Space SpaceX just test-fired the huge engine for its newest rocket With a thunderous roar, the “radically redesigned” Raptor rocket engine has had its first firing—and will be attached to the firm’s Starship soon. by Erin Winick 2019-02-04T09:34:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy An Electric Semi Definitely Won’t Work—But Seven in a Row Might Platooning might make the economics reasonable for short-haul electric trucking. by James Temple 2017-10-26T15:00:00-04:00
Humans and Technology Scientists Can Read a Bird’s Brain and Predict Its Next Song Next up, predicting human speech with a brain-computer interface. by Antonio Regalado 2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Here Is the Safety Trick That Will Help SpaceX Fly You to the Moon Automating rocket safety could catalyze rapid growth in the commercial space industry. by Mike Orcutt 2017-08-23T14:30:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Tesla’s Model 3 Is a Long Way from Elon Musk’s Grand Goal Many things still need to change before electric vehicles can become a mainstream choice. by James Temple 2017-07-28T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Elon Musk Urges U.S. Governors to Regulate AI Before “It’s Too Late” But he may struggle to get his way without hard evidence of what, exactly, needs regulating. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-07-17T15:40:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Tesla’s New AI Guru Could Help Its Cars Teach Themselves Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s new director of artificial intelligence, will help the company’s vehicles teach themselves to drive. by Will Knight 2017-06-22T17:05:00-04:00
Humans and Technology Using Brainwaves to Guess Passwords Malicious software could use brain interfaces to help steal passwords and other private data. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-05T09:00:00-04:00
Humans and Technology With Neuralink, Elon Musk Promises Human-to-Human Telepathy. Don’t Believe It. Why the billionaire is wrong that telepathy technology will be available in a few short years. by Antonio Regalado 2017-04-22T00:00:00-04:00
Humans and Technology Meet the Guys Who Sold “Neuralink” to Elon Musk without Even Realizing It What’s in a name? Neuralink is a lot sweeter now that a billionaire is behind it. by Antonio Regalado 2017-04-04T00:00:00-04:00
