🔋 Tesla’s Battery Day spells the end of the ICE age
If we connect the dots from Tesla's announcements on Battery Day we see the revolution in plain sight. The era of the internal combustion engine is over. By 2030 electric vehicles will be much cheaper both to buy and own, and very few ICE cars will be sold.
⚡ Power to the people when the energy sector is getting disrupted
The world is getting decarbonized. Energy production is getting decentralized. When our appliances at home are getting digitalized, we can control our energy consumption - and the whole energy market is getting democratized.
🛫 Air travel will also go electric
"It's impossible!" the pessimists say about electric airplanes. Anders Forslund and Klara Andreasson seem not to have heard them. Because in a hangar outside of Gothenburg, they are building a commercial 19 passenger electric airplane.
🔋 Tesla cuts battery cost by 56% and promises $25,000 car
On Battery Day Tesla announced major breakthroughs that lead to 56 percent cheaper batteries with a 54 percent better range. This makes it possible to produce a $25,000 car, making it more affordable to buy and own an electric car than one with an internal combustion engine.
🔭 A gas on Venus can indicate life on the planet
Astronomers may have found signs of life on the planet Venus. If it turns out to be true, it is one of the greatest discoveries in human history.
🌏 China will not dominate the world unless it becomes a democracy
How can democratic countries compete with a China that just commands forward innovation? But real breakthrough innovation can not be created in a closed system. A democratic China would be great for the Chinese - and for human progress and innovation.
🌊🗑️Self-powered underwater robot must pick up plastic on the seabed
Tons of plastics are flushed into the sea every year, especially in the Pacific Ocean. After a while, much of it ends up on the seabed and this is where the SeaClear project intends to pick it up.
⤴️ The Warp Effect curves humanity's progress
Innovation = ideas + technology. The more ideas and the easier they spread the better technology. The better technology the easier it is to spread ideas. They drive each other and the curve of humanity warps.
🧠 Neuralink is the next natural step for humanity
All through human history, we have used technology to evolve. The next step is to connect our brains directly to computers, which will help humanity take a giant leap forward.