Ismael Shapiro

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.

Researchers Have Conducted The First Successful Remote Controlled Test Flight Of A 22.5 kg And 3m Scale Futurist Airplane Model, Called Flying-V. The Plane Is Designed To Have Passenger Cabin, Cargo Hold, And Fuel Tanks In The Wings, And Shaped To Cut Aircraft Fuel Usage By 20%. However, More Work Is Needed To Get It Passenger Ready.

SkyDrive Inc., A Japanese Company, Has Announced The First Successful Public Demonstration Of A Piloted Flying Car, Named SD-03. SD-03, According To SkyDrive, Is “The First Smallest Vertical Takeoff And Landing Vehicle That Takes Up The Space Of Two Parked Cars.” The Company Plans On Carrying Out More Developments And Tests To Ensure The Car Use Safety.

Amazon Is Enhancing Shopping Experience With The New Smart Shopping Cart Called Amazon Dash Cart, Which Will Be Tested In Woodland Hills, California. The Cart, Which Can Handle Small To Medium Grocery Trips, Will Comprise Sensors, Cameras, And Smart Display To Track Every Item That A Customer Buys For Easy Cashier-Less Checkout Via the Dash Cart Lane.

Most Automakers Only Offer Cars’ Batteries Warranties Ranging From 60,000 to 150,000 Miles Over A 3 To 8-Year Period. But This Chinese Car Battery-Maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), Says That It Is Ready To Produce Batteries That Can Power A Vehicle For 1.2 Million Miles Across The Course Of A 16-Year Lifespan. Cool!

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Scientists Using LiDAR Aerial Remote-Sensing Have Discovered The Oldest and Largest Structure Built By Ancient Mayans, Btw 1,000 and 800 BC, In Mexico’s Tabasco State. The Rectangular Elevated Structure, In Volume, Is Said To Be Bigger Than Egypt’s Pyramid Of Giza Built 1.5Kyrs Earlier. The Site Is Speculated To Be Used For Mass Rituals.

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The World’s Largest All-Electric Powered Aircraft Completed Its First Flight On Thursday, 5/28/2002. The Aircraft, Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Took Off From Moses Lake, Washington, With A 750-Horsepower All-Electric Motor Built By The Company MagniX. This Innovation Is Said To Be A Step In Curbing Aircraft Operational Cost And Air Pollution.

Volvo Plans To Be The First To Use Light Direction and Ranging (LiDAR) In Production Vehicles. LiDAR Is A Low-Intensity, Non-Harmful, And Invisible Laser Beams, Which Can Help Compute Object Distance From The Sender (Autonomous Car). Volvo Intends To Do This In Partnership With Luminar, Who Has Made LiDAR Cheaper And Smaller In Size.

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Boeing Has Built The World’s Largest Twin Engine Plane, The 777X. The 252-Foot-Long Plane Was Flight Tested For About 4 Hours, Taking Off Near Seattle. Boeing Has Been In Crisis Since The 737 Max Crashes That Occurred 5 Months Of Each Other Killing 346 People. Hopefully, This News Can Help Shore Up Its Image.

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Scientists Have Innovated A Very Thin And Transparent Material, Of Alternating Layers Of Wafer-thin Glass Plates Sandwiching Polymer Chains, Which’s Capable Of Being, At The Same Time, A Thermal Conductor (Within The Layers) And An Insulator (Perpendicular To The Layers). Thermal Conduction Is Important In, E.G., Computers And Homes.

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Ford Is Expanding The Mustang Lineup, For The First Time In 55 Years, With The Release Of Its First Electric Car, A Mustang Mach-E. The Mach-E, An SUV, Comes With 459 HP, Can Accelerate From 0 to 60 MPH In About 3 Secs, With 210-300 Miles Traveling Distance Before Recharging. The Vehicle, Costing About $44,000, Will Hit The Market In Late 2020.

Quatas Made History Again By Being The First Airliner To Fly Nonstop For 19.5 Hrs From London To Sydney, Covering A 17,800 km Distance With A Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft. Quatas Previously Flew The Same Route Nonstop In 1989 Using A 747-400 Ferry Flight, Which Took 20 Hrs and 9 Mins, Making It The World’s Longest Commercial Flight.

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A New Innovation For Swiftly Charging A Lithium-Ion Electric Vehicle Battery Has Been Developed By Engineers At Penn State. This Innovation Would Add Roughly 200 Miles Of Driving Range In Just 10 Minutes, Compared To Current Fast-Charging Stations That Take 20 Minutes To Provide Just 60-80 Miles Of Driving Range.

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A British Engineer, Trevor Jackson, Signed A Multi-Million-Pound Deal With Austin Electric, In Essex, To Manufacture A Battery On A Large Scale In The UK. Jackson’s Fuel Cell Battery Is Said To Come With Many Major Advantages Over The Best Battery Models, Including Being Able To Power An Electric Car For 1,500 Miles Without Recharge.

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Scientists Have Created An Insulator That Uses Several Layers Of Atomically Thin Materials To Protect Electronics From Excessive Heat, Which Could Cause Malfunctions And Lithium Battery Explosions. The New Invention Is Said To Provide The Same Insulation As A 100x Thick Glass Sheet, Making It Possible To Create More Compact Electronics.

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No Boy Has Been Born For Almost A Decade In The Polish Village Of Miejsce Odrzanskie. The Boy Shortage Has Been So Concerning That The Mayor Has Offered Incentives To the First Family To Give Birth To A Boy. Health Professionals Are Calling In With Tips Like Women Eating More Calcium-Rich Diets. But Why The Birth Shift?

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The World’s Largest Plane, Called Roc, Built By Late Paul Allen’s Company, Stratolaunch, Has Been Successfully Test Flown Over The Mojave Desert, California. The Plane Is Built As A Lunching Pad Alternative To Ground Deployment For Space Rockets, Vehicles and Satellites, Weighing Up To 500,000 Pounds, From An Altitude Of 35,000 Feet.

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Wow, I Guess That HIV Medication And Treatment Have Gotten Better And More Effective To The Point That HIV Patients Are Healthy Enough To Donate Organs. Yes, The Johns Hopkins University Have Just Successfully Transplanted A Kidney, In A First Of Its Kind, From An HIV Donor To Another HIV Positive Recipient. Cool!

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Some of Us May Have Seen The Robot Animatronic Furry Tail Fashion Accessory, Which Is Worn, With A Belt, Around The Waist. Some Tails Are Designed To Wag Depending On A Human Heart Rate. And Another, With The Insertion Of A Mood Card. But The Most Recent Tail Design Is Controlled With An App, And They Retail Btw $99-$159.