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Electric car makers like Tesla have all of the batteries, engines and electronics in a skateboard. They place the seats and cover on top. The Cybertruck will have up to 700-800 horsepower in its top model. The Cybertruck skateboard is a foot longer than a Ford F-150. Tesla can use the Cybertruck skateboard to make an electric version to match any existing SUV and large truck in the market. They can put three rows of seats and have storage space. Winning in Price and Performance Competition The Tesla Cybertruck will start at $39,000 which is 15% higher than the average

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all the coolest and shiniest merchandise we’ve seen on the internet lately that is sadly not on discount today! This week, join the dark side with Star Wars collectibles from The Rise of Skywalker , and iconic movie monsters get very colorful makeovers. Check it out! Read more...

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As traditionally depicted, Santa Claus is a kind of cult leader who runs an enormous factory using slave labor and stolen IP to churn out knockoffs of the latest products. He’s basically Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jack Ma, and Jeff Bezos rolled into one. Which is to say, he should be regulated or put in prison. Read more...

We’re not talking about some of the more iconic entries in Hayao Miyazaki’s oeuvre here—but of course, a return to his roots on Lupin itself. Read more...

Scott Snyder’s pen is no stranger to most of your favorite DC characters and some of the publisher’s biggest cosmic events. Take Justice League as of late — reality is slowly eating away at the fringes of the universe. The source wall has a big ol’ hole in it after the events of Metal. Planets are being torn apart. The… Read more...

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It can be tempting to share your various service logins with a pal, especially because they ain’t getting any cheaper. But you might think twice before handing those Netflix or Disney+ credentials over to a friend—particularly if your password and account protection protocols are lax. Read more...

If Darth Vader is more machine than man, then Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is perhaps more gift shop than it is theme park. The planet Batuu, alien as it is , understands the very human impulse of buying shiny things—but for all the very flashy things you can get there, my favorite memory of it might just be one of the… Read more...

Lithium Ion batteries can get three times cheaper than current average prices of about $180 per kwh to about $50-60 per kwh. This will be from improving processes going to the Tesla-Maxwell dry cell technology and with improved energy density and increasing the volume and other manufacturing efficiencies. The global automotive lithium-ion battery market could reach about $95-100 billion per year by 2030. A Cleantechnica analysis of the Tesla Cybertruck seems to show an implied 45% improvement in battery prices to about $100-110 per kwh by 2021. $94 per kwh is the pricing expected in 2024 by Bloomberg New Energy

It’s the day after Thanksgiving , which means the floodgates are open on Christmas . But before you start cursing the season, remember what happened to ol’ Scrooge? In the spirit of curmudgeons (and those who help them), here are seven versions of A Christmas Carol that put their own twist on the oft-adapted Dickens… Read more...

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Have you ever dreamed of turning yourself into an inch-tall plastic figure who can’t bend their arms or legs, and must interact with the world using a pair of lobster-like claw hands? Lego’s new theme park, opening next year in New York, will make that dream a reality using sophisticated motion tracking and neural… Read more...

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J.J. Abrams discusses The Last Jedi ’s influence on the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. Mike Flanagan is dying to pitch a new Nightmare on Elm Street . Scarlett Johansson appreciates how the new Black Widow movie will handle trauma. Plus, what’s to come on Supergirl ’s midseason finale. To me, my spoilers! Read more...

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Researchers at Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Honda Research Institute, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and others are working together to develop rechargeable batteries based on fluoride, the anion (negatively charged form) of elemental fluorine. Fluoride batteries can have a higher energy density, which means that they may last longer—up to eight times longer than batteries in use today. But fluoride is corrosive and reactive. Iron fluorides already have more than double the lithium capacity of traditional cobalt- or nickel-based cathodes. Iron is 300 times less expensive than cobalt and 150 times less costly than nickel. Researcher team made

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Sprawling towers of dust can reach heights of 50 miles during global-scale dust storms on Mars, according to new research. Acting like a space elevator, the phenomenon might explain how water escaped from the Red Planet during its ancient past. Read more...

