Archive for the ‘Elon Musk’ category: Page 249
Aug 30, 2017
Hyperloop WARR pod run to 201 mph (324 km/h) in 0.8 mile near vacuum tube
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: Elon Musk, transportation
Aug 28, 2017
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Gives Us a Peek At His L.A. Tunnel Project
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: Elon Musk, transportation
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teased his newest endeavor with a picture of a Model S inside a tunnel that he’s digging in Los Angeles.
Like so many of Musk’s projects, this isn’t just any ol’ tunnel. Musk’s startup, The Boring Company, is digging a tunnel that will be used to transport vehicles at high speeds to avoid traffic congestion. The idea is to lower vehicles via an elevator to a tunnel, where it’s then transported—not driven—in a “sled” along magnetic rails at high speeds.
The Boring Company, was inspired by traffic congestion Musk experienced in Los Angeles. The aim is to find a way cost-effectively dig networks of tunnels for vehicles and high-speed trains.
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Aug 26, 2017
How Realistic Is Elon Musk’s Hyperloop?
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: Elon Musk, transportation
Elon Musk’s plan for the hyperloop promised city-to-city travel at speeds in excess of 700 mph, making the trip between New York City and Washington, D.C., 29 minutes. Bloomberg QuickTake Q&A explains what hurdles exist, and how they can be overcome, before the hyperloop becomes reality. (video by Henry Baker) (Source: Bloomberg)
Aug 25, 2017
The first men to conquer death will create a new social order – a terrifying one
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: Elon Musk, life extension
Immensely wealthy and powerful men like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk want to live forever. But at what cost?
Aug 25, 2017
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Gets $27 Million to Build Brain Computers
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience
Neuralink Corp., the startup co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has taken steps to sell as much as $100 million in stock to fund the development of technology that connects human brains with computers.
Aug 25, 2017
Elon Musk’s $27m ‘Matrix’ plan to plug the human brain into a computer revealed
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk, robotics/AI
Neuralink is working to link the human brain with a machine interface by creating micron-sized devices.
He said creating a brain-machine interface will be vital to help humans compete with the ‘godlike’ robots of the future.
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Aug 25, 2017
Elon Musk Is About to Test His Tunneling Tech Under LA
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: Elon Musk
Aug 23, 2017
SpaceX Spacesuit revealed by Elon Musk on his Instagram
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
Aug 22, 2017
‘We Do Not Have Long to Act’: Tech Heads Warn UN About Autonomous Arms
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: drones, Elon Musk, robotics/AI
SpaceX head Elon Musk and other industry leaders write that autonomy will lead to wider and faster war.
The prospect of tanks, machine guns, and drones that think for themselves becoming widespread is giving tech luminaries the heebie-jeebies.
In an open letter today (Aug. 21), a group of specialists from 26 nations called for the United Nations to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons. The signatories include Tesla CEO Elon Musk and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, as well as other leaders in robotics and artificial-intelligence companies. (Google acquired DeepMind in 2014.)
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