Elon Musk‘s Neuralink has shown off its latest brain implant by making a monkey play Pong with its mind, and the firm hopes to test on human volunteers next. The brain computer interface was implanted in a nine year old macaque monkey called Pager, who was first taught to play video games with a joystick. … Read more
Elon Musk has now said he does support COVID-19 vaccines because the ‘science is unequivocal’, just one month after he stoked fears about ‘negative reactions’ to second shots. The Tesla boss sought to clarify his views to his over 50 million Twitter followers Wednesday insisting ‘I do support vaccines in general & covid vaccines specifically’ … Read more
US technology company Neuralink could create ‘novel exotic species’ of dinosaurs in just 15 years, according to Max Hodak, one of its co-founders. Hodak is an American entrepreneur and technologist who co-founded the contentious neurotechnology firm with Elon Musk. The firm, known for putting a computer chip in the brain of a pig, could ‘probably build … Read more
SpaceX launched its Starship Serial Number 11 (SN11) March 30 for a high altitude test that ended with the rocket exploding and debris raining from the sky – and Elon Musk has officially revealed what happened. The billionaire shared details on Twitter saying ‘a (relatively) small’ methane leak led to its demise, which was what … Read more
SpaceX workers are continuing to recover fragments of Tuesday’s doomed rocket from a nature reserve as conservationists blasted Elon Musk for the danger it posed to wildlife. The Starship prototype rocket SN11 took off from the company’s base in the tiny hamlet of Boca Chica before crashing landing on its launch pad minutes later, raining … Read more
SpaceX‘s Crew Dragon spaceship will be equipped with a domed window for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space later this year, Inspiration4. The company posted an artist’s impression of the specially modified Crew Dragon on Twitter with the caption: ‘A new view for crew.’ Crew Dragon’s additional window at the ‘nose’ of the space capsule … Read more
Elon Musk’s girlfriend Grimes says she is ‘ready to die on Mars’ in new Instagram post The singer posed at Musk’s Starbase facility in Texas Musk continues to make technological efforts to touch down on Mars He continues to test experimental rockets at the Lone Star State facility Last month, Grimes said she wanted to … Read more
SpaceX has lost its fourth Starship prototype following the launch of Serial Number 11 (SN11) that saw the rocket take off, disappear into a thick blanked of fog and crash down on the launch pad. SN11 launched from the firm’s testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas around 9:15am ET, but minutes into its first high … Read more
SpaceX scrubbed the highly anticipated Starship SN11 due to thick fog covering the launch pad. The massive rocket was set to takeoff from the firm’s testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas Friday, but it seems Mother Nature had other plans and has pushed the test to Monday. Prior to the scrub announcement, officials had evacuate the … Read more
SpaceX is gearing up to launch its fourth Starship prototype, following a successful Raptor static fire test that send a burst of flames from the base of Serial Number 11 (SN11), signaling it is ready to soar. The pre-check test ensures that the massive rocket’s three engines are ‘healthy’ for the voyage after one did … Read more