The engineering required for hardtop convertibles borders on black magic. This video from Autoblog of the Volvo C70’s hardtop contracting into the trunk is crazy. While it’s fun to watch, I’d hate to own that car 10 years from now when that thing isn’t working.
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According to historical trends, it may be possible that humans will achieve interstellar travel within the next one hundred years. Many of the technologies are far along enough to be potentially feasible and with the pace of science and tech as it is, it is very conceivable the dream of interstellar spaceflight could come true […]
So I managed to procure another set of ESC’s, soldered them up, and finished the power harness. I still want to build some landing gear and move the battery to the bottom, but for now it will do. I tested it briefly after work on Friday, but today I was able to tweak the programming […]
Prologue: A New Beginning Bob awoke from his deep slumber, his digital consciousness now housed in a Von Neumann probe, a self-replicating spacecraft designed to explore the galaxy. As he continued his mission to explore the universe and ensure humanity’s survival, he came across a unique signal from a distant star system. Intrigued, he decided […]