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There are reports of Cybertruck features. There are pictures of hundreds of underbody castings. There is a video of an offroad test.

China is considering at least 1 trillion yuan ($137 billion) of additional sovereign debt for spending on infrastructure such as water conservancy projects. If the debt is issued, the 2023 budget deficit would rise above the 3% cap set in March. Country Garden, China's largest private developer, has warned it will miss a loan payment ... Read more

Marvel Comics has many characters who are some form of super soldier. There is the Steve Rogers Captain America who has chemical and science enhanced musces, speed and strength. The Sam Wilson Falcon has a long duration and high speed jet pack and an AI enhanced super personal drone. The Gravity Industries Jet Suit is ... Read more

Sources are reporting that Chinese domestic battery cell prices are $70-75/kWh for LFP and $80-90/kWh for NMC. This is significantly lower than BMI's (Benchmark Mineral) weighted global cell price average of below $100. This would mean $30 per kWh lower prices would mean $1950 lower prices on a 65 kWh battery pack. According to my ... Read more

Researcher show that n-bit integers can be factorized by independently running a quantum circuit with orders of magnitude fewer qubits many times. It then use polynomial-time classical post-processing. The correctness of the algorithm relies on a number-theoretic heuristic assumption reminiscent of those used in subexponential classical factorization algorithms. It is currently not clear if the ... Read more

An Egyptian intelligence official said that Jerusalem had ignored repeated warnings that the Gaza-based terror group was planning something big - which included an apparent direct notice from Cairo's intelligence minister to the prime minister. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and military chiefs at IDF headquarters in Tel ... Read more

In 2021, the California Air Resources Board voted to require that new, small off-road engines - like the ones found in leaf blowers and lawn mowers - meet zero-emission standards starting in 2024. In addition, portable generators, including those found in recreational vehicles, must be zero-emission by 2028. The rules do not ban the possession ... Read more

New nuclear fission technology is being developed but over 50 nuclear reactors involves over $200 billion of development. China is developing over $100 billion of new nuclear fission power. China can afford to complete two CFR600 sodium fast gen IV reactors and a molten salt nuclear program. China also completed a commercial high temperature pebble ... Read more

Fuse is funded for tens of millions and is developing hybrid fusion-fission commercial energy. They are extending concepts and experiments in pulse power studied at Sandia National Labs. The Sandia Z Machine used currents of about 26 million amps to reach peak X-ray emissions of 350 terawatts and an X-ray output of 2.7 megajoules. It ... Read more

Using the inflation calculator Officialdata.org, it is revealed that Europe has had 14 years of inflation in the last three years. The UK has had eight years of inflation in the last three years. Canada has had ten years of inflation in the last three years.

US inflation has increased about 18.6% overall and over 20% for food from 2020-2023 (3 years) and this is about the same overall inflation that happened from 2010 to 2020 (10 years). This is the official data provided in an inflation calculator at officialdata.org. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, St Louis Federal Reserve and other ... Read more

The official IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Nuclear energy forecast, which gets insider information on all of the funded nuclear energy projects and national programs, has increased its 2050 projections low-medium and high cases by about 12%. Europe has to get reliable energy and cannot use Russian oil and gas. This has led to an ... Read more

SpaceXVision has published renderings of a Mars Spaceship concept for an artificial gravity Mars/Earth cycler. Artificial Gravity Mars/Earth cycler concept with Starship in Mars orbit #SpaceX #STARSHIP pic.twitter.com/zG6zzVy0TE - SpaceXvision (@SpacexVision) August 13, 2023

The NY Times discussed the NASA funding of Icon to send 3D printers to the moon for the construction of buildings. NASA scientists are currently working to perfect a replica of lunar concrete. In the first half of 2024, NASA plans to test ICON's printers. If you can survive our [vacuum] chambers, then you're very ... Read more

Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum broke the men's marathon world record at the Chicago Marathon, running an astounding 2:00:35 as the 23-year old inched closer to breaking the 2 hour barrier. This will soon be taking human performance to a level that many used to believe was not possible. Shaving a little over one second off of ... Read more

BYD passed Ford as the world's fourth best-selling auto brand in August, Ford's sales dropped in Europe and the US, market research firm TrendForce said in a report today. BYD could reach 8-9 million China sales in about 4 years (2027). BYD is dominant with plug in hybrid but as China electrifies the plug in ... Read more

A discussion with Randy Kirk on how rapidly Teslabot and FSD can be developed and scaled next year. How much financial impact will each make next year ? How fast and how world-changing can things get by 2030 and 2040? Billions in addition profits in 2024 to completely changing our world and civilization by 2040.

