The SpaceX Starhopper has performed a tethered hop with a Raptor engine firing. Starhopper completed tethered hop. All systems green. https://t.co/0m5Bm5slD2 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 4, 2019 HOT FIRE!!! Raptor comes to life at the base of Starhopper as the vehicle performs a tethered hop at SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch facility. This is the …
Heatmaps show website owners what users want on their website, what areas they visit, their mouse movements and actions, as well as their overall engagement on every page. This is done through visually representing their clicks, taps and scrolling behavior with heatmaps. Bottomline, heat mapping will help you analyze and get insights on actual user …
Tesla deliveries were approximately 63,000 vehicles, which was 110% more than the same quarter last year, but 31% less than last quarter. This included approximately 50,900 Model 3 and 12,100 Model S and X. In the first quarter, they produced approximately 77,100 total vehicles, consisting of 62,950 Model 3 and 14,150 Model S and X. …
Intel Capital announced new investments totaling $117 million in 14 disruptive technology startups. The startups are creating powerful artificial intelligence (AI) platforms; new ways to see and analyze materials for the built world and our bodies; more efficient and greener manufacturing technologies; and disruptive new approaches to chip design. Intel invested $13 million into Untether …
Laoyaoba reports that Tesla production equipment will be installed in the Shanghai Gigafactory in May 2019. Some Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory production lines will be start mass-production by the end of 2019. This is reported from statements made at a Tuesday meeting with Tesla President of Automotive Jerome Guillen and Shanghai Deputy Mayor Wu Qing. They …
There was a highly optimistic article at Global Asia about China installing an added 238 GW of new nuclear power by 2030. However, the author seems to finding that China has 43 nuclear reactors under construction today. China only as 13 nuclear reactors under construction today. Although 12 nuclear reactors are scheduled for approval and …
Various satellite images show that half of the coal plants with “suspended construction” have actually been completed. China has restarted construction on more than 50 gigawatts (GW) of suspended coal-fired power plants. A study by Global Energy Monitor, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club claims that China could add 290GW in new coal-fired plants over the …
NASA concluded that a mission profile in which Falcon Heavy places Orion, a service module, and an ICPS upper stage in orbit in a single launch may be the only option for a near-term commercial alternative for Orion’s first operational test flight. Above is rendering from Brickmat of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy with the Orion …
On April 3 and 4, blockchain and cryptocurrency professionals will converge in LA for the premier ELEV8 conference. It will take place at Hudson Loft, 1200 S Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA. The event will explore the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and how nascent technologies create a more interconnected economic global ecosystem, and also eliminate …
Russian defense manufacturer JSC Almaz Antey has patented a drone armed with a shotgun. Over 6 years ago, there is a video of a drone armed with a recoiless AA-12 automatic shotgun. SOURCES- Foxtrot Alpha, Youtube Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. …
The Carnival of Space 605 is up at Cosmoquest. Universe Today – LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st. About a year ago, LIGO’s two facilities were taken offline so its detectors could undergo a series of hardware upgrades. With these upgrades now complete, LIGO recently …