The era of humanity is over, and the only way to survive is to completely lose everything that makes you, well, you. Dust’s short film “How To Be Human” puts a sci-fi bent on a familiar tragedy—where refugees, immigrants, and other disenfranchised people are forced to hide their identities to survive. Read more...

The arrival of The Mandalorian ’s shocking true star , Baby Yoda, has sent the internet into a flurry of wild speculation and rampant desire for merchandise , as any good baby should. But baby Yoda isn’t Star Wars ’ first go at the infant rodeo—can he compete with the cutest the galaxy has to offer? Read more...

Sony makes some fantastic 4K HDR TVs, and now Best Buy has the 55" X800G on sale for $499 . It’s not the absolute cheapest we’ve seen at this size, but the picture quality should be a step up from what you’d get on less expensive sets. Read more...

The season for stuffing our faces has arrived, but one item will notably not be on the table this Thanksgiving. In California’s Bay Area, commercial crabbers won’t be bringing in any Dungeness crab—a traditional treat on this gluttonous holiday—until December 15. Why? The whales, man. Read more...

Deakin materials scientists have proven that liquid solvent-free solid state batteries can easily be made which will enable safer batteries with higher energy density. Joule – Poly(Ionic Liquid)s-in-Salt Electrolytes with Co-coordination-Assisted Lithium-Ion Transport for Safe Batteries Highlights • A solvent-free poly(ionic liquid)s-in-salt electrolyte is demonstrated • A co-coordination-assisted Li + transport is proposed for enhanced transference number • Lithium-metal batteries with high cathode loadings are demonstrated at 80°C Summary Polymer electrolytes are seen as key components for safe, high-energy-density all-solid-state lithium (Li) batteries, given their appropriate mechanical properties along with the absence of volatile and flammable solvents. Here, we report

You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help. Read more...

South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol retired from professional Go competition. Lee said that he realized that he would not be at the top even if he was the number one human player. AlphaGo beat Lee in 2016. AlphaZero has beaten AlphaGo in 100 matches in a row. Lee’s will play against the AI Go progrma HanDol. The program was developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp in 2018. HanDol has already defeated South Korea’s top five Go players. In the first match, Lee will be given an advantage of two stones.

China and India both roughly doubled their electricity generation over the last ten years. China will likely slow down electricity generation to a 50-70% increase by 2030. India will likely still double power usage. India currently has the third-highest power generation in the world. India consumed 1636 TWh of electricity in 2018. This was behind China at 7051 TWh and the USA at 4417 TWh. Russia was fourth with 1127 TWh. India is expected to increase electricity consumption to 3000 TWh in 2030. China will likely be generating about 12000 TWh in 2030.

A common critique of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that many of its entries can feel like forgettable fluff: fine and fun in the moment, but will immediately vacate your head the minute those post-credit-scenes stop rolling. Avengers: Damage Control might come in an interesting format , but it would do little to… Read more...

If you wear clothes, there are deals for you to take advantage of this Black Friday. We’ll be collecting our favorite clothing & lifestyle sales below, including apparel, cosmetics, grooming essentials, outdoor gear, and fitness & health products. Stay tuned, we’ll be updating this post as deals go live, and… Read more...

A telescope in Hawaii has captured a close-up view of comet 2l/Borisov—only the second known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. Read more...

When you woke up this morning, we bet you didn’t expect to see an official E.T. sequel —but that’s kind of what’s happened, just in a slightly unconventional, very commercial way. Read more...

Black Friday is one of the best times of year to get a new game console, pick up a game that’s been on your wish list, or score some discounted gift cards for your favorite media services. We’ll be collecting all of the best deals in this space below through the entire holiday weekend, so it’s game on. Stay tuned,… Read more...

A new atomic-scale manufacturing method could enable ultra-efficient computers.

