The Pentagon Wants to Buy Thousands of Battlefield Robots
Cannon Fodder
Robotics manufacturers are scrambling for more than a half billion dollars in Pentagon contracts for battlefield robots that will defuse…
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China Is Building Its First Huge Battery Storage Facility
Batteries Not Included The Chinese government approved the plans for a massive energy storage grid in Gansu Province on Monday, according to a statement by…
Elon Musk Pledges Tesla Superchargers Next Year
Big Promise Electric car maker Tesla will expand its network of Superchargers to provide service for all of Europe by the end of 2019, CEO Elon Musk tweeted…
Space Travel Doesn’t Seem to Shorten Astronauts’ Lives
Life Goes On We’ve long known that traveling in space carries numerous health risks — it exposes astronauts to higher levels of radiation than the rest of us,…
Elon Musk Tweets Image of SpaceX’s Stainless Steel Starship
Big Picture Christmas came early for Elon Musk’s Twitter followers. The SpaceX CEO took to the social media platform on Christmas Eve to share a new image of…
Cosmonaut: Hole Was Drilled From Inside Space Station
Hole Story Back in August, the crew on the International Space Station (ISS) repaired a small leak that was allowing air to escape the orbiting outpost —…
The Next Generation of Wi-Fi 6 Explained
Wi-Fi is set to get better and faster with its upcoming major update. While plenty of routers are already available with chips using draft specifications,…
New Horizons Will Fly Past the Most Distant Object
Old Space Rock
After whizzing past Pluto in July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is fast approaching its next destination: Ultima Thule — or 2014…
IBM’s Fingernail Sensor Could Evaluate New Parkinson’s Medications
Grip Strength
Scientists have found that the strength of a person’s grip can reveal important details about their health. Research shows that links exist…