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08/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

China building artificial rain network to increase rainfall

China is preparing the biggest weather manipulation system the world has ever seen. In an article from Singularity Hub, the Chinese will use the momentous project to generate artificial rain throughout the region of Tibet. The artificial rain network will consist of tens of thousands of solid fuel burners on the ground. They will fill the […]

08/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Two-wheeled car being tested in China is a mashup of a motorcycle, electric car, and space capsule

What looks like the love child of a motorcycle, a car, and a spaceship? If you said it’s the Ford Gyron concept car from 1961, you get an oatmeal cookie for the historical tidbit. But the correct answer is a Chinese electric gyrocar inspired by the Ford design, an article in Bloomberg stated. A gyrocar […]

07/03/2018 / By Edsel Cook

China’s superfast bullet train network shows how antiquated the U.S. railway system truly is

China is rapidly outpacing the U.S. in many ways. The most glaring comparison involves their respective railway systems. A recent Business Insider article highlights the Chinese high-speed railway, which is the largest in the world with some of the fastest bullet trains in service, while the American equivalent is all but nonexistent. There are currently 15,500 […]

06/28/2018 / By David Williams

Chinese city of Zhejiang to build first superhighway for autonomous vehicles

By now, you have probably already heard all about self-driving cars. They come in all shapes and sizes, and also serve many different purposes. But no matter what type of car it is, it is going to have one thing in common with all other types of self-driving vehicles: the use of roads. They are […]

05/18/2018 / By David Williams

Chinese fugitive arrested after being identified in concert crowd by facial recognition tech

Facial recognition technology is now being applied to all sorts of things. Recently, a fugitive was arrested for unspecified economic crimes in China through the use of this technology, but the interesting thing was that he was caught while he was in the middle of a crowded concert – meaning his face was scoped out despite […]

02/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

China’s “megadrone” is world’s first autonomous aerial vehicle, carries passengers at 80 mph during test flights

Automakers dream about driverless cars. Chinese company EHang one-ups them with its one-man flying megadrone, reported The Daily Mail. Footage released by the Chinese drone maker show their EHang 184 “autonomous aerial vehicle” zipping through the air at 80 mph (130 kph) with a live person aboard its sleek cabin. EHang claimed that single and two-seat versions of its […]

02/21/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

China may have an electromagnetic hypersonic railgun – photos leaked on Twitter show superweapon mounted on a ship

Pictures of what appears to be a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun have surfaced on Twitter. The weapon, semi-obscured by cloth, was spotted aboard the Haiyang Shan, a landing ship tank (LST), under the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). No official word has been given on the authenticity of these photos. But if true, this makes […]

02/12/2018 / By David Williams

Ex-Google CEO is concerned Russia and China will “conquer the world” with AI in commercial and military operations

There are many legitimate reasons to be wary about the upcoming Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. AI and automation technology threaten to ruin society in a number of different ways, one of which is by taking away jobs that are currently being done by human workers. But — and rather ironically — that’s just if you […]

02/10/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

U.S. space secrets are almost impossible to keep: Too many hackers and trackers, warn senior military officials

The race towards space has reached an all-time high. With China throwing its hat into the ring, the U.S. is facing its stiffest competition yet. The interstellar efforts of our nation aren’t helped by the fact that technology has made it easier to keep an eye on our space capabilities. These aren’t the words of a […]

11/12/2017 / By Russel Davis

China has developed a magnetic propulsion drive for use on nuclear submarines, making them almost silent

The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has recently unveiled and tested a new magnetic propulsion motor that may put China at par with the U.S. and other Western naval forces. According to reports, the new technology is the country’s first permanent system of its kind and may enable nuclear submarines to move about with better speed and increased stealth. Reports have indicated that the […]

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