NASA’s hypersonic Rotating Detonation Engine passes first crucial tests
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Explosions are normally bad in engines, but done in the right way they are the future of jet engine design and hypersonic vehicles. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Chicago O’Hare International and UA plan to launch flying taxi services from 2025
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why take taxis through congested city streets when you can just fly to your final destination? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A while ago...
Tesla’s first fully loaded electric Class-8 Semi completes its first 500 mile trip
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 500 miles is the sweet spot for trucking because truckers have to stop every 8 hours, and this is a major achievement. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Airspeeder unveils its first crewed eVTOL racer as it eyes a future flying car series
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regular cars have racing series, and soon flying cars could have their own series as well … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today we...
Cruise’s self-driving cars clock up over 1 million miles with noone behind the wheel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of self-driving vehicles doesn’t involve a human driver, so companies are trying to perfect their autonomous systems. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Hermeus’s first of a kind Chimera engine switches from supersonic to hypersonic
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF So far noone has cracked the ability to switch an engine from supersonic to hypersonic. That’s now solved. Let the hypersonic era commence! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
DARPA’s unveils its revolutionary CRANE X-Plane with no moving parts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flaps and aerlons create drag and increase fuel consumption on planes, but what if you didn’t need any of that? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Jetopera’s bladeless eVTOL aircraft targets 0.8 Mach
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bladeless VTOL aircraft make a lot more sense than prop based ones, but getting the technology right is very hard. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
In a world first scientists used AI and a quantum computer to simulate an actual wormhole
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Who wouldn’t love to jump between blackholes to travel between dimensions and across time? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Wormholes have been a science...
Volkswagen announces plans to create a hydrogen car with a 2,000km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While most companies are betting big on electric vehicles some are now spreading their bets just in case. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Volkswagen,...
Futurist Keynote, Finland: Unlocking Mobile Opportunity with AKL
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote speaker and futurist Matthew Griffin shows car dealerships how they can avoid being disrupted as their market changes and the car companies they rely on become tech super apps. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
Part aircraft part train this electric Hyperloop could travel at over Mach 1
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New forms of transport are emerging all the time, and many have bold claims, so we’ll see how this one plays out. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
A new flying car concept takes its cue straight from Blade Runner
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We won’t in fact have flying cars, they’ll basically be big drones that carry passengers, so this design is about as close to a commercial flying car we could see enter production. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
Gravity blows hot air to show off their latest 1,000bhp jet pack
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is a great example of how advances in technology are helping increase the energy density of fuels, the performance of materials, and helping people take to the skies in new ways to save lives. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future...
Formula E unveils jet inspired cars and new EV regen braking systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many of the innovations in Formula E eventually filter down into commercial cars to improve their range, performance, and sustainability. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
The Mayflower becomes the first autonomous ship to cross the Atlantic
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Slowly but surely companies are developing the technology they need to eliminate many of the operating crews on board ships and this is yet another step towards that goal. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself...
A historic first as Cruise starts offering truly driverless cab rides in California
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Up until now a safety driver has had to be in self-driving cars in case they needed to take control quickly, but now that driver’s gone. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from...
Hyundai’s giant autonomous cargo ship just completed a trip across the ocean
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is the first time a large cargo ship has autonomously traversed an ocean, and even though it had some help it’ll soon become the industry’s future. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
This new road gives your electric vehicle unlimited range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Lithium Ion batteries in cars and supercharger networks could be just transition technologies as more companies experiment with new ways to charge your EV’s wherever they are. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
Commercially available solar vehicles that never need charging are here
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF With solar panels getting so efficient have you ever wondered why you need tons of batteries to power your electric vehicle? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
