Category: Electric Planes

  • Link About It: This Week’s Picks

    Link About It: This Week’s Picks

    [ad_1] Fighting book bans with a free electronic library card, an obsidian hand-axe workshop, elephants against climate change and more A Robot That Melts and Reforms Researchers have devised a robot that can liquefy and then reform—an characteristic inspired by sea cucumbers that rapidly change their stiffness. The shape-shifting invention can move between liquid and […]

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  • Link About It: This Week’s Picks

    Link About It: This Week’s Picks

    [ad_1] A land artist’s “City,” an electric plane’s milestone, more breakthrough studies on psychedelics, an equitable cafe model and more NASA Releases “Remix” of Sounds From a Black Hole NASA has debunked the misconception that space is silent by releasing a “remix” of sound from a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster, captured by […]

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  • The World’s First Fully-Electric Commercial Flight

    The World’s First Fully-Electric Commercial Flight

    [ad_1] Though it was a seaplane and not a jet, Harbour Air and magniX’s fully-electric flight was a first-ever for the industry, signaling potential for adoption on larger planes. That change surely would be welcomed by travelers, who’d see no notable difference in their flight experience but the output of emissions would be drastically reduced. […]

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