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canadaBrexit Party Could Win in UK Election and Trudeau Will Likely Lose in Canada

May 13, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
A new Opinium/Observer poll shows both major British parties have lost vote share: Labour has lost ground to the Lib Dems and Greens, while the Conservatives are losing ground to the Brexit Party who have reached 21%. The Brexit Party …
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engineeringReaction Engines Tests Critical Pre-Cooler at Mach 3.3 Conditions

April 9, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Reaction Engines is working towards air-breathing space planes and hypersonic airplanes. They have successfully tested their critical pre-cooler technology at the temperature conditions it would experience at 3.3 times the speed of sound. The pre-cooler quickly drops the temperature of …
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energyFirst Light Uses a Electromagnetic Railgun to Fire Mach 58 Projectiles to Create Fusion

February 13, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
First Light Fusion is trying to generate energy using inertial confinement fusion. They spunout from the University of Oxford in June 2011. First Light uses a high-velocity projectile (58 times the speed of sound) to create a shockwave to collapse …
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futureReaction Engines Targets 2020 to Test Hypersonic Engine for Space Planes

January 24, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
In 2018, Reaction Engines has been building two test facilities which they will use to validate the performance of key parts of the SABRE™ spaceplane hypersonic engine. In the US test facility (TF2) will enable the precooler test article (HTX) …
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internetFacebook Spies on Everything – Confirmation of Pure Evil

December 7, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
A UK Parliamentary report on internal Facebook documents and found that Facebook was not satisfied with just your information and activity on the social media site and spied on everything you do on your phone. Facebook Used All of Their …
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carsBad drivers and very low accident costs will help China win with self-driving cars

November 4, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
China has said it will ban gas and diesel cars in the near future. Many expect China to ban new non-electric cars in 2030. Car manufacturers recognize they cannot compete with combustion engine cars in China. They are the largest …
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air forceThe UK Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has come to the US to test takeoff and landing of F-35B stealth fighters

September 11, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new aircraft carriers for the British Navy, arrived at a US port on the way to F-35B stealth fighter tests. This was the first transatlantic trip for the 65,000 ton aircraft carrier. The …
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airplanesEasyJet and Wright Electric 180 seat electric airline will start flying around 2027

September 7, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
In 2017, Los Angeles startup Wright Electric partnered with budget airline EasyJet to build a 180-seat electric airliner to fly routes of up to 300 miles starting around 2027. It will feature high aspect ratio wings for energy efficient flight, …
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canadaUnderstanding the super safety of the Moltex nuclear plant which will be built in Canada

August 29, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
In July, 2018, Moltex was selected by New Brunswick Energy Solutions Corporation and New Brunswick Power to progress development of its SSR-W (Stable Salt Reactor – Wasteburner) technology in New Brunswick, with the aim of deploying its first SSR-W at …
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