Self-Navigating Autonomously-Driven Balloons Are a Thing Now

If there’s one thing that any artificial intelligence hates to handle, that would be a chaotic environment with numerous competing factors that also change rapidly. And if there’s one thing that encapsulates all of the…

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A Swiss Drone Has Finally Inspected Reactor 5 in Chernobyl

Almost 35 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophe which involved the explosion of reactor no. 4, the complex decommissioning process is still ongoing. At the time of the accident, reactors no. 5 and…

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Self-Healing Concrete Could Help Manage the “Aging Bridges” Problem in the U.S.

The U.S. is entering an “aging bridges” crisis, with 39% of a total of 614,387 bridges across the country being older than their design lifetime, most of which still stand in service only thanks to…

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All-Electric Air Taxi Service Is to Take-Off in Florida Soon

‘Lilium’, a Munich-based developer of electrically powered personal air vehicles is preparing for its first-ever actual “vertiport” in Orlando, Florida. The Germans had awed the world back in 2017 when their concept electrical aircraft named…

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Genetically Engineered Silkworms Produce Human “E-Selectin”

Silkworms have been helping humans produce high-quality fabrics for at least 5 000 years now, while in many places in the world their pupae are considered a delicacy. Thanks to a group of scientists at…

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Anti-Reflective Glass Set to Take Solar Panel Efficiency to New Levels

A French start-up named ‘Edgehog’ has developed and recently presented an anti-reflective glass that can increase the annual energy production of solar panels by 6% to 12%. Simply put, Edgehog’s glass lets most of the…

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Solar Power Finally Becomes Cheaper than Coal

Since solar power became a viable solution for creating electricity, many people wondered why we don’t immediately close coal plants. And, they would be right – solar power is much, much cleaner. Actually, it doesn’t…

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SSC’s Tuatara Is the Fastest Car in the World With 331mph (508 Km/h) Top Speed

Shelby SuperCars (SSC), a Washington-based private car company in North America has set a new top speed record for a production car. The car hit an average speed of 316.1 mph on a seven-mile stretch…

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