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Elon Musk’s 2022 joke looks like it will soon become a reality. In a post on X, the billionaire wrote that the Cybertruck could partially turn into a boat after the upgrade. “We’re going to offer a mod package that will allow Cybertruck to travel at least 100 meters through water like a boat. For […]
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has published a photo of the Orion Nebula, which shows fragmentary lines left by satellites during a five-hour night survey. Space traffic!! This pic of the Orion Nebula I shot last night shows just how packed the equatorial plane is thanks to geostationary satellites. I can process these out (very easy) but […]
The Moscow Automobile Mechanics Institute (MAMI) has presented the first prototype of the future Russian electric car Amber. The car is being developed by order of the Avtotor company, whose factory in Kaliningrad assembled BMW, KIA, and Hyundai cars, Glavkom reports, citing the Russian RBC. It is reported that all the main components of the […]
TomTom has announced the creation of a “fully integrated conversational car assistant based on artificial intelligence” in cooperation with Microsoft, which should appear on infotainment platforms in the near future. The company has made some bold statements about AI, saying that it will offer “perfect voice interaction” and allow users to communicate naturally to navigate, […]
On the morning of December 19, Russia reported three drone attacks on the Bryansk region. This was reported by the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, in his Telgram. According to the bishop, “an unmanned airplane-type aircraft was destroyed over the region.” He traditionally blames Ukraine for the attack. “The third attempt of Ukrainian […]
The use of the Spike FireFly drone by the Israeli Defense Forces was first caught on video. The newest UAV was probably used in Janina. This was reported by The War Zone. The footage captured on video shows the use of two drones, Moaz and FireFly. The events took place in the West Bank. The […]
For the New Year holidays, Ukrzaliznytsia has scheduled Christmas express trains in Kyiv and Lviv, retro-style trains with steam-powered locomotives. Such trains will run across the country for 4 days. This is reported by the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia. Christmas express trains will run on December 23, 24, 30 and 31. In the capital, holiday […]
Swiss engineers have demonstrated a four-legged mule robot that can carry both a person and equipment on horseback – if they do not exceed 90 kilograms. The robomul, named “Bari,” can accurately maintain balance even with a maximum load thanks to motion control algorithms that are aimed at balancing the robot,told the IEEE Spectrum. What […]
Sweden and Denmark agreed to further support Ukraine in the field of combat vehicles. The countries will hand over CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Kyiv. This was reported by the press service of the Swedish government. “The Ministers of Defense of Sweden and Denmark signed a joint letter of intent to further support Ukraine in […]
North Korea conducted two missile launches off its east coast over the past day. The Prime Minister of Japan said that the country is forced to convene a meeting of the National Security Council. This was reported by Reuters. Tokyo said the second missile probably landed in the waters west of Japan’s main northern island, […]