SpinLaunch: Giant vacuum e-centrifuge for slinging 200kg satellites into orbit at up to 5000 mph. 4x less fuel, 10x less cost. Threat to SpaceX? Maiden test last month at supersonic speeds, launch vehicle recovered. #wakeupimagine #innovation#space#rockets#satellites#physics#engineering
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Check out this creative mixed reality #prototype by AR Media Labs UAE. Your biometric SpaceX ticket to Mars is one step closer to reality. Now boarding. Wonder how the Aeroplan mileage is going to work? #wakeupimagine #ar #vr #creativity #Mars H/T Pascal BORNET
Elon Musk, who has become a volatile force in the #cryptocurrency universe, said Tesla is no longer accepting Bitcoin Inc. as payment for purchases of its #electricvehicles owing to the excessive amount of carbon-based energy it uses. Bitcoin plunged following his comments. The sudden move is a curious one since Tesla’s recent $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment triggered a surge in the currency’s value. It also…
E L O N x S N L – Okay quick, when was the last time you were talking about who was hosting Saturday Night Live two weeks ahead of the show? In a Musk-Tune-In event (sorry couldn’t resist) tonight the King of Crypto himself hosts. The big winner – SNL – as this may…
If you saw the 2018 movie Ready Player One, you may remember the Oasis: a glitzy, fast-paced #metaverse with gleaming cities, beautiful people (or, avatars, to be precise), and excitement of many varieties; in short, the perfect escape from the drudgery of real life. Epic Games has just raised $1B to start on its quest to build its…
In the world of R A R E F I E D Elon has no match – Elon Musk has dropped his chief executive job title and crowned himself “Technoking of Tesla”. Tesla‘s chief financial officer, Zach Kirkhorn, has the new title of Master of Coin. #wakeupimagine #culture #cryptocurrency
Elon Musk and The World’s Most Brilliant Car Ad. Nothing like sending a Telsa Roadster into space as the payload of a SpaceX rocket to showcase your chops as an integrated marketer! Musk’s shiny, candy apple red Telsa is now orbiting in space, and capturing the attention of the world. And though it doesn’t spend any…
Can Mega-Philanthropy at the hands of Tech Giants make the world a better place? You hear the promises of a utopic future with a colossal roar. The prevalent players in the tech industry say they want to change the world for the better, and they are not shy about making big claims and promises. Amazon’s Jeff…
Elon Musk TED Talks his way into a BORING Future. And… that’s ‘boring’ as in drilling, not yawning people. I don’t know how he consistently does it, but good old Elon stole the recent TED 2017 event in Vancouver this year, yet again, even garnering more interest than the Pope’s TED Talk (if you can…
True Moonshot – SpaceX is taking people around the Moon. In the realm of science fiction this may not sound like a biggie, but in the world of the commercial space industry, this is huge. Elon Musk and SpaceX recently announced that they will shuttle two “private citizens” around the Moon in 2018. It will send…