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Friday through Sunday, Aug. 25-27, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison students hopes it can clock the highest speed on the one-mile SpaceX Hyperloop test track during the Hyperloop Competition Weekend II at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.The UW–Madison team, known as Badgerloop, has excelled in all phases of the competition, which is sponsored by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

The Bye Aerospace pure electric plane currently on sale is not yet energy independent but it does generate electricity from the propeller being driven backwards by wind when descending and when parked. It has structural solar wings and it saves the $100,000 in aviation fuel used by a regular small aircraft when training a pilot.

Medtronic has announced it has received CE Mark for the Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan left heart lead. Paired with Medtronic quadripolar cardiac resynchronisation therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D) and -pacemakers (CRT-P), the Attain Stability Quad lead features novel, active-fixation technology that is designed for precise lead placement and stability. In the United States, the Attain Stability Quad lead is under evaluation in a clinical trial ...

The first Tesla Model 3 electric car for the masses should come off the assembly line on Friday with the first deliveries in late July, the company's CEO said.CEO Elon Musk, in several Twitter messages early Monday, said the new car passed all government regulatory requirements for production to begin two weeks ahead of schedule. The company plans to hold a party to hand over the first 30 Model 3s to customers on July 28th, Musk wrote in a tweet.

Remember when the idea of electric cars used to be a fantasy? Something fromThe JetsonsorTron.I mean, who could imagine not needing to fill up a gas tank every 150 miles? The whole idea was ridiculous. Gas powered engines seemed like they would be the dominant force into the foreseeable future. By John Hawthrone.

The technological advances in the electronics and telecommunications sector have enabled the development of various advanced systems in the automotive industry. The seamless integration of embedded systems in vehicles has enhanced their functionalities to provide services related to navigation, diagnostics, Internet connectivity, and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Thus, the modern vehicle has grown beyond just a means of transport.

According to a recent news story,a hacker has helped a family reunite with their beloved car which they had to abandon for months after they lost a one-of-a-kind key. Without any other alternatives in getting a key, the desperate family agreed for the car to be hacked, with the hacker given access to the vehicle's on-board immobiliser computer. Cesare Garlati, Chief Security Strategist at the prpl Foundation, commented: "Despite this being a posi...

According to new research from the University of Eastern Finland, silicon – the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust – shows great promise in Li-ion batteries. By replacing graphite anodes with silicon, it is possible to quadruple anode capacity.In a climate-neutral society, renewable and emission-free sources of energy, such as wind and solar power, will become increasingly widespread.

According to Tesla and Space X chief executive Elon Musk, artificial intelligence is the “biggest risk we face as a civilisation” and needs to be proactively regulated before it’s too late.Speaking at a meeting of US governors, Musk said: “Normally the way regulations are set up is when a bunch of bad things happen, there’s a public outcry, and after many years a regulatory agency is set up to regulate that industry....

The latest IDTechEx Research report,Last Mile Electric Vehicles 2018-2028,concerns goods and people reaching final destination such as down the pathway past the guard dog or riding from the train station. Currently costing up to 55% of shipment costs, today's expensive methods tend to be dangerous, polluting or slow. Solving this 'last mile problem' is key to Amazon's objective of grabbing Wal-Mart's business and other battles of the titans.