A fighter jet normally takes a decade to design. Anduril went from a blank sheet to first flight of Fury in 556 days.
On June 17, the Air Force gave it a production contract alongside General Atomics. No joystick, no pilot, no remote control stick. Fury takes off, flies, and lands on its own while a human on the ground supervises.
It has already carried a live AIM-120 missile in captive-carry tests. Anduril is the first new company to win a US fighter jet program since the 1970s.
The Air Force wants 150 of these flying by 2030. Eventually, 1,000.
#Anduril #Fury #DefenseTech
BMW has unveiled its first fully electric 3 Series, the new BMW i3.
It promises up to 900 km of range and can add up to 400 km in just 10 minutes of fast charging.
BMW is bringing its iconic sedan into the electric era.
#BMW #ElectricCars #CarTechnology
Three researchers turned university robotics work into Overland AI.
Their autonomous vehicles can navigate difficult terrain without GPS or human drivers.
The company has now landed a $20 million US Army contract.
#OverlandAI #MilitaryTech #Robotics
In 1990, Apple put $3 million into Arm for a 43% stake, to power its Newton handheld.
The Newton flopped, but after Arm went public in 1998, Apple made about $1.1 billion selling shares by early 1999.
Arm’s designs now power the iPhone and every Mac chip Apple makes.
#Apple #SteveJobs #Tech
Oceanco is a Dutch superyacht builder whose clients include Jeff Bezos and Vijay Mallya.
Founded in 1987 in the Netherlands, they deliver only about two yachts a year.
Every yacht they build is at least 80 meters long.
#Oceanco #Superyacht #LuxuryYacht
Ian Davis built his own prosthetic hand after losing four fingers.
The mechanical design uses his wrist movement instead of motors or batteries.
It shows how simple engineering can create life-changing technology.
#Prosthetics #Engineering #Innovation
What happens if you get a seed stuck inside your body?
Not every part of your body can destroy a seed.
While stomach acid kills it, warm and moist areas like the lungs could theoretically allow a tiny sprout to form.
#SeedMyth #MedicalFacts #ScienceNews
DJI Dock 4 swaps a drone’s battery in just 25 seconds.
It can get the drone back in the air in under 45 seconds and operate in temperatures from -40°C to 50°C.
This could change emergency response forever.
#DJI #DroneTechnology #FutureTech
Fei-Fei Li is the Godmother of AI whose ImageNet dataset made modern AI possible.
She moved to America at 16, and she worked in Chinese restaurants and a dry-cleaning shop while studying physics at Princeton.
In 2025, she won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
#AI #WomenInTech #Tech
Song Xingyu built a real flying board inspired by Spider-Man’s Green Goblin.
After his first jet-powered version caught fire, he switched to electric motors and used AI to help control his flight.
He eventually flew across the Yangtze River.
#FlyingBoard #Engineering #FutureTech
Helium-3 costs $20M per kilogram and the Moon has billions of years worth of it.
Interlune just signed the first-ever US government contract to deliver 3 liters by 2029.
It cools quantum computers, improves MRIs, and could fuel fusion reactors.
#Interlune #Helium3 #LunarMining
