Car-to-car communication technology will be essential to the future of transportation, especially as it pertains to self-driving cars. Volvo has announced that its vehicles will be able to talk to each other by the end of this year, joining Mercedes-Benz and Toyota in developing select models with the ability to talk to one another. Before […]
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Read MoreBritish car giant McLaren, like most automakers these days, is working on developing electric vehicles. Yesterday, McLaren unveiled the all-electric P1TM car for kids. Featuring a top speed of 3 miles per hour, the company calls the P1TM the “the most compact car yet to wear the McLaren badge.” The following is an excerpt from […]
Read MoreElon Musk announced via his Twitter account that SpaceX had conducted its first ever fire testing of the company’s Raptor engine that will be tasked with sending humans to Mars. Musk sent out multiple tweets showing an intense flame emanating from the powerful propulsion system, including one image that featured “Mach diamonds” coming from the […]
Read MoreThe unique looking, bullet-shaped bike in the image above just set a world speed record. Crazy enough, a human actually fits inside the shell of the Aerovelo Eta, which enabled the bike to set the record for the fastest human-powered vehicle when it hit 89.59 miles per hour. The human who successfully piloted the speedy […]
Read MoreLyft co-founder and President John Zimmer is quite optimistic when it comes to the future of self-driving cars. Zimmer believes the majority of the company’s cabs will be autonomous by 2021, even going as far to say that he expects personal car ownership will cease to exist in major cities by 2025. “For starters, our […]
Read MoreCNC metal machining involves metal being machined at extremely high speeds. As a result of the high speeds, the machine tool gets hot, so oil-based coolant must be used which generates mist. The mist contains tiny droplets of oil, so if it’s not collected properly, it gets breathed in by workers, clogs up HVAC filters, and coats machines, […]
Read MoreHere’s the YouTube description explaining what’s going on in the video: This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System. The F-16 was being flown […]
Read MoreLast night, three astronauts returned to Earth after 172 days in space, including NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who holds the record for the most days in space with 534 total across four missions. The other two astronauts who safely landed back home from the International Space Station were Roscomos Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka. NASA […]
Read MoreVolvo is teaming up with Swedish safety firm Autoliv as part of a new joint venture that will focus on developing autonomous driving software. However, the idea is to actually sell the self-driving tech they develop to other automakers, representing somewhat of a first for the industry. The new company will be headquartered in Volvo’s […]
Read MoreThe P-Laser video below has been making the rounds on the internet as the ultimate cleaning tool. Featuring 1000W, the high powered P-Laser is capable of removing rust, paint, grease, and other heavy contamination in a matter of seconds. Not only is the P-Laser the perfect device for a myriad of industrial applications, from manual […]
Read MoreThe US Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking to require all newly manufactured heavy-duty vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds to include speed-limiting devices. The idea was proposed this past Friday, and if approved, would encompass buses, big rigs, dump trucks, refuse haulers, and other larger work trucks. By […]
Read MoreAccording to the Bagdhad Post, Iraq is readying a new deadly robot called the alrobot for use on its soil. Specifically, the alrobot, which features a rocket launcher, automatic turret, and four cameras, is being prepped to help take down ISIS. Arabic for “robot”, alrobot would represent the first machine of its kind to be […]
Read MoreLast week, a new International Docking Adapter (IDA) was successfully installed on the outside of the ISS thanks to NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins. The process took approximately six hours, a seemingly modest amount of time for a spacewalk that could prove to be revolutionary when it comes to the future of private […]
Read MoreAudi has created a stop light countdown system that tells drivers exactly how long it will take for a red light to change to a green light. The industry-first stop light countdown system will be on the vehicle’s dashboard and wirelessly links to traffic-management computers in participating cities in the United States. At the moment, […]
Read MoreTesla’s autopilot system has been subject to a bit of controversy after a few accidents were blamed on the system, some of which proved to be fatal. While there are some discrepancies in the stories and Tesla will argue the driver is typically at fault, the company is doing all it can to ensure its […]
Read MoreSpaceX continues to put out mind-blowing footage to accompany the groundbreaking accomplishments of its Falcon 9 rockets. Recently, SpaceX released a brand new montage of its past missions featuring new camera views of launches and reentries, all filmed in slow motion. According Elon Musk’s company, the majority of the footage in the video comes from […]
Read MoreApple was granted its first transportation-related patent today for vehicle hardware associated with articulated vehicles. As you can see in the featured image above, the patent encompasses a new linking mechanism for cabins in an articulated vehicle chain such as a large bus. It’s tough to describe but Apple and BAE Systems took a stab […]
Read MoreThe Mine Kafon Drone (MKD) is an autonomous device capable of mapping, detecting, and ultimately detonating land mines. While there are an estimated 100 million lands mines around the globe, the creators behind the Mine Kafon Drone believe its possible to rid the world of these deadly land mines in approximately 10 years’ time. Designed […]
Read MoreVirgin Galactic can officially begin flight-testing its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. Better known as its spaceplane, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo was recently granted a commercial operating license from the Federal Aviation Administration, moving the vehicle one step closer to transporting passengers into sub-orbital space. “We’ve still got a bit more work to do before [SpaceShipTwo] takes to the […]
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