SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken to his Instagram profile to share an image of the space suit the firm is hoping to use for its first crewed missions—and as we're sure you'd agree, it's stunning. First picture of SpaceX spacesuit. More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup). Already tested to double vacuum pressure. Was incredibly hard to balance...
The future of public transportation will look very strange if Tesla CEO Elon Musk has his way. His new company, Boring, unveiled images of concept vehicles that may be used to shuttle people around in underground tunnels—and they look like glass tissue boxes, or weird futuristic shoes. These vehicles are anticipated to shuttle multiple passengers at once—the images shared show roughly...
Elon Musk wasted no time in giving us a sneak peek of his latest endeavor, The Boring Company. It has the lofty goal of giving Los Angeles a new transportation medium that would strike traffic right in the heart. Sounds great, right? Musk is back with another look at The Boring Company’s testing, and the latest one comes with a warning: “This may cause motion sickness or seizures.”...
Elon Musk unveiled a concept video for his latest start up, The Boring Company, showing off a vision for more than underground tunnels. The video reveals new details showing off sleek-looking ramps carrying cars from the streets of L.A. down to underground tunnels. The ramps will carry the cars at a blazing speed of 124 miles per hour (or 220 km/h) to their destination, upon which they...
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has joined a venture to back brain-computer company Neuralink. Neuralink, which was founded last July according to the Wall Street Journal, focuses on creating devices that can theoretically be planted in the brain. Essentially, Neuralink wants to implant devices into the brain so that there can be a better connection between humans and computers. This...
We're getting closer to Judgement Day for Tesla's plan to release the Model 3 by the end of the year. Hopes weren't too high given the large quantity of cars Tesla needs to manufacture, but testing of the car is well underway it seems. Elon Musk went on Twitter to unveil the first release candidate version of the Model 3 that's fully drivable. The six second video Musk shared shows a...
Two customers have booked tickets for a roundtrip to the Moon, which will apparently embark as early as next year. No, that’s not a joke. It seems that rather than becoming an astronaut you can simply use your wealth to visit our celestial neighbor. According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the company accepted a “significant deposit” from the two unnamed passengers for a trip around the Moon...
James Cameron’s vision of a world run by Skynet might soon become more fact than fiction. In a wide-ranging discussion at the World Government Summit in Dubai this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said humans will need to achieve symbiosis with machines or risk irrelevance. In other words, your kids’ kids may be half-robot. “Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of...
Elon Musk recently unveiled the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System. The goal of that system is to shuffle humans to Mars for $200,000 a pop and, to one day, colonize the planet. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk doesn't want to go along for the ride, though. Asked if he'd personally take the t rip, he replied: "I don't think so. I'm not really sure. I'd have to have a really good succession...
Later today, at 2:30 p.m. EST, Elon Musk will talk about his plans for colonizing Mars. His discussion will be broadcast on YouTube and you can tune in to watch the event as it unfolds. According to SpaceX, Musk will "discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars." It sounds like there...