Monthly Archives: January 2015

Google Is Helping SpaceX Bring Satellite Internet to the Masses

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Elon Musk

Google is helping SpaceX bring high-speed Internet to the masses with a constellation of small satellites.

SpaceX announced in a blog post today that Google and Fidelity have invested $1 billion in the Hawthorne-based rocket maker. The investment gives SpaceX a $10 billion valuation, with Google and Fidelity owning a 10 percent stake in the company.

Musk hopes a network of low-flying satellites will be able to provide Internet speeds that rival land-line connections and one day provide a communication link between Earth and Mars, which Musk hopes to colonize.

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Elon Musk Wants to Build A Hyperloop Test Track in Texas

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Hyperloop pods float on a cushion of air and move through a low-pressure tube with the help of electric magnets and on-board fans.

Elon Musk is looking to build a test track for the Hyperloop, a futuristic high-speed transportation project that Musk outlined in a white paper 18 months ago.

He’s also trying to get students involved.

The SAE International is a student design competition for Formula 1-style race cars. It also began in Texas.

UCLA grad students have been studying the feasibility of the Hyperloop since last fall. But Musk is not directly involved with that project.

Fuhu Debuts 65-inch Tablet for Kids

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Fuhu Big Tab Jordan England-Nelson

Fuhu unveiled smorgasbord of new products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, including a line of giant, wall-mounted tablets, a Beats-inspired set of headphones, and a GoPro-like waterproof camera designed to help parents capture little Tommy’s first steps.

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MotoArt Builds $30,000 Tables with Recycled Airplane Parts

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MotoArt owners Donovan Fell and David Hall

MotoArt owners Donovan Fell, left, and David Hall at their garage in El Segundo

For more than a decade, Donovan Fell and Dave Hall have driven to the Mojave Desert to chop up old airplanes and turn them into furniture that costs more than your car.

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Stunt car-maker builds lifesize Hot Wheels

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Hot Wheels For Real Corkscrew Car

This Hot Wheels dune buggy can launch off a ramp and 360 degree corkscrew flip.

A race car that can withstand eight g-forces on a double-barrel loop; a dune buggy that can hit a ramp and launch into a 360-degree corkscrew flip; a Darth Vadar roadster that breathes like the Star Wars supervillain and tops out at 150 mph.

These are some of the lifesize Hot Wheels vehicles that have come out of Action Vehicle Engineering, a stunt car garage in Chatsworth.

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What’s it like to fly the Goodyear blimp?

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Goodyear pilots Taylor Laverty and Kristen Arambula

Goodyear pilots Kristen Arambula and Taylor Laverty snap a selfie over the 2015 Rose Parade on Thursday.

Flying for Goodyear is a coveted position in the pilot community.

There are only about 40 full-time blimp pilot jobs around the country. Hundreds apply every time there is an opening at Goodyear.

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