Ever since Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk decided to get into the energy business; traditional energy companies such as coal and big oil, have been showing their dislike for the CEO. Tesla began it’s energy storage division by building the home powerwall unit meant for off the grid storage, then they acquired Solar City, whilst building the […]
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Watch Live: Elon Musk Unveils Plans On How To Get Us To Mars
Elon Musk has always been well known for his public opinion on becoming a multiplanetary species. Today the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is scheduled to speak and reveal his Mars colonization plans before the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, today at 2:30 p.m. ET. In a keynote speech, Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species, Musk “will discuss […]
This Video Showing Bacteria Evolving Antibiotic Resistance Is Frightening
There have been concerns about Antibiotic resistance in bacteria within the scientific community for some time now. Over recent years this concern has come out of the woodwork and into the spotlight. There is a great threat to humanity if our antibiotics lose their effectiveness against bacteria, and the way we are over using antibiotics is not […]
Elon Musk leads effort to build house roofs entirely out of solar panels
Elon Musk will create house roofs made entirely of solar panels, in a sweeping expansion of Tesla’s clean energy ambitions. Tesla has finalized a $2.6bn deal to buy Solar City, and to begin producing photovoltaic shingles. This would allow Solar City to create roofs made entirely of solar panels. That coupled with Tesla’s home powerwall, […]
SpaceX Has Started Testing Its Mars Rocket Engine
Elon Musk has had his eye on Mars for a while, and now his company SpaceX is finally testing it’s new engine that will make his dreams a reality. The goal is to send a rocket to Mars in 2018, if they succeed, they will be the first private company to ever reach another planet. […]
‘Range Anxiety’ for Electric Cars Is Overblown
Researchers at MIT studied the driving patterns and battery capacity of electric vehicles— using a 2013 Nissan leaf as the base for their calculations. They determined that “range anxiety”—The fear that a car’s battery will die without timely access to a charging station—is overly exaggerated. If battery technology improves as expected, electric vehicles could replace 98 […]
California Freeways Will Soon Be Generating Electricity
California is known for having some of the most congested freeways in America— millions of cars drive on those freeways everyday, and now there might be a way to harness energy from all of those tires. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a pilot program in which piezoelectric crystals will be installed on several […]
This Nasa Concept Could Reach The Edge Of Our Solar System By Utilizing “Solar Wind”
The Voyager 1 space craft took 3 decades to exit our solar system, this NASA concept can do the same in less than 10 years; by utilizing “Solar wind”.
Human Thought Could Become Predominantly Non-Biological By 2030
Artificial intelligence has always had relevance in our lives starting with science fiction novels and movies. In this day and age that fiction is becoming a reality. Tech pioneer Ray Kurzweil predicts that in about 15 years humanity will have developed the technology needed to allow human brains to connect to the internet. He spoke at the […]
Scientific Ways To Improve Your WI-FI Signal At Home
Wi-FI is everywhere these days, but sometimes at home you may not be getting the best signal that you want to be getting. Here is a video by VOX explaining a few tips and tricks that you can do that could improve your signal strength and speed. Check out their video for some easy […]