Thousands of rockets are being fired from Gaza by Hamas at Israel. There were hundreds of invaders, raiders and kidnappers who were able to cross into Israel. Hundreds are dead and injured. Israel has responded with air strikes and mobilization. Over 50 women and some Israeli police and soldiers were kidnapped. Paragliders and boats were ... Read more

Sherman Oaks, United States, October 4th, 2023, FinanceWire Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, shares insights that 40 of the top 100 mobile games have launched their Web Shop using Xsolla's solution. These insights offer a glimpse into the increasing trend of multiplatform operations in the mobile gaming industry for 2023 and entering 2024. ... Read more

In 2024, the US Air Force will select the vendor the sixth generation NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) fighter and the either GE or Pratt & Whitney for the ATEP engine (Adaptive Engine Transition Program). The Air Force last year awarded contracts worth nearly $1 billion each to aircraft manufacturers Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop ... Read more

Tesla has been producing the Semi in Texas since October 2022. Tesla has also deployed a mobile Megacharger at its Supercharger station in Baker, California. If Tesla adds 750 kilowatt chargers at larger Supercharger locations then they will need to allocate about three times the parking space and three times the power draw as a ... Read more

The Run on Less electric truck and electric depot -truck stop event is over after 18 days. There were 22 trucks. Here we summarize what happened with all of the trucks and the complete payload, mileage and operation for the three Pepsi Tesla Semi. The three Tesla Semi trucks averaged 511 miles per day per ... Read more

Marginal cost of energy by 2030 will approach ~$0.005/kWh. This is about ten times less than most of the energy today. It is essentially making power free and abundant. The big issue will be the realized cost of this energy and will demonstrate, especially in the US, the decrepit and costly delivery infrastructure from the ... Read more

The US Office of Naval Research has provided $100,000 in funding for LK99 room temperature ambient pressure superconducting research at Chapman University. Armen Gulian. professor of physics, Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University was given the funding. Development of Discrete Elements for Superconducting Electronics (Including SQUIDs) for Room-temperature Operation Enabled by LK99 ... Read more

Lithium ion battery capacity is set to grow four fold by the end of the decade according to Benchmark Mineral's Chief Operating Officer Andrew Miller at the Battery Gigafactories Asia Pacific 2023 conference in Tokyo. Global lithium battery capacity is set to grow to 4 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2030 after surpassing the 1 TWh ... Read more

Elon Musk spoke at the International Aeronautics conference in Baku and described the following points: Starlink Version 3 satellites should start deploying next year (2024) the first mechazilla catches of returning super heavy boosters and Starships will be late in 2024 Elon thinks an uncrewed test landing on Mars could be attempted in 4 years ... Read more

The US Air Force has given the first look at the the Air Force's Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. This will be a hypersonic missile with a supersonic ramjet engine that is scheduled for deployment around 2027. Drawings of the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile are below. The scramjet propelled the missile at a speed greater than ... Read more

Antimatter behaves like regular matter under the influence of gravity. Antigravity doesn't exist for antimatter. The experimental results were reported in the Sept. 28 issue of the journal Nature by a team representing the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) collaboration at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. The gravitational acceleration of ... Read more

The new Tesla Model Y RWD likely has changed to Iron LFP batteries from China. The $43,990 price has the full $7500 subsidy this year. This will be because the batteries will be sourced from China but the lithium comes from Australia. This could change next year unless the battery sourcing is adjusted for the ... Read more

The US Air Force and Navy are buying and testing new superdrones that can act as wingmen with existing bombers and fighters. They will have a competition to select the winning superdrones late this year. However, there will be multiple contracts and constantly upgrading superdrones over the next few years and beyond. The superdrones will ... Read more

Without full fault tolerance in quantum computers we will never practically get past 100 qubits but full fault tolerance will eventually open up the possibility of billions of qubits and beyond. In a Wright Brothers Kittyhawk moment for Quantum Computing, a fully fault-tolerant algorithm was executed on real qubits. They were only three qubits but ... Read more

Is radical lifespan extension foreseeable? No one can answer that question with certainty. But there are certainly enough tantalizing clues suggesting that aging is sufficiently malleable to warrant the allocation of very substantial resources. Support the message of the Declaration to add your signature, using the form below, and to urge others to do the ... Read more

There is clear evidence for the rejuvenation of specific biological functions is now available in model organisms for a growing range of treatments. Achieving full medical control of aging, however, will certainly require the use of not just one, but an arsenal of longevity therapies. Aubrey de Grey explained how the Robust Mouse Rejuvenation program ... Read more

