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15 hours ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
Tesla is said to be left with over $800 million worth of unsold Cybertrucks—over 10,000 units of them, gathering dust instead of accolades. A once-praised futuristic revolution in electric vehicles, the angular, stainless-steel juggernaut has now become a representation of overpromising and underdelivering. Elon Musk bragged that Tesla would sell 250,000 Cybertrucks annually, backed by a million reservations. However, Tesla was only able to sell 6,400 units in Q1 2025.
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15 hours ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
An incredible new video that has gone viral on social media reveals an indelible landscape: The whole mountain range of Guizhou province, China, has been covered with solar panels. When seen from above, the drone shows an awe-inspiring view of thousands of solar farms, highlighting China’s impressive supremacy in the world’s solar energy production.
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15 hours ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
U.S. energy officials are quietly exploring a potentially major national security threat: unrecorded communication devices built into Chinese-made inverters and batteries that supply America’s renewable energy infrastructure. These inverters, which are necessary for connecting solar panels and wind turbines to the grid, are primarily made in China, and they usually provide remote access for maintenance.
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15 hours ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
Japan is developing a 100-year nuclear battery that is powered by radioactive americium in a daring step to redefine space exploration. Unlike conventional solar panels that stumble in the dark, far-flung parts of space, this innovation offers almost perpetual power—even on the dark side of the Moon or other deep-space jaunts.
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15 hours ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
For centuries, engineers and scientists have wondered how the Roman structures such as the Pantheon and aqueducts still stand up to date after almost 2,000 years. The secret is in their unusual building material: pozzolanic concrete, a combination of volcanic ash and lime. Although this formula has been known for centuries to give Roman concrete its durability, recent studies have unveiled an even deeper secret lying behind the extraordinary resilience of Roman concrete.
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1 day ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
A new and unexpected use for Cold War nuclear detection gear has been found: tracking space debris. Sensors used to watch for nuclear explosions during the Cold War are being used today to detect the fiery entry of space debris into Earth’s atmosphere. The CTBTO’s ultra-sensitive detectors are able to catch low-frequency sound waves from far-away explosions, no matter how far away they are.
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1 day ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
A student at the University of Bristol used a robot he made himself to break the world record for solving a 4×4 Rubik’s cube. Pidden, aged 22, spent 15 weeks making Revenger for his computer science final project. Revenger finished the tough puzzle in 45.305 seconds, which is 33 seconds faster than the previous record set by another robot. Even though Max Park is the fastest human with a time of 15.71 seconds, Pidden’s robot has made a big difference in robotic speedcubing.
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1 day ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
Starting this summer, Superwood will be produced on a large scale and could bring big changes to construction. Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, came up with Superwood, which is made from wood and is stronger than steel, pound for pound. InventWood has made this amazing technology a reality. In the beginning, Hu’s 2018 invention looked unlikely to be used outside the laboratory.
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1 day ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
Europe is on the verge of finding a huge source of renewable energy hidden in the North Sea — up to 45,000 tons of green hydrogen per year. Harnessing the region’s huge offshore wind energy, instead of seeking traditional resources, is the main focus of this innovation. Proposals are being made to use up to 300 GW of offshore wind power in the North Sea to turn it into a major hydrogen production area.
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3 days ago | 
wonderfulengineering.com | Shaheer Shahzad
San Mateo-based Alef Aeronautics recently made history by unveiling the world’s first commercially available flying car—the Alef Model A. On February 19, 2025, a prototype of the Model A successfully completed a test flight along a closed road in California. Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny described it as “the world’s first certified flight of a flying car,” emphasizing its vertical takeoff capability and potential for real-world use.
