Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Tesla and PG&E to Build 1GWh Energy Storage System, Largest In the World
March 2nd, 2020Via: Electrek: According to Tesla’s plan, they will deploy 449 Megapacks at the site… Tesla is listing the project as having a total capacity of 1,200MWh, which would mean that each Megapack has a capacity of 2,673kWh. That’s more than 12 times the capacity of Powerpack 2 in a package that could potentially fit about […]
United Launch Alliance Factory Tour
March 2nd, 2020Via: Smarter Every Day:
China’s Factory Activity Slumps in February to Weakest Reading on Record
March 1st, 2020I happened to be listening to this in the background: Via: CNBC: A private survey showed China’s manufacturing activity slumped in February, as the coronavirus outbreak hit the world’s second largest economy. On Monday, the Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) came in at 40.3 for February — the lowest reading since the survey was […]
FliteTest on FAA’s Proposed Remote ID
February 27th, 2020Via: FliteTest:
Starlink: The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise
February 27th, 2020Remember the one about better broadband Internet options for rural customers? haha Via: The Drive: As space continues to play an increasingly important role for the United States armed forces, the Department of Defense has been also increasingly engaging with the private aerospace and communications sector to develop and implement solutions that better help it […]
Rumor: Tesla’s Secret Battery Project Will Produce Cells at $100 per kWh on a Massive Scale
February 27th, 2020Via: Electrek: Now sources have told Electrek that the secret project is called “Roadrunner,” and it will aim to achieve mass production of a new battery cell that will be more energy-dense and cheaper. The cells are using technologies developed by Tesla’s internal teams, including work from its research lab in Canada led by Jeff […]
U.S. Car Industry Most Reliant on Chinese Parts
February 26th, 2020Via: Statista: China is among the world’s largest suppliers of car parts, exporting motor vehicle parts and accessories worth $34.8 billion in 2018, according to the UN’s Comtrade database. As the following chart shows, the U.S. car industry is theoretically most at risk of production outages as it relies heavily on parts sourced from China.
SpaceX Rocket Production Facility Approved by Port of Los Angeles
February 26th, 2020Via: Reuters: SpaceX, the private rocket company of high tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, won final approval on Tuesday to build a research and manufacturing plant for its deep-space Starship project on a tract of vacant land at the Port of Los Angeles.
Pentagon Preps Nuclear Moon Rocket
February 25th, 2020Via: Daily Beast: The U.S. government is working on an atomic rocket to send satellites into the vast space between Earth and the moon—before Beijing gets there with its own spacecraft.
Video Content Producers Increasingly Trying to Work Around YouTube Censorship
February 25th, 2020Here are three videos in a row that I just watched with people trying to dance around YouTube’s censorship and demonetization systems. In the first one, Dana Ashlie goes as far as showing a white board to convey a glossary of terms!
