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New Investments in Cheaper Space Travel

By Patrick Copeland
Posted March 28, 2014

Humans have dreamed of building towers into the heavens since biblical times. But only in today’s day and age, through new technologies like “miracle materials”, can we surpass our earthly limitations. Today, Patrick Copeland explores one overlooked form of transportation: space elevators. Read on…

How to Steal a Car in the 21st Century

By Patrick Copeland
Posted February 21, 2014

Earlier this year, secret documents were leaked revealing plans to install a “kill switch” in every vehicle entering and operating in the EU… within the next decade. This kill switch would be remotely operated by an officer from a control room and would give the police the power to stop any vehicle, anywhere, anytime. Patrick Copeland explains…

A Sharp Suit that Could Save Your Life

By Patrick Copeland
Posted November 15, 2013

If you don’t wear one every day, ou might think that a suit was just for special occasions… Well, either way, one company has seen a far more useful utility to the common suit, and it could save your life. Patrick Copeland explains…

A Bullet Train for the Next Generation

By Patrick Copeland
Posted November 8, 2013

High speed rail is already popular in places like Japan and Germany. But it hasn’t found its footing the U.S. yet. Well, with the development of the Hyperloop – a high speed transport that could deliver a person from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes – that is all about to change. Patrick Copeland has more…

Big Bucks from Breathing Underwater

By Patrick Copeland
Posted October 18, 2013

Breathing is the most fundamental act of living. If you can’t breathe, that’s it. Game over. But what if you didn’t have to? What if your cells could deliver oxygen to your blood without having to take a single breath? The medical applications would be limitless. And so would the profits. Patrick Copeland has more…

One Technology that Will Commercialize Space Exploration

By Patrick Copeland
Posted October 10, 2013

The biggest problem with the space program is the exorbitant cost associated with it. But what if there were a way to drastically reduce these costs? The implications for discovery (and profits) are almost limitless. Patrick Copland explains…

Star Wars Tech Becomes a Reality

By Patrick Copeland
Posted September 27, 2013

Imagine owning your own real working lightsaber. Not just a piece of plastic with a flashlight attached to it. A REAL lightsaber. Well, that technology could be right around the corner. Read on…

11.6 Billion and Counting: Voyager 1 Makes Interstellar History

By Patrick Copeland
Posted September 20, 2013

After what scientists estimate to be about a year of traveling through a sea of plasma and ionized gas, NASA’s spacecraft Voyager 1 has finally become the first man-made object to travel into interstellar space. And it’s still going. There’s still plenty of space left for it to explore. Here’s what we hope to learn…

Solar Power Satellite: A Better Way to Power the Planet?

By Patrick Copeland
Posted September 13, 2013

Think back to Star Wars… Imagine the Death Star becoming a reality… But instead of a force for destruction, imagine that the energy harnessed from such a satellite could power an entire planet. Well, in a little over ten years, you might be able to witness it for yourself. Here’s how…

Start Trek Tech and the Reality of Teleportation

By Patrick Copeland
Posted August 30, 2013

By using principles of quantum physics, as opposed to the classical kind, physicists at ETH Zurich have recently been successful in transporting information across something similar to a computer chip at a distance of about 6 millimeters.

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