{"id":11159,"date":"2015-08-06T17:08:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T21:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11159"},"modified":"2015-08-06T17:08:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T21:08:50","slug":"sci-tech-lexus-hoverboard-tesla-snakebot-charger-solving-a-general-fusion-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11159","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Lexus Hoverboard + Tesla Snakebot charger + Solving a General Fusion problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some misc. cool tech stories today:<\/p>\n<p>A real hoverboard built with\u00a0high-temperature superconductors and flying above a special track with magnets:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/extreme\/211769-lexus-maglev-hoverboard-20-minutes-of-magic-in-a-skatepark\" target=\"_d\">Lexus maglev hoverboard: 20 minutes of magic in a skatepark &#8211;\u00a0ExtremeTech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/awAzM9kTvC0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>A big advantage of an electric car is that you can top off the battery every night\u00a0with a garage charger. Of course, that means you have to remember to plug it in every evening. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TeslaMotors.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla Motors<\/a> shows off a prototype robotic system to automatically connect a charger to a Tesla whenever it is parked in the garage:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uMM0lRfX6YI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/629348240337580035\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk on Twitter:<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Tesla Snakebot autocharger prototype. Does seem kinda wrong :)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>An engineer wins $20,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innocentive.com\/ar\/challenge\/9933691\" target=\"_blank\">a challenge contest<\/a>\u00a0sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">General Fusion<\/a>\u00a0to solve the\u00a0company&#8217;s problem of finding a way to seal the hammer and anvil system from the molten lead surrounding\u00a0the cloud of plasma that will be compressed by the lead to produce nuclear fusion reactions\u00a0:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/blog\/category\/press-releases\/general-fusion-announces-winner-of-crowdsourced-engineering-challenge\/\" target=\"_d\">General Fusion Announces Winner of Crowdsourced Engineering Challenge\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0General Fusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video describing the General Fusion system, which Jeff Bezos and other notables have invested in:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8qgAgyqdBM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some misc. cool tech stories today: A real hoverboard built with\u00a0high-temperature superconductors and flying above a special track with magnets:\u00a0Lexus maglev hoverboard: 20 minutes of magic in a skatepark &#8211;\u00a0ExtremeTech === A big advantage of an electric car is that you can top off the battery every night\u00a0with a garage charger. Of course, that means &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Lexus Hoverboard + Tesla Snakebot charger + Solving a General Fusion problem<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2TZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12585,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12585","url_meta":{"origin":11159,"position":0},"title":"SciTech: Hoverbike takes off + Jet powered hoverboard breaks Guinness record","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"People are flying all sorts of things these days: This guy built a working hoverbike and somehow managed to not chop his legs off -\u00a0TechCrunch Colin Furze\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/soxxPyaAT1k --- Flyboard Blows Away Previous Hoverboard Flight Record\u00a0-Popular Science This Is The Hoverboard We've All Been Dreaming Of - Jalopnik Franky Zapata\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/soxxPyaAT1k\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10841,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10841","url_meta":{"origin":11159,"position":1},"title":"Video: Catalin Alexandru Duru sets &#8220;hoverboard&#8221; distance record","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This video has been out for a month or so but I just saw it. 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