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France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record. The milestone was reached on Feb. 12 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives WEST Tokamak reactor. -
Elecom has launched the world's first power bank to feature a sodium-ion battery inside. It promises significantly longer cycle life than traditional lithium-ion batteries, as well as the ability to operate in extremely hot and cold climes. -
MIT spin-off Quaise is still trying to use fusion technology to drill the deepest hole in history and unlock clean, virtually limitless, supercritical geothermal energy. But how does it work? And are they even close to realizing their vision?
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Another turbine world record set – but not by China this time
April 07, 2025 | Joe SalasIn the ever-shifting winds of "who-did-it-bigger?," China has just taken a back seat to European wind company Siemens Gamesa. The firm recently planted a colossal, world-record-setting turbine in the Østerild test field in Denmark. -
4K tri-laser projector throws blockbuster movies on a budget
April 07, 2025 | Paul RiddenShenzhen-based home entertainment outfit JMGO announced a new affordable addition to its triple-laser projector line at CES 2025, and now the N1S 4K model brings portable Google TV to folks for a time-limited launch price of under a grand. -
UK hypersonic missile engine aces ground tests
April 06, 2025 | David SzondyBritain's Ministry of Defence, with the help of the United States, has achieved what is being billed as a major hypersonic propulsion test of a new engine design that could power a cutting-edge hypersonic cruise missile for UK armed forces by 2030. -
Mobile drone lighting system uses 288 LEDs to turn night into day
April 06, 2025 | Ben CoxworthSometimes a flashlight just isn't enough. The Flying Sun 1000 drone system was designed with that fact in mind, as it uses 288 airborne LEDs to light up the night like the alien mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. -
Porsche explores EV battery recycling tech to power its new cars
April 05, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalIt isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own electric models. -
Review: Compact Freedo projector gets Google TV out and about
April 04, 2025 | Paul RiddenAs it starts to get a little warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be looking to the yard for movie nights. Many portable projectors still need to be plugged in, but Dangbei's Freedo caters for cable-free watching for up to 2.5 hours. -
Quick and efficient bicopter drone could dethrone its quadcopter cousins
April 03, 2025 | Ben CoxworthConsumer drones are all just variations on the quadcopter design … right? Well no, not any longer. The Falcon Mini is a two-propeller "bicopter" which is claimed to be nimbler, quieter, and more energy-efficient than its four-prop counterparts. -
New battery tech makes sub-zero EV charging 5x faster
April 03, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalResearchers at the University of Michigan have developed a way to enable rapid EV battery charging at awfully low temperatures – up to five times as fast – without reducing the batteries' energy density. -
Sony brings cinema home with professional-grade 4K laser projector
April 03, 2025 | Paul RiddenSony tweaked its Bravia TV processing engine last year, and built two prosumer home cinema projectors around it. Now another model has joined the family, which is designed to "deliver a professional-grade cinematic HDR experience in the home." -
US Navy showcases hypersonic missile defense with Aegis system
April 02, 2025 | David SzondyIn a major defense milestone, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) has successfully completed a simulated engagement with a live hypersonic missile in the waters off the Hawaiian Islands.
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