Tag: Elon Musk
Elon Musk hopes to put brain-reading implant in human by 2020
Elon Musk is hoping patients with severe neurological conditions will be able to test wireless technology connecting the human brain to computers as soon as 2020. The SpaceX founder’s startup Neuralink has sought approval from the US Food and Drug Administration and has already tested its technology on a monkey, which was able to control…
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop concept offers glimpse into future of travel
A virtual glimpse into the future of high-speed ground transport has been revealed by a group of engineers and designers, who have envisaged how Elon Musk’s Hyperloop could look. The immersive virtual reality experience details the exterior and interior design of travel pods, which pass through a station filled with information screens and navigational signage.…
Elon Musk says he has deleted Twitter account
Elon Musk has said he has deleted his Twitter account 10 months after his use of the social media site landed him in trouble with US regulators. The Tesla chief executive changed his Twitter display name to Daddy DotCom on Father’s Day. Just deleted my Twitter account — Daddy DotCom (@elonmusk) June 17, 2019 Mr…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches 60 ‘broadband’ satellites
SpaceX has begun to roll out a network of orbiting satellites that will beam internet coverage down to Earth as part of a new broadband scheme. The space company has successfully deployed 60 satellites to space, in a network which is expected to eventually cover the entire planet in providing internet coverage. The multibillion-dollar Starlink…
Elon Musk SpaceX satellites will offer improved Internet coverage
SpaceX satellites designed to beam internet coverage from space to under-served areas of the world have been revealed by Elon Musk ahead of their anticipated launch later this week. The entrepreneur showed off 60 “flat-packed” satellites loaded on a Falcon 9 rocket, which could be sent into low orbit on Wednesday – but warned that…
Elon Musk’s Tesla gears up for fully self-driving cars in 2020
Tesla expects to have full self-driving cars in which humans will not have to touch the steering wheel by around the second quarter of next year. The company made the announcement during an investor conference at its California, headquarters on Monday, in which it outlined its bold but risky bid to transform Tesla’s electric cars…
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket takes off for first commercial flight
SpaceX has launched the world’s most powerful rocket on its first commercial mission. The new and improved Falcon Heavy thundered into the early evening sky on Thursday with a communication satellite called Arabsat, the rocket’s first paying customer. Eight minutes after lift-off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, SpaceX landed two of the first-stage…
Israeli Beresheet spacecraft set to become first commercial moon lander
An Israeli spacecraft will become the first private craft to land on the moon when it touches down on the lunar surface later today (Thursday April 11th, 2019). In a first for commercial space travel, non-profit organisation SpaceIL is hoping to see its Beresheet craft successfully complete a landing on the moon, and in the…
SpaceX capsule departs International Space Station for Atlantic splashdown
SpaceX’s new crew capsule has undocked from the International Space Station and is heading towards an old-fashioned splashdown. The Dragon capsule pulled away from the orbiting lab with a test dummy named Ripley as its lone occupant. It is aiming for a splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast, the final hurdle of the six-day…
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule completes space station docking
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, completing its second milestone in just over a day. No-one was on board the Dragon capsule that launched Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented dummy. Up early? Here's your opportunity to watch the remarkable 17,500 mph, in-orbit dance that brings together…