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......»»
CERN"s latest LS2 Report: Beams circulate in the PS Booster
If you follow CERN on social media, you probably saw back in December that the first beam had been injected into the PS Booster (PSB), thus connecting the machine for the first time to the new Linac4......»»
Moderna says it’s making variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines, but its existing vaccine should still work
Moderna has detailed some of the steps it’s taking to ensure that its vaccine remains effective in the face of emerging strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that leads to COVID-19. These include testing how adding a second booster, for a total of th.....»»
SpaceX Re-Schedules Record-Breaking Launch With 143 Satellites to Sunday
Ars Technica reported Saturday that "The Falcon 9 rocket was ready. Its payload of 143 satellites were ready. But Mother Nature was not ready." Although SpaceX pressed ahead with fueling of the Falcon 9 booster on Saturday morning, the company scru.....»»
Falcon 9 rocket launches, lands for the eighth time in dicey winds [Updated]
Weather appears to be good for Wednesday after concerns about recovery on Monday. Enlarge / Falcon 9, booster 1051, breaking through the sound barrier on December 13, 2020. It's back for an eighth launch a little more than a month later. (credit.....»»
Netflix shares soar as it passes 200M paying subscribers
Netflix capped off a year of impressive streaming growth by adding 8.5 million net new paying subscribers during the fourth quarter. That means the streaming giant now has a total of 204 million paying subscribers worldwide — net growth of 37 milli.....»»
With latest Starlink launch, SpaceX to set record for rapid reuse
Weather appears to be good for Wednesday after concerns about recovery on Monday. Enlarge / Falcon 9, booster 1051, breaking through the sound barrier on December 13, 2020. It's back for an eighth launch a little more than a month later. (credit.....»»
Blue Origin Successfully Launches and Lands Key Crew Capsule Test in First Mission of 2021
Blue Origin launched its first mission of 2021, flying its New Shepard rocket in West Texas to a medium height of just over 350,000 feet. From a report: This is the first flight for this particular booster, and for the capsule it carried, which was e.....»»
Beyond Meat shares soar after inking deal with Taco Bell on new menu items
Shares of Beyond Meat are soaring on news that the company will be working with Taco Bell on new menu items. The company’s stock was up $17.13, or 13.67%, to $142.48 and climbing in midday trading after Taco Bell announced that it would embrace.....»»
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Test Aircraft Promises a New Era of Faster-Than-Sound Travel
The prototype of a planned, 65-seat airliner will fly in 2021 Photo: Boom Supersonic Boom: The XB-1 has been rolled out; soon it will soar. The Concorde, the world’s first supersonic airliner, landed for t.....»»
SpaceX Will Attempt To Recover Super Heavy Rocket by Catching it With Launch Tower
SpaceX will try a significantly different approach to landing its future reusable rocket boosters, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. It will attempt to 'catch' the heavy booster, which is currently in development, using the launch tower arm use.....»»
Elon Musk says SpaceX will attempt to recover Super Heavy rocket by catching it with launch tower
SpaceX will try a significantly different approach to landing its future reusable rocket boosters, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. It will attempt to ‘catch’ the heavy booster, which is currently in development, using the launch t.....»»
Customizable Shoes from This Startup Could Help Stamp Out Plastic Waste
Made from recycled materials, the shoes use the same sole but have interchangeable uppers .entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-.....»»
Watch SpaceX launch a U.S. spy satellite live and bring its booster back for a landing on terra firma
SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 today from Kennedy Space Center, with a launch window that spans three hours and opens at 9 AM EST (6 AM PST). The mission will carry a spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and will include a.....»»
Colorful, magnetic Janus balls could help foil counterfeiters
Counterfeiters who sell knockoffs of popular shoes, handbags and other items are becoming increasingly sophisticated, forcing manufacturers to find new technologies to stay one step ahead. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed tiny "J.....»»
Taiwan PCB output value to top NT$300 billion in 2020
The output value of Taiwan's PCB industry is estimated to soar past NT$300 billion (US$10.7 billion) in 2020, returning to pre-financial tsunami levels, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)......»»
Covid-19 Deaths Rose In US College Towns When Students Returned
The New York Times reports: As coronavirus deaths soar across the country, deaths in communities that are home to colleges have risen faster than the rest of the nation, a New York Times analysis of 203 counties where students compose at least 10 pe.....»»
A Rocket From 1966 Has Found Its Way Back to Earth’s Orbit
More than 50 years after its course correction failure, Surveyor 2’s rocket booster seems to have reappeared......»»
Cool Crowdfunding: 3D Printing Shoes, Cake Icing, and Detecting Print Failures
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever d.....»»