In October, Cleantechnica reported that Tesla Model Y production would start in Q1 of 2020. The official Tesla earnings call has talked about a summer 2020 start of Model Y sales. Hyperchange makes the case that Model Y could start selling in December, 2019 or January 2020.

Truck tug a war competition are won by the heavier truck. This was demonstrated when Wired used a weaker but heavier toy truck to out-tug another toy truck. A Cybertruck with three plaid engines would have 800 horsepower. This is more than the highest horsepower in any version of the F-150. The trimotor Cybertruck can tow 14,000 pounds. The highest tow F-150 ratings by cab are 13,200 pounds for the 2WD SuperCrew equipped with the 3.5-liter EcoBoost and 6.5-foot bed. The maximum Supercab F-150 rating is 12,000 pounds with the 3.5-liter EcoBoost, 2WD and 6.5-foot bed. Elon Musk tweeted that

aA href=”https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/mad-scientist/m/articles-of-interest/300458″>A DoD Biotechnologies for Health and Human Performance Council (BHPC; Alexandria, VA) study group surveyed a wide range of current and emerging technologies relevant to assisting and augmenting human performance in many domains. They looked at * auditory (hearing) enhancement for communication and protection; and * direct neural enhancement of the human brain for two-way data transfer. * ocular (vision) enhancements to imaging, sight, and situational awareness; * restoration and programmed muscular control through an optogenetic bodysuit sensor web; A lot of the cyborg capabilities that are described could be achieved without implants. Artificial intelligence, improved communications and lens

A well-gifted gadget isn’t just a futuristic toy. A good piece of tech can make someone’s life easier, or even save them money in the long run. Here’s the best tech you can give this year. Read more...

A Marshall speaker Gold Box , egg bites tray , Switch Lite bundle , and an ABH eyeshadow set lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web. Read more...

Thanksgiving is almost upon us in the United States. A time to reflect on all the good things we have in life. Usually, this means health, family, friends, and maybe even food. But don’t forget the other things that bring you joy—mainly, mountains of popular culture . Read more...

Disney’s Star Wars land is unlike anything else at its plethora of theme parks across the world. It doesn’t feel like you’re in a theme park, even as people queue across the courtyards of Batuu for a chance to get to fly the Millennium Falcon . But as fascinatingly unique as that is, it already feels like it’s going to… Read more...

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Paleontologists in China have discovered the fossilized remains of a rodent-like creature that featured an auditory system unlike anything seen before. Read more...

Watchmen ’s recent glimpse into the origins of American superheroism profoundly changed the overall arc of the show and intertwined the HBO series with the comic in unexpected ways. But as fascinating as the show’s exploration of the past was to see on screen, there’s more to the story of Hooded Justice and Captain… Read more...

Apple TV+’s mysterious Servant —from M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop—begins streaming tomorrow. The unsettling atmosphere of the show is achieved in part due to its fantastically moody score. Today, io9 is debuting an exclusive track   from the show and we got to talk to composer Trevor Gureckis, too. Read more...

When you picture a pair of smart glasses, chances are you’re envisioning something slick. Perhaps, a stylish pair of aviators that with either a discreet tap or voice command, will immediately pull up an array of information based on whatever you’re looking at. In any case, you probably imagine someone like James Bond… Read more...

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DC Universe’s very adult Harley Quinn animated series is almost here and we’re so ready for it. But Harleen isn’t the only DC Comics character set to get wild. Are you ready to see what the Legion of Doom’s breakroom is like? Read more...

Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have placed humans in suspended animation and this could enable them to have hours instead of minutes to operate on critical patients. They rapidly cooled a patient’s body down to ten to 15 degrees Celsius (50 to 59 Fahrenheit) by replacing their blood with an ice-cold salt solution. Without cooling the patient would suffer irreversible damage in about five minutes. Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest from Trauma (EPR-CAT) Principal Investigator: Samuel Tisherman, MD, professor of Surgery and director of the Division of Critical Care and Trauma Education at the

The Carnival of Space 639 is up at Urban Astronomer. Universe Today – The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Could Find More of Earth’s Transient Moons. Earth also has a population of what are known as “transient Moons”. These are a subset of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that are temporarily scooped up by Earth’s gravity and assume orbits around our planet. According to a new study by a team of Finish and American astronomers, these temporarily-captured orbiters (TCOs) could be studied with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Chile – which is expected to become operational by 2020. By examining these

These days, secrecy around some of the biggest blockbuster shows and movies is a little absurd . Everything’s locked down, scripts self-delete , drones swarm the skies above in an attempt to deflect prying eyes. It’s all a bit much to keep plot points hidden, but sometimes all the fancy prevention in the world can’t… Read more...

Virtual reality gaming is a thing, but even so, you probably can’t name very many off the top of your head. And if you can, chances are the first one that pops into mind is Beat Saber —the One Good VR Game that any putz can enjoy without upchucking their lunch due to VR-induced motion sickness, or looking like a complet … Read more...

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J.J. Abrams reveals the runtime of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker . James Wan teases his next horror adventure. It’s bad news this Turkey Day for MST3K fans. Plus, new pictures from Nancy Drew amp up the lens flare, Barry succumbs to Bloodwork in a new Flash teaser, and Oliver Queen fights for the multiverse as Arrow … Read more...

Telsa will add solar power to the Cybertruck to generate 15 miles per day. Fold-out solar wings for the Cybertruck would generate 30 to 40 miles per day. The average daily commute in the US averages 30 miles per day. Will be an option to add solar power that generates 15 miles per day, possibly more. Would love this to be self-powered. Adding fold out solar wings would generate 30 to 40 miles per day. Avg miles per day in US is 30. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2019

Andrea Rossi has made cold fusion (aka low energy nuclear reaction) claims for nearly ten years. Rossi’s claims have failed serious attempts at validation. The previous results related to excess energy seem to been explained by completely fraudulent demonstrations. Electricity and heat were made from hidden connections to conventional sources. On January 31, 2019, Rossi’s released a new product called E-Cat SK via live video stream. The product is reported as currently available to be leased by factories as a source of heat. Tom Casten and Australian physicist and aerospace engineer Ian Bryce said that the inputs, outputs, and measurement

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf , io9's regular column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. It’s Thanksgiving week for some, meaning there will be plenty of time to enjoy (or escape) the family with board game nights. We’ve got some suggestions for games to look out for, along with some exciting… Read more...

Valve’s Steam Box consoles weren’t the runaway success that the gaming giant hoped they’d be, but the accompanying Steam Controller still stands out as a truly innovative gamepad design. However, the time has come for it to ride off into the sunset, and Valve is now clearing out the last production run of the… Read more...

If I pause, perhaps over a cup of tea or while looking at a beautiful sunset, to take stock of my life, there are very few moments that I can point to directly as the moment where things suddenly became different. Most big changes seem, for me at least, to happen gradually. There are only a handful of moments where I… Read more...

When I was getting ready to see Frozen II , a friend of mine had only one thing to say: “Just wait until you get to Kristoff’s song.” The Disney sequel largely sticks close to the tone of the original film, with one singing reindeer-sized exception. The songwriters behind Frozen II are here to explain the beautiful and… Read more...

As Universal Pictures continues to diversify and surprise with its upcoming slate of monster movies , Elizabeth Banks is stepping into the mix. Read more...

The Expanse premieres its fourth season ( thank you, Amazon ) on December 13, which means you technically still have time to re-watch seasons one through three. But if you don’t have several dozen spare hours between now and next Friday, we’ve got a handy primer to remind you of exactly where things stand. Read more...

For the better part of the year, I’ve championed the purchase and subsequent use of bidets to the chagrin of my co-workers and loved ones. And luckily, bidet use is fially mainstream enough to earn big time discounts during Black Friday. BioBidet’s entire line is currently marked down with prices starting at a low $25 .… Read more...