By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Melted ice creams, the destroyer of pleasant sunny days, are a problem as old as the frozen treats themselves. Fortunately, a team of Japanese engineers has the solution. Strangest of all, the story of this dessert development began with the massive tsunamis and earthquakes that struck Japan six years ago. The Biotherapy Development…
Tesla’s Model 3 Is More Than A Car. It’s A Revolution.
By: Dom Galeon/Futurism THE LUCKY 30 On Friday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a special event to hand over the keys for Tesla’s new Model 3 to the EV’s first 30 customers. The very first Model 3 owner was Musk himself, of course — then, the next 29 ultimately went to Tesla employees (who made up 10,000 of the 500,000 supposed pre orders)….
Hyperloop One Passes Second Full System Test — Faster Than Ever Before
By: Tom Ward/Futurism Hyperloop One has just put its tech through another test, which it passed with flying colors by going 308 km/h (192 mph) — faster than ever before. So, how long until we see the technology implemented, and what challenges will it have to overcome to get to this stage? Hyperloop One tests are growing ever…
IBM Announces Record Breaking New Data Storage Device
By: Dom Galeon/Futurism ON A ROLL Magnetic tape drives have been around for more than six decades now. Its commercial use has been mostly for storing data, such as tax documents and health care records, from mainframe computers. From the first 2-megabyte tape drives in the 1950s, today’s versions are now capable of storing up to…
Reviewers of Tesla’s Newest Vehicle Are Unanimous: “The Model 3 Has No Competition”
By: Karla Lant/Futurism A PEERLESS RIDE As the Tesla Model 3 launch was imminent, Jack Stewart of Wired wrote, “The arrival of Tesla’s Model 3 signals a new chapter in automotive history, one that erases 100-plus years of the gas engine and replaces it with technology, design, and performance hot enough to make electric vehicles more than aspirational…
California Sets Its Sights On Being 100 Percent Renewable By 2045
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science California is a powerhouse of clean energy. Not only does it have a long history of investing in hydro, wind, and solar power, but its current governor, Democrat Jerry Brown, is ensuring that the state sticks to the goals of the Paris agreement even if the White House foolishly eschews it. Now, a pair of…
Microsoft Paint Is Not Being Axed Anymore
By: Alfredo Carpineti/IFL Science UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson is believed to have said that a week is a long time in politics. Well, it appears that 24 hours is a long time on the Internet, as Microsoft Paint went from being axed to being saved in less than a day. News broke yesterday that the…
TEST: This Math Equation Is Breaking The Internet. Can You Figure Out The Right Solution?
By: Thinking Humanity Mathematics can be difficult, some times confusing, but we should be able to figure out the answer to a basic equation like this one. Well, it turns out that there’s a lot of conflict on the internet about the correct answer. I am sure that all the mathematicians around the world are…
Elon Musk Just Announced He Has Approval To Build A 29-Minute Hyperloop From NY to DC
By: Tom Ward/Futirusm Elon Musk has announced on Twitter that he has verbal permission to build a Hyperloop connecting New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington and that in the future he plans to bring the technology to Texas. Elon Musk has announced via Twitter that he received verbal approval for this plan to build an underground Hyperloop between…