Company develops eco-friendly drone battery that charges in five minutes 🕹️

Huawei overtakes Samsung, Panasonic promises 20% more energy density, Israeli firm develops a drone battery that can fully charge in 5 minutes. [Interesting Engineering]( }}) Friday, 31 Jul 2020 Greetings! Catch-up with your briefings below. - A Panasonic executive announced that the energy density of Tesla batteries will [improve +20%]( and that they will eventually go cobalt-free. - Israeli firm develops an eco-friendly drone battery that can be [fully charged in 5 minutes](. - Today in 1990, the NIH approved gene insertion therapy for adenosine deaminase deficiency and a certain type of cancer. [Here's a brief overview]( of how we're holding up on gene editing so far. Curious for our other headlines? We invite you below for more. [Huawei Overtakes Samsung in Smartphone Sales Numbers]( The ever-growing rivalry among the world's biggest tech companies is about to reach new heights. [Huawei Overtakes Samsung in Smartphone Sales Numbers]( [Mobile]( [1](, [2]( Huawei now ranks as the number one smartphone company in the world. But for how long? [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NASA's Perseverance Rover En Route to Mars Despite Communications Snag]( There was a minor snag with the mission discovered during the launch. [NASA's Perseverance Rover En Route to Mars Despite Communications Snag]( [Science]( [NASA / YouTube]( The mission control was unable to receive telemetry on the spacecraft by typical means, so they had to rely on the Deep Space Network (DSN), which is designed to detect very faint signals from deep space. To configure DSN to talk to a spacecraft this close to Earth is a little out of the ordinary. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tesla Gigafactory Texas Has Fierce Potential to Grow Compared to Other Sites]( Tesla's Texas Gigafactory in Austin has a substantial potential to grow at a maddeningly-fast rate. [Tesla Gigafactory Texas Has Fierce Potential to Grow Compared to Other Sites]( [Industry]( [K10 / Twitter]( This new "ecological paradise" is going up pretty fast. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Device Allows Users to Control Computers With Their Tongues] [Dorothee Clasen/Vimeo]( [News]( [New Device Allows Users to Control Computers With Their Tongues]( Alongside its obvious use as an accessibility aid, it could also be used for specific tasks where a user's eyes, feet, and hands are already occupied. [> Read More]( [Reporter Finds Out She Has Cancer After TV Viewer Notices Lump on Her Neck] [Victoria Price/Twitter]( [News]( [Reporter Finds Out She Has Cancer After TV Viewer Notices Lump on Her Neck]( The series of events began in June when a concerned viewer wrote a scary email to Price. Another curious case of "reporter becomes the news." [> Read More]( [New Porous Yet Sturdy Mat Can Adsorb 25 Times Its Weight] [KAUST](divAbstract) [Energy & Environment]( [New Porous Yet Sturdy Mat Can Adsorb 25 Times Its Weight]( After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, researchers have embarked on a search into novel methods for damage containment against oil spills. [> Read More]( [Photographer Documents Sweden's Abandoned Car Cemetery] [Matt Emmett]( [Vehicles]( [Photographer Documents Sweden's Abandoned Car Cemetery]( The owners of the cemetery had to take interesting measures to keep the thieves out too. [> Read More]( [What Acid Rain Is and Ways to Restore the Damage It Causes] [belfasteileen/iStock]( [Energy & Environment]( [What Acid Rain Is and Ways to Restore the Damage It Causes]( Acid rain is detrimental to the environment, but its effects can be reversed. [> Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Video of the Day [These Rube Goldberg Mechanisms Will Keep You Guessing as to Where the Ball Goes Next]( [These Rube Goldberg Mechanisms Will Keep You Guessing as to Where the Ball Goes Next]( The machines even have tiny parties after the contraption is complete! [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [youtube]( [linkedin]( You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( to manage your newsletter subscriptions. [Display on interestingengineering.com]( Interesting Engineering, Inc 201 Spear Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94105 © Copyright 2020 | Interesting Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved