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Jetpack Aviation’s “The Speeder,” The World’s First Flying Motorcycle, Has Passed A Test Flight. The Flying Machine, Which Has 4 Turbojet Engines That Runs On Kerosine Or Desiel Fuel, Is Described As Star Wars Speeders Crossed With A Jet Ski And A Helicopter. The Speeder, Which Costs $380,000, Can Reach Speeds Of 300miles/hour, And Height Of 15,000 Ft.

AirCar, A Prototype Flying Car Equipped With A BMW Engine And Runs On Regular Petrol-Pump Fuel, Made A 35 Mins First-Ever Intercity Flight Btw Intl. Airports In Nitra And Bratislava, Slovakia. The Hybrid Car, Which Converts From A Car To A Plane In 2 mins 15 Secs, Is Said To Be Able To Fly For 1,000km (600 Miles), And To A Height Of 8,200ft (2,500m).

The World’s First Electric Wingsuit Has Been Developed Via Collaboration Of BMW, Design Works, And Peter Salzmann. The Suit, Comprising 2 Encased 15 KW Powered Carbon Propellers, Enables More Speed Than Conventional Suits. The Wearer Can Reach Speeds Of 300KM/H. The Suit Helps Maintain A Constant Glide, Enabling Further Travel Distance.

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MIT Engineers May Have Discovered A New Method Of Generating Electricity. The Method Works Via The Interaction Of Carbon With Its Surrounding Fluid, An Organic Solvent, Which Draws Electrons Out Of Carbon Particles, Thereby Generating Electricity. The Electricity Is Said To Be Sufficient For Chemical Reactions Or To Power Nanoscale Robots.

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The US FDA, Pending The Clinical Benefit Study, Has Conditionally Approved The First New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug, Since A Drug Was Last Approved In Almost 20 Years, In 2003. The Novel Experimental Drug, Known As Aducanumab Or Aduhelm, Is Intended For Patients With Earliest Stage Of Dementia, And To Slow Alzheimer’s Disease Progression.

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The US FDA Has Approved An Anti-Diabetic Drug, Semaglutide, For Treating Obesity. The Drug, Which Causes >15% Reduction In Body Weight, Could Be The Most Effective For Treating Obesity Than Other Existing Medications That Have ~5% To 12% Reduction. But Semaglutide May Be Difficult For Many To Get Due To, E.g., Cost And Insurance Coverage.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Smart Cap For Insulin Pens. The Cap, BigFoot Utility, Is Said To Work With An Integrated Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (iCGM) To Provide Insulin Dose Recommendation, Thereby Helping Patients Determine How Much Insulin Dose They Need. The Cap Is Said To Be Approved For Patients Aged 12 And Older.

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US Gov. Has Approved The Largest Offshore Wind Project, In The US, As Part Of Its Goal To Tackle Climate Change By Harnessing Enough Clean Renewable Energy To Power 400,000 Massachusetts Homes Every Year. The $2.8 B Project, known as Vineyard Wind 1, Comprising 62 Turbines, Is Expected To Begin In 2020, And Will Supply Clean Energy By 2023.

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China, On April 28, 2021, Launched A Core Module For Its New Space Station. The Module, Tianhe, Would Initiate 18 Months Of Construction, ~230 Miles Above Earth, For China’s Third Station Attempt. China Will Fly 11 Missions To Complete The Station In Late 2022. These Stations Come After China Was Barred From ISS Activities, Since 2011.

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Scientists May Have Developed The Whitest Paint Ever, A Counterpart To Ultra Black Material. The Paint Is Said To Reflect More Than 98% Of Sunlight; Unlike The Commercially Available Paints, Which Reflect 80% To 90% Of Sunlight. This Feat Is A Major Step In Energy Saving As 1% Of Reflectance Translates To 10 W.m-2 Less Sun Heat.

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China Is Now The First Major Economy To Create A Digital Currency By Converting Its Yuan Into A Strings Of Digits. The Cyber Yuan, Unlike The Bitcoin, Can Track User Spending In Real-Time–Monitoring China’s Economy And People, E.G., On Tax Evasion. Moreover, The Cyber Yaun Isn’t Linked To The Dollar-Dominated Global Financial System.

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The World’s Oceans Are Threatened By Pollution, Over Fishing And Climate Change. And To Help Protect Marine Life, With Focus On 10 British Overseas Territories, The UK Has Launched The “Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems” (BRUVS)—The World’s Largest Ocean Monitoring System. Hopefully, Its Collected Data Can Enhance Marine Protection.

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Researchers Have Created A Synthetic Cell, Called JCVI-syn3A, Which Divides And Multiples Like A Real Cell Would, Using 7 Key Genes Out Of 492 Genes. JCVI-syn3A, With More Advancement, Has Uses In, E.G., Tiny Computer Production; Disease Treatment; And As Living Sensors. JCVI-syn3 Was Crafted, In 2016, From A Sexually Transmitted Microbe.

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Scientists Briefly Created A Rare Diamond To Test Its Hardness. The Stiffness Of The Artificial Hexagonal Diamond, Lonsdaleite, Suggest It Is 58% Stronger Than Diamond, Setting A New Record For The Hardest Known Material. Advances Are Needed To Stabilize The Production Of Lonsdaleite, Also Found In Meteorite Crater Rocks, For Its Uses.

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Researchers Have Developed A New Device For Administering Vaccines. The Device Utilizes Electrically Ignited Gun Powder To Generate Pressure That Pushes The Device To Relatively Painlessly, Compared To Needles, Penetrate A Person’s Skin, Sending The Vaccine Through Tiny Apertures. The Device Would Also Be Safer For Health Care Workers.

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A Homeless Man, Tim Shea, Age 70, Has Become The First Person Ever To Live In A 3-D Printed House Built By The Company, Icon. The 3-D, 400 Sq Ft, Printed House Is One Of The Many Houses Built In The Community First! Village, Near Austin, Texas. The Houses Are Said To Be Built With Materials More Resilient To Natural Disasters.

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Researchers Have Developed A Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) Imaging Technique That Uses Laser To Spot Hidden Objects ~1.43 Km Away. It Was, Previously, Only Possible To Detect Partially Or Fully Hidden Objects A Few Metres Away As Environmental Factors Affect Longer Distance Traveling Light, Which Confuses The Sensors. NLOS Has Uses In Self Driving Cars.

Scientists Have Developed An Artificial Womb, Said To Have Successfully Grown Mice Embryos That Look Like Those In A Real Mice Uterus. The Womb Has Implications For Understanding Of How A Fertilized Egg Can Develop All The Specific Cell Types In The Human Body, How Pregnancies End In Miscarriages Or Why Fertilized Eggs Fail To Implant.

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Scientists May Have Developed A Device That Enables “Communication” With Plant Via Electrical Signals. The Device Was Successfully Tested On Venus Flytrap. The Device Could Advance Plant-Based Technologies. E.g., Plant-Based Robots That Can Help Pick-up Fragile Objects, Or Help Improve Food Security By Detecting Diseases Early In Crops.

Scientists Have Developed A Self-Sustainable Wearable Device, Called Wearable Microgrid, Capable Of Harvesting Energy From Sweat And Body Movement To Power Small Electronics Quickly And Continuously. The Washable Wearable Device Comprises 1) Sweat-Powered Biofuel Cells, 2) Motion-Powered Devices And 3) Energy-Storing Supercapacitors.

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