“God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.” What do you get when you cross a robot and a prehistoric dinosaur? A worker at M2 magazine? Close, but no. A Jurassic Park remake directed by Neill Blomkamp (Chappie, District 9)? Even closer! But no. What you do get...
Scheduled to launch in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope is going to be the next step in space exploration. As the successor to the Hubble Space Station, this telescope is an infrared observatory designed to look at the outer stars and galaxies. The telescope’s primary mirror is comprised of 18 hexagonal mirror segments made...
Hills and hills, miles and miles of barren, bone-dry sand under the hot sun, the Sahara Desert is known as the most relentless place on earth. Settling around 47 degrees on a ‘cool day’, this region is hot. It has an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres which is basically the distance across the US and...
Since 2016, Elon Musk has played around with the idea of private passengers flying through space with the hope of maybe introducing life on Mars. In February, SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into space with a rubber ‘Starman’ in the driver’s seat. SpaceX plans to do exactly that again, but not with a car and...
Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. Mighty, powerful, out of this world. Spirit of the sky and master of thunder. Since the ancient times, Zeus has been admired, feard and/or bowed down to in prayer. When American-based aeroplane and motorcycle company Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company came out with their own Zeus earlier this...
French entrepreneur, Akka Technologies, have come up with this kooky plan and are hoping to have flying trains in 2100. The idea sprouted from the idea of making the transition from the subway to the airport quicker. Called the ‘Link & Fly’, the train-plane is going to have 162 seats with an added option of...
