Tesla cofounder Ian Wright and his company Wrightspeed teamed up with commercial truck builder Mac Trucks to create a new hybrid electric trash hauler. They featured the Mack LR Model at the 2016 Waste Expo in Las Vegas, and was a move in the right direction for resource wasting refuse vehicles. This hybrid electric truck…
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How To Code Like The Top Programmers At NASA — 10 Critical Rules
Short : Do you know how top programmers write mission-critical code at NASA? To make such code clearer, safer, and easier to understand, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid 10 rules for developing software. The developers at NASA have one of the most challenging jobs in the programming world. They write code and develop mission-critical…
10 Rules Of Success By Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company. He is also the co-founder of Tesla Motors, SolarCity, OpenAI, Zip2 and Paypal. In October 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 Bn in stock, of which Musk received $165 Mn. As of April 2016,…
Would You Be Willing To Fly On Elon Musk’s Mission To Mars?
Why Is This Important? Elon Musk’s Mission To Mars? Because Elon Musk is looking for pioneers to colonize Mars, but they could have to pay the ultimate price. Long Story Short Elon Musk has been cryptic about his dream to begin colonizing Mars within the decade, but he released a few new details Friday, including…
Is this the year Elon Musk’s SpaceX fortunes will lift off?
By most measures, SpaceX has enjoyed a banner 2016. In the first half of this year, the company took critical steps toward proving it can reliably retrieve and reuse its first-stage rocket boosters, successfully landing rockets on a floating drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean three separate times. It broke a monopoly one of its…
Is Elon Musk working on an “Iron Man” flying suit?
It’s a question that has been asked before: Is Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk the real-life version of “Iron Man?” If this tweet from Musk himself is anything to go by, the answer might be “yes.” On Wednesday, CNN reported on Musk meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter at the Pentagon. Referring to the…
Tesla just started selling two cheaper Model S sedans
On Thursday morning, Tesla Motors announced that new, lower-cost versions of itsModel S sedan would be available to purchase immediately. The Model S 60 will cost $66,000 while the all-wheel drive Model S 60D will cost $71,000. According to Tesla, the Model S 60 will have a range of greater than 200 miles, can reach a top…
What was Elon Musk doing at the Pentagon?
Washington (CNN) – Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, met with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Wednesday as the Pentagon looks to raise its technology game. The focus of the closed-door get together was “innovation,” according to a Defense Department spokesman, although Musk is also looking to win more government business for SpaceX,…
Should Elon Musk Get a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
Someone started a single petition on Change.org asking the Swedish Nobel Committee to award Elon Musk the Nobel Prize in Economic Science. Now they are nearing 4000 signatures at the time of this writing. Here is the reasoning for Elon Musk’s floor nomination for Nobel Prize. The message on Change.org reads. We, the signed, would…