Category Archives: Science

Rolls Royce’s Autonomous Vehicle for 2035

Consider the year 2035. It’s actually not that far off. Rolls Royce wants your future transportation to whisk you to your destination in distinct style.

Roll Royce’s Miniature Robots Portend the Future

Rolls Royce is deploying a swarm of tiny robots to scamper about inside their jet engines, looking for defects, problems, and gathering data about various hard-to-reach parts.

Opener’s Blackfly Brings the Flying Car One Step Closer to Reality

Canadian flying car company Opener just came out of stealth mode to announce their first vehicle, the Blackfly, a one-person electric VTOL craft.

The Country’s First Level 4 Autonomous Vehicles Hit the Road in Arizona

Self driving cars have taken another step toward mainstream, with Waymo’s level 4 autonomous vans driving the roads in Arizona.

Mercedes F 015

As a car design geek, it’s always fun to see what automakers have up their sleeves for the future. Often a company will release a concept car that is stylistically cutting-edge, but basically just a shiny paperweight, it doesn’t operate or move the conversation very much. When Mercedes released their vision for the car ofContinueContinue reading “Mercedes F 015”

Skytran

A pretty neat futuristic mode of transit, looking to come to Tel Aviv and other cities in the near future. Via DesignBoom: Tel Aviv is set to become the world’s first city with the magnetically levitating skytran system of mass transit, described by its developers as ‘the Jetsons made into real life’. designed to reduceContinueContinue reading “Skytran”

Making the Tesla Model S

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Tesla. I think their business model, products, and mission are spot-on. Elon Musk was wise to purchase a defunct Toyota assembly plant during the economic downturn, and revamped it into Tesla’s manufacturing and assembly superfloor. Wired Magazine takes a look at the car getting assembled usingContinueContinue reading “Making the Tesla Model S”

Glow Road

© Studio Roosegaarde A look at roads of the future. Via Treehugger: Back in October we told you about how infrastructure designers in the Netherlands have decided that the country’s highways need a major high-tech makeover and now those ideas are becoming reality. The Netherlands will start experimenting with photoluminescent paint on roads that charges in sunlightContinueContinue reading “Glow Road”