Jay Leno drove the Tesla Semi and called it the biggest revolution since trucks displaced rail for most cargo. Heavy trucks are 1% of the vehicles on the road but consume 18% of the fuel. The Semi batteries are operating at 800-1000 volts. It has a low-voltage 12 volt system but they are looking at ... Read more

Layer 1 privacy-as-a-service blockchain Namada announces kan airdrop to $ATOM holders and kickstarts its incentivized testnet with the mainnet launch around the corner. Head of Community at Heliax, Park Feierbach speaking at the Cosmoverse conference in Turkey (Image: X) During the Cosmoverse 2023 conference held in Istanbul, Turkey on Monday, October 2, Namada, the asset-agnostic, ... Read more

Tsubame is Japanese startup, with CEO 25-year-old inventor Ryo Yoshida, that is making real life giant mech robots. The robots are 15-feet-tall and weigh around 3.5 tons. They will sell giant mechs for $3 million each.

Felix Schlang at What About It? reports on the official SpaceX Starship roadmap for 2023-2028. 2024 cargo with SpaceX (starlinks to orbit obviously) 2024 Q3 first recovery of booster and the upper stage. Mechazilla Catches A screen capture of rendering animations made in TijnM youtube video which is embedded below 2025 on orbit fuel storage ... Read more

Pepsi has described its experience of using 21 Tesla Semi trucks for ten months and how they operated during the Run on Less trucking event. In December 2022, PepsiCo took the first delivery of the all-electric Tesla Semi trucks and as of September 1, nearly 680,000 Zero Emissions (ZE) miles have been traveled. Pepsi Confirms ... Read more

Youtuber Pilot Photog has renderings of the likely look of the US Navy's planned F/A-XX 6th generation stealth fighter. The reason Pilot Photog can be quite confident that the F/A-XX will look like this is that a blended wing body (BWB) design. The BWB is what will be used for the Air Force NGAD (Next ... Read more

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has won a contract from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft. The in-space flight demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle will take place no later than 2027. The project is called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). DARPA partnered with NASA's ... Read more

Microsoft will integrate small modular nuclear reactors and microreactors to power Microsoft Cloud and AI datacenters. Artificial intelligence takes a lot of compute power, and Microsoft is putting together a road map for powering that computation with small nuclear reactors. Data Centers already use 20% of the electricity in the United States. 10% for regular ... Read more

Billionaire David Sacks of the All in Podcast explains how CEO Sam Altman will won most of OpenAI. Sacks says that the funding for OpenAI has been a capped return model. Capped return means that investors get returns up to some multiple say 10X or 100X. When they get their return then there shares revert ... Read more

Nextbigfuture is a top 1% predictor at the public prediction site Metaculus. My overall rank is 45 out of over 5000 forecasters and ranked 31st based on predictions resolved in the past 12 months. Only 8 predictions out of 256 were wrong for predictions resolved in 2023. 248 correct out of 256 predictions resolved in ... Read more

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $17.5 million contract option to X-energy develop an enhanced engineering design (second mobile reactor) for a transportable microreactor suitable for both commercial and defense use under the Project Pele initiative. X-energy has developed the Xe-Mobile - a power generation system that can be delivered to the ... Read more

The Boring Company (TBC) has been building tunnels at about 40 meters per day. This is for the digging and for the concrete reinforcement of the tunnel. Will at the Boring Revolution Youtube channel has spotted hundreds of hexagonal concrete segments at the Boring Company. This means that Boring Company has changed its tunnel walls ... Read more

Rolls Royce has made nuclear reactors for submarines and is in the second year of a micro nuclear fission reactor design effort. They will use encapsulated uranium fuel aka a pebble bed nuclear reactor. It will have heat pipes to move the heat from the core. The full sized reactor model and design will be ... Read more

Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion power company, and Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler in North America, announced an agreement to develop a 500 MWe fusion power plant at a Nucor steel manufacturing facility in the United States. This collaboration is aimed at accelerating the future of clean energy in the industrial manufacturing ... Read more

The Tesla Teslabot and the Agility Robotics Digit will both be mass produced in the thousands in 2024. Agility Robotics announced a factory they had started last year would be completed and in production late in 2023. Mass production takes a few months to ramp up. The Agility Robotics factory will have a capacity of ... Read more

One of the Pepsi Tesla Semi Trucks was driven for 1076 Miles in one day. This was on the 17th day when the three trucks had over 2600 miles of combined driving in one day. This shows that Tesla Semis can have multiple fast chargings in one day to give 240% of the trucks range ... Read more