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Final Frankenrocket Flight at BALLS 2026
We knew this would be a heads-up flight. The asymmetric fin can flew well twice before on smaller motors, but this time we went with a vintage K540 metalstorm motor that was 20 years old. The ascent was stable, as before, but the ejection charge blew just 1.5 seconds after liftoff. You can see the… Read More
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The Dream Weavers of Dust ✨
What if you could direct your dreams with auditory conditioning? Away from nightmares. Towards healing, even “reviving” lost loved ones. Adam Horowitz, CEO of Dust Systems, described just that at XPRIZE VISIONEERING 2026. Summary points: • BBC: “Dream Engineering is the #1 most powerful idea of the 21st Century.” • The suicide rate is 8x… Read More
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Ferrari GT Race Car
fastest I’ve gone, on approach to the turn at Thermal
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Ferrari 296 Challenge, now F1 Champion Nico Rosberg’s signature on the roof
and my wife about to let it rip
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Ferrari 296 challenge race car
at Thermal Club this weekend
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Racing cars with the F1 World Champion, Nico Rosberg
It was his first time driving in a GT race car, and yet he still earned the top lap speed for our gathering of high-speed geeks. He signed the roof of the Ferrari 296, and I drove it faster than I have ever gone before. Thx Naveen Rao for hosting us at Thermal and to… Read More
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Ferrari 488 Challenge
with the newer 296 peeling away
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Gen going in
in the zone with the Ferrari 296 Challenge
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Dr. Irene Pepperberg on the potential of Bird Brains
The new XPRIZE on Interspecies Communication, with a $10M purse will launch next month. It will challenge teams to demonstrate ethical, verified two-way communication with wild animals, advancing coexistence and cooperation. Dr. Irene Pepperberg spoke to us today about her pioneering work with grey parrots, training them in English to perform many tasks at 6-year… Read More
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We are Go Flight — XPRIZE Future of Space
Backstage with two astronauts, before our talks on the Future of Space at the XPRIZE Visioneering event today. Rusty Schweickart was the first Lunar Module Pilot, and during his Apollo 9 spacewalk, he had an unexpected five minute waiting period without checklists or activities to distract him. He said it changed his life. He saw… Read More
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