Joby Aviation says its electrical vertical takeoff and touchdown (eVTOL) plane efficiently accomplished a 523-mile take a look at flight, powered by hydrogen.
The one byproduct from the prototype, which has a liquid hydrogen gas cell and hydrogen-electric propulsion system, was water vapor. The corporate steered the take a look at flight factors to a way forward for emissions-free regional aviation in an trade that also depends closely on fossil fuels. However it could say that.
That is apparently the primary liquid hydrogen-powered eVTOL flight. Joby Aviation repurposed its present battery-powered air taxi, putting in a gas tank that may retailer as much as 40 kilograms of liquid hydrogen to scale back the battery load for the craft.
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— Mat Smith
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It’s the top of the road for Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Its mum or dad firm filed for Chapter 11 chapter in late June however has shifted its submitting from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which implies it intends to liquidate its enterprise altogether. Redbox kiosks, sometimes in groceries and comfort shops, used to lease out film DVDs and Blu-ray discs in addition to video video games.
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Additional again in time, now. The German navy is taking a leaf from Japan’s authorities and … upgrading its floppy disk drives. The nation’s fleet of submarine frigates has operated on old style 8-inch floppy disks (yeah — the large ones) since they had been commissioned again within the Nineties. Changing the floppy disk system received’t be a simple process. These disks just about management every thing on the ships from airflow techniques to energy technology.
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You may get the Mini with a $150 or a $50 roaming plan.
SpaceX began providing choose customers its new Starlink dish mannequin, sufficiently small to slot in a backpack, in late June. Regardless of its easy-to-carry measurement, the Mini used to require an present $150 normal service plan — you may solely tack on the Mini Roam service for a further $30 a month. Now, you will get it by itself with a roaming service.
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