Ismael Shapiro

The World’s Largest Cruise Ship (WLCS), Royal Caribbean’s (RC) “Icon Of The Seas,” Has Conducted Its First Sea Trials. It Spans 365 M And Weighs ~250,800 Tones; Can Hold 5,610 Passengers And 2,350 Crews. The Ship, Which Boasts The World’s Largest Waterpark At Sea, Will Begin Its Caribbean Sail In Jan. 2024. The Previous WLCS Is RC’s “Wonder Of The Seas.”

Alef’s “Model A,” Is The First Flying Car/Electric Car To Receive Legal Permission From The FAA For Road And Air Testing, Allowing Limited Flight Locations And Purposes, Before Public Release. Model A Is Available For Preorder, Priced At $300,000, With Drive And Flight Ranges Of 200 Miles And 110 Miles —Alef Plans To Start Deliveries By Late 2025.

Researchers Have Discovered That Chitin, From Crustacean Shells, Can Power Batteries When Combined With Zinc. The Shellfish Batteries Can Decompose In Soil After 5 Months, Leaving Recyclable Zinc. They’re 99.7% Efficient After 400 Hrs Of Usage And Can Be Produced Cheaply, Offering A Clean Sustainable Alternative To Lithium-Ion Batteries.

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United Airlines, If Approved By The FAA, Plans To Launch North America’s First Commercial eVTOL Air Taxi Service Between Downtown Chicago And O’hare International Airport In 2025. An eVTOL, Of The 200 Archer Midnight eVTOLs Purchased From Archer Aviation For $1 Billion, Can Complete The Route In 10 Mins, A Fraction Of The Hour-Long Drive, At ~$100/Trip.

American Cancer Society Is Stating That Cancer Death Rates In The USA Have Fallen, From 1991 To 2019, By 33%–Implying 3.8 m Fewer Cancer Deaths. The Drop Was Attributed To The Prevention, Screening, Early Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Common Cancers. However, Cancer Is Still The 2nd Leading Cause Of Death In The US After Heart Disease.

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A Japanese Start-Up, Aerwins, Has Built The World’s First Flying Motorcycle Called XTurismo Hoverbike. The Bike Can Fly For 40 Mins And Reach Speeds Of 100km/Hr. The Craft Is On Sale In Japan And A Smaller Version Will Be Available In The US In 2023 For $777,000. Aerwins Plans To Make A Smaller Electric Model By 2025 That Would Cost $50,000.

A Chinese Electric Vehicle Firm, BYD, Has Surpassed Tesla In The Global Sale Of Electric Vehicles In The First Half Of 2022. BYD, Partly Owned By Warren Buffett, Sold 638,157 Electric Vehicles While Tesla Sold 564,743 Vehicles. However, In Fairness, BYD Vehicles Are Electric Or Plug-In Hybrid Compared To Tesla’s Full Battery Electric.

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The World’s First Zero-Emission Hydrogen-Powered Flying Boat, Called “The Jet,” Which Can Soar 3 Ft Above The Water Surface Will Be Built In Dubai In 2023. The Noiseless Jet, Which Can Transport Up To 12 Passengers, Including A Pilot, Will Span 32 Ft, Weigh 6 Tones, And Cruise At Speeds Of Up To 40 Knots, Or 46 Miles Per Hour.

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A Technology Company, ABB, Is Said To Have Developed The Fastest Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger, Called Terra 360, Which Is Capable of Charging An EV In About 3 Minutes For A 100 km (62 miles) Drive Range. The Terra 360 Is Said To Have A Maximum Output Of 360 kW And Can Fully Charge An EV In 15 Minutes Or Less. Cool!

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A New Record May Have Been Set For The Longest Flight Over Water By An All-Electric Plane. The 48-Mile Flight Was Made Across The Cook Strait, New Zealand. And The Plane Was Piloted By Gary Freedman, The Founder Of The Record-Setting All-Electric Plane Company, ElectricAir, For ~40-Minutes From Omaka To Wellington Airport. Cool!

Self-Driving Boats (Roboats) Are Being Tested In The Canals Of Amsterdam. The Same Advanced Technology Applied To Self Driving Cars Was Used In Developing The Roboats. The Roboats, Expected To Travel 6-7 Km/ Hour, Will Convey People, Goods, And Trash. The Watercrafts Will Be Used To Alleviate Road Congestions By Making Use Of Under-Utilised Canals.

FedEx Has Begun Using Self-Driving Trucks Developed By Autonomous Vehicle Startup Aurora And Heavy-Duty Vehicle Manufacturer Paccar, As Part Of A Pilot Program, To Haul Goods Btw Dallas And Houston. The Self Driving Trucks, With Backup Safety Driver, Will Be Used Multiple Times A Week To Complete The ~ 500 Mile Route Along Interstate 45.

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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).

Ford’s First-Ever Electric SUV, The Ford Mustang Mach-E, Which Has Been On Sale For A Few Months, Has Now, For The First Time In The World, Experienced A Wreck, Via Highway Speed Crash. Fortunately, All Occupants Survived With Minor Injuries. The Accident May Indicate How Safe The Vehicle Is, Compared To The Fatal Tesla Model S Crash.

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New Evidence May Have Been Discovered That Supports The First Documented Record Of Salt Use As Mayan Currency, Depicted In A 2500-Year Old Mural Painted In Calakmul Ruins, Mexico. The New Evidence Are Clay Pots And Utensils Utilized To Produce Standardized Salt Units That Were, Probably, Used As Money In Trades, Like The Ancient Romans Did.

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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.

Dutch Students, Aka AeroDelft Team, From Delft University, Plan To Fly The World’s First Hydrogen-Powered (HP) Aircraft Called Phoenix PT, In July Of 2021. The Team, From The University That Demoed The The Flying V, Sees A Future For The First Around The World HP Flight By 2025, And The First Commercial HP Aircraft Operations By 2035.

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The World’s First Human Passenger Test Of A New Mode Of Transportation, Since 100 Years, Was Successfully Done By “Virgin Hyperloop.” Hyperloop Is A Transportation Mode Via A Vehicle, Magnetically Suspended In A Vaccum Tube, Which Can Reach Speeds Of 600 mph. But The Virgin Hyperloop Test Got To A Speed Of 100 mph Due To The 500m Long Track.

Life Aircraft Is Selling A Few Of Their Recreational Flying Vehicles, Called Hexa, For $US495,000. But The Cool Part Is That Anyone That Meets The Height, Weight, And Age Requirements Can Rent To Fly Without A Pilot’s License. Hexa Is An Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft Able To Fly 15-Mins Intervals At Low Altitudes.