The red deserts of Mars have revealed a surprise: an altogether new type of sand dune. Today a team of scientists led by Mathieu Lapotre, a planetary geologist at Caltech, announced a new type of geological formation in the Martian sands. Lapotre’s team discovered waves of windswept sand that are totally unlike the two features…
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Elon Musk Wants To Launch 4,000 Satellites To Provide Internet From Space
Elon Musk is currently seeking government approval to begin testing on a project to broadcast the Internet from 4,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. He claims he wants to beam high-speed Internet to all corners of the world. The plan would transform SpaceX from a company based solely on rockets and spaceflight into an Internet provider to rival the likes of Comcast,…
Driver killed in Tesla Autopilot crash
The driver killed in the first known fatal crash of a Tesla vehicle in the semi-autonomous Autopilot mode had previously posted a viral video of his Model S avoiding an accident with Autopilot engaged. Joshua Brown, a 40-year-old Ohio man who regularly posted Tesla videos to his YouTube account, received more than 1.7 million views to a dash cam…
Video: Tesla owner builds this crazy autonomous charging system
Some day you’ll pull your electric car into your garage and it will start charging instantly because there will be a wireless charger built into the floor beneath it. We have quite a ways to go before wireless technology can safely move enough current to efficiently charge a car though, and different companies are working on…
Video: fastest Tesla in the world take on Pikes Peak
Every year, the fastest and craziest cars in the world assemble at Pikes Peak, a three-mile hill climb in the Rocky Mountains. Among the cars on show this year was something unusual — a Tesla Model S, technically a “production” car, but completely stripped out and turned into a lean, mean, racing machine. The car…
Tesla Autopilot tests show the vehicle detecting pedestrians, but not necessarily braking to avoid them
Update: Tesla sent us a statement regarding the tests discussed in this article. You can see it in full below. The Tesla Autopilot program can be confusing at times since it englobes a lot of different features like Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC), Autosteer, Autopark, Auto Emergency Braking (AEB) and others. While you can look…
Vegetables Grown On Mars Are Safe To Eat
Someday, perhaps not too far in the distant future if Elon Musk gets his way, there will be humans on Mars. Although we can take resources with us, it will be far more sensible in the long run to grow our own crops there. Although The Martian makes it seem almost easy to do this,…
Porsche Manager: Tesla’s Ludicrous mode is bullshit and the seats suck
Tesla has been on the vanguard of the EV revolution and has demonstrated no hesitation to completely deviate from practices that have governed the auto industry for decades. And as tends to be the case with any company so willing to shake up the status quo, the company has no shortage of detractors, even from…
Tesla hired the man responsible for the Porsche Mission E’s interior
A new report from Electrek relays that Tesla recently hired Félix Godard, a young designer responsible for the interior design of Porsche’s deservedly hyped Mission E. What makes Tesla’s hiring of Godard particularly noteworthy is that he may help Tesla address a longstanding complaint about the company’s fleet of cars, namely that their fit and…
Cartoon explains why Elon Musk thinks we’re in a computer simulation
Elon Musk thinks it’s almost certain that we are living in a computer simulation. In short, we are characters in an advanced version of The Sims — so advanced that it creates, well, us. I understand the instinct to treat the idea as absurd, and to ignore people who suggest these things. It’s what happens…
Elon Musk Net Worth 2016
Elon Musk is one of the most well-known inventors and visionaries in the entire world. Through his ideas, he has created products and services that have changed the world. Obviously, such creations bring in lots of revenue and fame. And Elon Musk is no different. As the founder Tesla Motors, Space X, PayPal, Zip2 and…
Tesla Offers To Buy SolarCity, And Now Its Shares Are Plunging
IN BRIEF Tesla has just made a bid to SolarCity, and the investors aren’t exactly thrilled, as stocks take a dive. SYNERGY While Tesla’s main focus is electric vehicles, it has not shied away from offering other renewable energy products like the Powerwall. With its focus on sustainable energy, Tesla is now looking to expand into…