SpaceX Is Flying Two People Around the Moon (2 submissions)
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SpaceX is looking to fly two people around the moon and back late next year, Handle is Boston Dynamics’ newest robot, Pocket is Mozilla’s first acquisition, Uber fires exec for undisclosed harassment and WeWork gets a $4 billion investment from SoftBank. All this on Crunch Report. More
Tesla acquires Grohmann Engineering to Boost Production (1 submission)
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Tesla just announced that it would acquire Germany’s Grohmann Engineering, in a deal that will see the global engineering leader become Tesla’s new Advanced Automation facility based in Germany, a new subdivision of the automaker dedicated to helping Tesla increase the automation and effectiveness of its manufacturing process. “This will be our first acquisition of […] More
Rocket Internet Opens its First Engineering Hub in Asia (1 submission)
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Rocket Internet is increasing its focus on Asia after it opened its first engineering hub in the region. Bangkok, Thailand, is the location of the center, which will house a tech team that carries out work for Rocket Internet’s portfolio of startups. The firm currently has 20 people at the base in Thailand, and it […] More
Researchers discover blood vessels in lab-grown mini-brains
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This could lead to better studies of concussions and strokes. Growing brains in laboratories was just the start for scientists. Next up is vasculature. By studying the naturally occurring capillaries discovered on the mini-brains, researchers from Brown University say that they will be able to conduct bigger investigations into things like strokes and concussions. After […] More
Tesla's Powerpacks are now lighting up California's grid (3 submissions)
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“Batteries are boring when they are successful.” That’s Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel, speaking on Monday to an audience of reporters, employees and government officials sitting in the middle of the new 20-megawatt Mira Loma energy storage station in Ontario, California. Behind him, row upon row of Tesla Powerpacks and industrial inverters filled the […] More
SpaceX test fires the first Falcon 9 it landed on a barge
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The company is getting closer to launching a used booster. SpaceX failed to launch a used Falcon 9 rocket back in May or June last year like it originally planned, but it’s getting closer to its goal. The private space corporation had its historic Falcon 9 booster — the very first one it successfully landed […] More
