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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

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Engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center assemble the new shape memory alloy rover tire prior to testing in the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory. Image Credits: NASA. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies.

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Liquid Death lands $75 million more to expand the brand

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Liquid Death , a water brand that began life in 2018 with a funny video to first test the concept, has grown deadly serious about its growth prospects. In the meantime, there are evidently plenty of places in the U.S. that have yet to discover the brand. A sweeter deal with Amazon may well boost that percentage.

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

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Page and his family are reported to have spent much of the pandemic in Fiji. Last year, Page was granted New Zealand residency, where one of his eVTOL startups, Wisk Aero, recently completed flight tests. “I I don’t know anything about Larry Page’s preferences,” says Gardiner.

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The Station: Uber’s new battles in the UK, Lucid Motors’ second life plans and Cruise acquires Voyage

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SMART’s co-founders, Survivor: Fiji” champion Earl Cole and engineer Brian Yennie, are targeting the cycling market first with their METL tire, which is set to become available to the general public by early next year. In addition to its fourth-floor lab, Ford will have access to a high-bay garage space to test autonomous vehicles.