Tag: SpaceX
Tech Digest daily round up: Google Maps to direct drivers to ‘eco-friendly’ routes
Google Maps will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes and other factors, the company announced on Tuesday. Google said the feature would launch later this year in the U.S. and eventually reach other countries as part of its commitment to help combat climate change through…
Tech Digest daily round up: Apple patents ‘smart mattress’
Like something out of Wallace and Gromit, Apple has applied to patent a futuristic mattress sensor that can monitor people’s sleep and then wake them up by gently moving them in the morning. The iPhone maker has been working on an “in-bed haptic device,” according to a filing, which would be inserted into a person’s…
Tech Digest daily round up: Nintendo announces Pikmin mobile game
Nintendo has announced a new Pikmin mobile game from the developers of Pokémon Go. Created by Niantic, the Nintendo game will make use of similar AR features to bring the adorable, brightly-coloured Pikmin critters into the real world. Slated to launch later this year, the fun app will “include gameplay activities to encourage walking and make walking more delightful,”…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX becomes first private company to launch humans into space
Image copyright: NASA. Doug Hurley (L) and Bob Behnken (R) have flown to space twice before Elon Musk's SpaceX is to make history today when it becomes the first private company to launch humans into space. Although it will take around 10 minutes to reach its initial orbit, the mission has…
Over 1 in 3 Brits think humans will live in space
More than a third of Britons believe humans will inevitably have to live in space due to the Earth becoming increasingly uninhabitable. While the public sector dominated space exploration in the 20th century, the space race this century has been revolutionised by the private sector. And it seems increasingly likely that people will look to…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches 60 ‘broadband’ satellites
SpaceX has begun to roll out a network of orbiting satellites that will beam internet coverage down to Earth as part of a new broadband scheme. The space company has successfully deployed 60 satellites to space, in a network which is expected to eventually cover the entire planet in providing internet coverage. The multibillion-dollar Starlink…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX delays internet satellite launch – again
SpaceX has postponed the launch of its satellites designed to beam internet coverage from space down to Earth until next week, in order to carry out software updates and additional checks. It is the second time the Elon Musk-founded company has been forced to delay its launch, having originally aimed for liftoff of the Starlink…
Elon Musk SpaceX satellites will offer improved Internet coverage
SpaceX satellites designed to beam internet coverage from space to under-served areas of the world have been revealed by Elon Musk ahead of their anticipated launch later this week. The entrepreneur showed off 60 “flat-packed” satellites loaded on a Falcon 9 rocket, which could be sent into low orbit on Wednesday – but warned that…
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to send spaceship to moon
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has announced he is going to send a spaceship to the moon. Mr Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size of a small house, capable of carrying four rovers and using a newly designed rocket engine. It would be followed by a version that…
SpaceX delays supply launch to International Space Station
SpaceX has delayed a supply run to the International Space Station. A Falcon rocket was poised to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a Dragon cargo capsule. However, a last-minute problem cropped up with the ocean platform for recovering the first-stage booster following lift-off. SpaceX said it will try again on Saturday. Standing down…
