing of Photoshop CC for iPad. When the application was announced back in October 2018, Adobe promised a 2019 launch. Adobe has now sent out TestFlight builds to its group,
Aging The anti-aging drug that’s just around the cornerMIT Technology Review - Stephen S. Hall We will soon learn if a much-hyped, rapamycin-like drug can boost the immune response by targeting how the body ages. One of today’s most promising …
Concrete Is Cross-Laminated Timber the New Concrete?treehugger.com - Lloyd Alter Jorge Calderón thinks that it can take the place of concrete in buildings, inside and out. For some time we have been asking What's the best way to …
Tesla Meet Tesla's self-driving car computer and its two AI brainsCNET - Stephen Shankland Tesla's in-house chip is 21 times faster than the older Nvidia model Tesla used. And each car's computer has two for safety.
NASA Nuclear Propulsion Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Saysspace.com - Mike Wall Humanity's next giant leap could be enabled by next-gen nuclear tech, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. During the sixth meeting of the …
Play buttonMIT Media Lab MIT develops a sensor that can work underwater without a battery and send back dataTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonMIT researchers have created a new underwater sensor and communication system that doesn’t require batteries, and barely uses any power at all. This could help set up an underwater ‘internet of things’
Geek Surprise, That Amazing Saga Collection Is Out Tomorrowio9 - James Whitbrook Earlier this year, while also announcing that Saga would officially end after 108 issues, Image Comics revealed a gorgeous, humongous collection of …
Technology Humm unveils wearable that stimulates your brain to improve memoryVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiHumm has announced a wearable that provides you with “neurostimulation” that you wear for 15 minutes a day to improve your memory. The Berkeley, California-based company said it measured a 20% improvement
3D Prototype house is 3D-printed in just 12 hoursnewatlas.com - Adam Williams The widespread adoption of 3D-printed construction seems more a case of when rather than if, and so far we've seen houses, a castle, and even a …
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