Carmakers are already charging batteries, tuning engines, and inflating tires to get ready for the Progressive Automotive X Prize contest, which will deliver $10 million to the winner whose car can exceed 100 miles per gallon. At the New York auto show last week, the X Prize Foundation unveiled Progressive Insurance as the sponsor [...]
WASHINGTON — A disabled American spy satellite is rapidly descending and is likely to plunge to Earth by late February or early March, posing a potential danger from its debris, officials said Saturday.
Officials said that they had no control over the nonfunctioning satellite and that it was unknown where the debris might land.
“Appropriate government [...]
A team of researchers at MIT is designing the CityCar, a tiny urban-assault vehicle with electric motors in all four wheels.
Photo: Courtesy of MIT Media Lab/Franco Vairani
Where will the car of the future come from? Detroit, which fumbled the electric automobile and let Japan grab the lead in hybrids?
1970: Manned space flight has become so routine that it is easy to forget that it’s inherently dangerous to stuff astronauts inside a cramped capsule and blast them into the heavens on top of a Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 13 mission reminds us just how vulnerable we are.
You’ve got to see this. How fast a TGV train can go?
Ferrari’s supercar, the Enzo, is well known among Ferrari-istas, but it entered the popular culture after a spectacular crash in Southern California last year. Only 400 Enzos were built.
GRAND CANYON WEST, Arizona—Native American elders and a former astronaut took the ceremonial first steps on Tuesday on a glass-bottomed walkway perched 4,000 feet over the Grand Canyon that promises dizzying views for those who dare.
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, 77, strode out onto the $30 million Skywalk, built by a private developer with the permission of [...]
A custom chip powered a disputed demonstration of quantum computing by D-Wave Systems.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed Thursday that it built a special chip used in a disputed demonstration of quantum computing in February.
NASA engineers used their experience with sub-micrometer dimensions and ultra-low temperatures to build a quantum processor for Canadian startup [...]
General Motors has revealed the 2008 Pontiac G8 sports sedan. Based on the Commodore from GM’s Holden subsidiary in Australia, the G8 will serve as a replacement to the aging Grand Prix.
The base model features a 261 horsepower 3.6-liter V6 with 250 pound-feet of torque. A more powerful G8 GT delivers 362 horsepower and 391 [...]
