Fwd: First Click: Elon Musk's journey to Mars, DJI's foldable drone, and more in the week ahead

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Date: September 26, 2016 at 07:30AM

Sept 26, 2016 This week will be a huge week for flying machines both big and small with SpaceX and DJI hosting events on Tuesday. If the rumors are correct, we'll see DJI reveal Mavic; a 4K drone with a two-axis gimbal that reportedly folds up for easy transport. At a rumored 1.43 pounds it would be DJI's lightest drone. That puts it on track to be a direct competitor with GoPro's new Karma drone. Tuesday will also see the SpaceX CEO speak at the International Astronautical Conference in Mexico, where he's expected to reveal his plan for colonizing Mars. With a lot of time, money, and effort, Elon Musk thinks our planetary neighbor could be a second home for humans, a hedge bet in case things on Earth really go south. It's hard to say exactly what he'll share — when Musk is on stage, any topic is fair game — but we published our best guesses last week. Look no further if you want to be prepared. Musk isn't the only one with big ambitions for Mars, however... Read the full article on The Verge - By Thomas Ricker A few stories to start your day 1 SpaceX test-fires the engines that could take humans to Mars SpaceX has conducted its first firing test of its Raptor engine, the powerful propulsion system that the company aims to use to take humans to Mars. SpaceX boss Elon Musk tweeted pictures of the... 2 Europa changed how we saw the solar system On Monday, NASA is set to hold a press conference about some "surprising activity" on Jupiter's icy moon of Europa. There's no indication as to what that activity might be, other than it involves... 3 To reduce shipping damages, a Dutch bike company printed a television on their boxes Dutch bicycle manufacturer VanMoof found that it had a problem. As it shipped its products to customers, it found that they were arriving to customers damaged. The company came up with a genius... Advertisement 4 A pair of cute robots run into unexpected peril in short film Planet Unknown Shawn Wang's recently completed short film Planet Unknown looks a bit like WALL·E. It features a pair of rovers sent to a planet to see if it can harbor life, and as they set out to complete their... 5 Here's how Snapchat's new Spectacles will work The company formerly known as Snapchat surprised the world last night by unveiling Spectacles, its first hardware product. The sunglasses, which record videos in 10-second increments, are expected... 6 It's getting harder to use the iPhone without using TouchID Ever since I upgraded to iOS 10, it's become a lot harder to unlock my phone. Before the upgrade, it was a simple swipe and passcode — a gesture I've done so many times that it's burned into my... 7 New iOS 10 security flaw makes it easier to crack iPhone backups According to Forbes, Apple's latest iOS release seems to have accidentally weakened the iPhone's security, potentially allowing unauthorized access to localized backups. Elcomsoft, a Russian firm... 8 Everything coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Now in October We're just a few days away from October, and that means it's time for Halloween. Scary movies. Spooky stories. Specters that crawl out of your television and have really long hair. Given that, it's... 9 Tokyo Thrift: The Rez Trance Vibrator is gaming's most intense peripheral If you read our coverage of Tokyo Game Show earlier this month, you'll know that Rez is my favorite game of all time, and that the new version for PlayStation VR is its most spectacular iteration... 10 The best reason to become US president is to get a new species named after you On Monday night, the two candidates running to be president of the United States will square off in the first debate. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are probably after this job for plenty of... About The Verge | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

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