Can You Soar With DIY Pneumatic Booster Shoes?
Tiktok star Tyler Csatari and engineer Ian Charnas build high-tech jump-boosting shoes to see how high they can get. The post Can You Soar With DIY Pneumatic Booster Shoes? appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»
SpaceX stacks the full Starship launch system for the first time, standing nearly 400 feet tall
SpaceX has achieved another major milestone in its Starship fully reusable launch system: It stacked the Starship spacecraft itself on top of a prototype of its Super Heavy booster, which itself is loaded up with a full complement of 29 Raptor rocket.....»»
Rocket Report: Virgin Galactic ups ticket prices, Starship surge in Texas
"It has been a tough journey at times." Enlarge / SpaceX's Booster 4 is lifted on to its orbital launch mount in South Texas. (credit: Elon Musk / Twitter) Welcome to Edition 4.10 of the Rocket Report! A lot is going on this week—of course i.....»»
Head of UN Health Agency Seeks Vaccine Booster Moratorium
The head of the World Health Organization called Wednesday for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries where few people have received their first shots. From a rep.....»»
SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocket last night
Progress on the regulatory side of things remains murky, though. Image of 29 Raptor rocket engines installed on a Super Heavy booster. (credit: Elon Musk/Twitter) Sometimes it is difficult to write objectively about the rate at which SpaceX ma.....»»
Performance enhancing shoes? How Nike’s controversial Vaporfly line redefined running
Nike's 'performance-enhancing' Vaporfly running shoes are headed to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, but some running enthusiasts don't think they should be allowed.....»»
Tech giants" profits soar as pandemic boom continues
Apple, Google parent company Alphabet and Microsoft report soaring quarterly profits......»»
Researchers develop a pneumatic computer memory "chip" that plays the piano
Soft robots currently require electronic hardware to operate. These components increase the costs, size, and power demands of soft-robotic devices. So UCR engineers have developed a pneumatic RAM chip capable of controlling its soft robot well enough.....»»
EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin"s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for Tuesday's debut flight from West Texas, just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and a teenage.....»»
SpaceX will soon fire up its massive Super Heavy booster for the first time
What has SpaceX been up to in South Texas since early May? Enlarge / A Super Heavy booster rolled out of SpaceX's production facilities in South Texas earlier this month. (credit: Elon Musk) SpaceX seems to have gone a long time without launch.....»»
Health officials rail against Pfizer’s push for COVID boosters—for many reasons
"What part of 'this is a global crisis' are we not getting?" Enlarge / Vials of undiluted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI ) Pfizer has planned to privately brief US health officials on its case for COVID-19 booster.....»»
Fortnite adds LeBron James and his signature shoes
LeBron James is joining the likes of Superman, Thanos, and Rick Sanchez in Fornite with a new Icon Series skin......»»
Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin face off in space tourism market
The era of space tourism is set to soar, with highly symbolic flights by rivals Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin scheduled just days apart......»»
Lida Holdings, Taiwan Chelic see increasing orders catering to automation needs
Lida Holdings, an air compressor maker focusing production and market in China, and pneumatic component maker Taiwan Chelic have seen increasing orders due to steadily growing demand for automated production lines, according to the companies......»»
Rocket Report: Super Heavy rolls to launch site, Funk will get to fly
"I am not allowed to talk about that." Enlarge / A Super Heavy booster rolled out of SpaceX's production facilities in South Texas on Thursday. (credit: Elon Musk) Welcome to Edition 4.05 of the Rocket Report! We have a really big week in smal.....»»
Improved algorithms help scientists monitor wildfires from space
Raging wildfires pump tiny pollutants into the air, degrading air quality across vast areas. These pollutants, or aerosols, can soar high into the atmosphere at the tops of smoke plumes or creep close to the ground where they pose a health risk to hu.....»»
The forecast said it would be 90 degrees. So why does your thermometer say it"s 100?
The weather forecast says it's going to be hot. Air temperatures are projected to soar into the high 90s or even reach the 100s. But in some places on the ground, it can feel a lot hotter—like the inside of an oven......»»
Apple"s Spending on Google Cloud Storage On Track to Soar 50% This Year
Apple executives have taken swipes at Google in the past over its privacy practices. But the iPhone maker trusts Google enough so that over the past year it has dramatically increased the amount of Apple user data it stores in Google's cloud, The Inf.....»»
Watch this unique footage tracking a SpaceX rocket landing
SpaceX has posted unique footage that tracks its first-stage Falcon 9 booster as it comes in to land following a mission on Wednesday, June 30......»»
The future of manufacturing: A look ahead to the next era of making things
The way we make things -- from cars to shoes to dental floss -- has changed dramatically over the past few generations. Here's what could change next......»»
Historic heat wave blasts Northwest as wildfire risks soar
The Pacific Northwest sweltered Friday and braced for even hotter weather through the weekend as a historic heat wave hit Washington and Oregon, with temperatures in many areas expected to top out up to 30 degrees above normal......»»