MIT wins design competition for Elon Musk's Hyperloop COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: MIT student engineers won a competition to transform SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk' idea into a design for a Hyperloop to move pods of people at high speed. The Boston-based Massachusetts Institute of... Mobile & Apps 31 Jan, 2016
Support leg breaks as SpaceX rocket lands on ocean barge LOS ANGELES: After successfully delivering a US-European ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit, a Space X rocket made a hard landing on a floating barge in the roiling Pacific, breaking a support leg and toppling over. SpaceX announcers said the... Mobile & Apps 19 Jan, 2016
SpaceX launches climate satellite but botches ocean landing VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Sunday and put a climate-monitoring satellite into orbit, but botched an attempted return landing on a platform at sea, officials said. The first stage of the... Mobile & Apps 18 Jan, 2016
SpaceX rocket blasts off from California with science satellite: NASA VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Sunday to put a climate-monitoring satellite into orbit, NASA said. Technology entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX then planned to attempt to land the rocket on a... Mobile & Apps 18 Jan, 2016
SpaceX safely launches Falcon rocket SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more amazing feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on Earth safely. It was the... Mobile & Apps 22 Dec, 2015
Tech titans pledge $1bn for AI research San Francisco, December 12 Several big-name Silicon Valley figures have pledged $1 billion to support a non-profit firm that on Friday said would focus on ‘positive human impact’ of artificial intelligence (AI). Backers of the OpenAI research... 13 Dec, 2015
Apple's auto ambitions sideswipe Mission San Francisco, October 19 Apple Inc’s aggressive recruitment of auto experts as it explores building a car has left a promising, if financially troubled, electric motorcycle start-up in the dust. Mission Motors, whose sleek electric bikes drew... 20 Oct, 2015
Tesla's autopilot lets cars drive, change lanes themselves DETROIT: Electric car maker Tesla Motors is leapfrogging competitors with a new autopilot system that lets cars change lanes by themselves. Like other semi-autonomous systems already available from Mercedes, Audi and Volvo, Tesla's system... Mobile & Apps 15 Oct, 2015
Tesla's first SUV, the Model X, is finally hitting the road FREMONT, CALIFORNIA: Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has mastered the sporty two-seater and the elegant sedan. Now, it wants to conquer the family hauler. Tesla's Model X — one of the only all-electric SUVs on the market — was...
