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A new electric solar car project with a living extension and expandable solar panels is giving us a glimpse into what the future might hold for RV/van life.

Solar Team Eindhoven, a group of engineering students from theTechnical University of Eindhoven(Netherlands), is probably the most famous team that has competed in theWorld Solar Challenge, a competition to create super-efficient solar cars.

The people behind Lightyear came up from that team, and now they are trying to use the knowledge acquired through the creation of the original Stella and Stella Lux solar carsto bring to market a road-legal solar car.

Now the latest Solar Team Eindhoven has unveiled a new project called Stella Vita:

Stella Vita is a Self-sustaining House On Wheels. This means that the mobile house is self-sufficient in terms of energy. Through solar panels on the roof, it is independent of charging stations. The vehicle generates enough solar energy to drive, shower, watch TV, charge your laptop, and make coffee.

Like the previous Stella vehicles, theres a focus on efficiency and solar integration, but the new version is also a deployable mobile home.

When stationary, the roof can be raised to create an extension and deployable solar panels come out the sides.

The bigger surface enables for more solar power to charge the vehicle and power some appliances:

The solar house on wheels has a roof that slides up when stationary. This makes it easy to stand inside to cook, sleep or work. In addition, extra solar panels fold out when the roof is raised, doubling the solar surface to as much as 17.5 square metres. For daily use, a comfortable interior has been designed that is as light and efficient as possible. By using energy efficiently, Stella Vita can travel up to 730 km on a sunny day.

The team plans to take the prototype Stella Vita on a monthlong road trip from Eindhoven to the southernmost tip of Spain while only using energy from the sun.

Now obviously, like the previous student solar cars, the vehicle is not equipped with all the necessary safety features to be road legal.

But its still an interesting testbed for some technology that I could see become common in electric vehicles used for traveling and living, like electric RVs and vans the main one being the expandable solar system.

We know that solar on moving vehicles is not ideal, but a deployable system for when stationary is something that could be very valuable.

This solution looks pretty cool. What do you think? Let us know in the comment section below.

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The Canadian oil and gas industry recovery gained steam in Newfoundland Wednesday with a commitment to restart a mothballed Grand Banks production platform and the revival of an expansion for a second North Atlantic site.

Cenovus Energy Inc., Murphy Oil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. are planning an ownership overhaul to begin a 10-year asset life extension project for the dormant Terra Nova field. The field is around 250 kilometers (155 miles) offshore St. Johns.

The agreement also makes an ownership change in the neighboring White Rose field. The shuffle spreads partner risk to improve the outlook for rescuing a C$3.2 billion ($2.6 billion) addition called West White Rose that the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted.

The Terra Nova rebirth provides a superior value proposition for our shareholders compared with the alternative of abandoning and decommissioning, said Cenovus President Alex Pourbaix. While we are still evaluating whether to proceed with West White Rose, the capital risk in our portfolio will be reduced if we decide to move forward.

Suncor President Mark Little acknowledged deep collaboration and support from the provincial and federal governments, which has been crucial to helping us reach this important milestone.

The help, justified by the governments as job support for a province notoriously lacking in well paid employment, includes a grant of up to C$205 million ($164 million), plus a forecast C$300 million ($240 million) in future royalty reductions.

At Terra Nova, Suncor ownership increased by 10% to 48%. The share held by Cenovus, acquired with its takeover of Husky Energy Inc., jumped to 34% from 13%. Murphy raised its stake to 18% from 10%.

At White Rose, Cenovus cut its ownership of the original field to 60% from 72.5% and to 56.38% from 68.87% iin the planned new wells. Suncor picked up the shares dropped by Cenovus.

Asset prices paid for ownership rights that changed hands in the Canadian offshore oil overhaul were not disclosed. The deal eliminated the original minority partners in 19-year-old Terra Nova, which were Chevron Corp., Equinor ASA, ExxonMobil and Mosbacher Operating Ltd.

The restructured Terra Nova consortium predicted production would resume in 2023 at an initial rate of 29,000 b/dy, after maintenance in Newfoundland and a refit in Spain for the fields floating production, storage and offloading vessel.

Operational problems shut down 19-year-old Terra Nova in December 2019. The oil price slump inflicted soon afterwards by the coronavirus stalled repairs. At its height a decade ago, the field flowed 100,000-110,000 b/d.

Depleting wells tapped by the 16-year-old White Rose platform were down to about 14,500 b/d this summer, 88% below the fields youthful peak of 120,000 b/d.

The only other Canadian offshore oilfields, which are Hibernia and Hebron that are also on the Grand Banks, produced a combined total of about 270,400 b/d this summer, according to the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board.

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IMMORTALITY could be soon a scientific possibility - but it could only be avaliable for the world's super-rich.

Billionaires, tyrants and celebs are ploughing their immense wealth into incredible anti-aging technology and bizarre treatments that could one day allow humans to live forever.

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Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, Steven Seagal, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other tech execs and entrepreneurs are linked to projects that aim to delay the causes of aging and even reverse the human biological clock.

Some experts have speculated that humans could achieve immortality by 2050.

Life-extending treatments can range from replacing blood or taking regenerative medicines.

But more other more outlandish ideas include being able to replace entire body parts with artificial mechanisms or potentially even downloading your mind into an immortal robot body.

Incredible advances in medicine and science have meant that our life expectancy has doubled in the last 200 years - with the UK's going from around 40 in the 1800s to now being about 80.

So with humans constantly living longer and living better later in life, who knows how old we could one day become?

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Probably the strangest, but potentially groundbreaking method has involved rich people injecting blood from teenagers to stop the aging process.

More than 100 people have taken part in a clinical trial at a San Francisco startup offering blood transfusions for older patients.

The procedure costs 6,200 and sees the patient whose average age is about 60 injected with two and a half litres of plasma taken from (presumably clean-living) young people.

This is the liquid element of blood that remains after other cells have been removed.

Jesse Karmazin, a Stanford-trained scientist who founded the US clinic, told The Sunday Times initial results had been encouraging.

Mr Karmazin said: "It could help improve things such as appearance or diabetes or heart function or memory. These are all the aspects of ageing that have a common cause.

"Im not really in the camp of saying this will provide immortality but I think it comes pretty close, essentially."

"No one wants to live forever at 95 years old, but if you could rejuvenate the body to 29 or 30, you might want to do that," Dr Pearson said.

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Meanwhile, North Korea is reported to have had an interest in trying to ensure their glorious leaders - Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung - live forever.

Kim Il-sung is claimed have set up a "Longevity Center" that he ordered to help him live to 100.

Treatments included blood transfusions from young people who were fed with nutritious food before hand to ensure the "Eternal President" stayed eternal, reported CNN.

Esteemed futurologist Dr Ian Pearson told The Sun he believed humans are very close to achieving everlasting life as long as you can make it to the year 2050.

He reveals that one way to extend life would be to use biotechnologies and medicine to keep renewing the body, and rejuvenating it.

No one wants to live forever at 95 years old, but if you could rejuvenate the body to 29 or 30, you might want to do that, Dr Pearson said.

One way, he said, was genetic engineering that prevents (or reverses) the aging of cells.

Another method, you could replace vital body organs with new parts.

Many scientists around the world are working on creating human organs in labs or by using 3D printers loaded with living cells, which could one day make human organ donors redundant.

But Dr Pearson thinks it's much more likely that we'll extend our lives in a different way: robots.

He said: "A long time before we get to fix our bodies and rejuvenate it every time we feel like, we'll be able to link our minds to the machine world so well, we'll effectively be living in the cloud.

If your biological self dies, you can upload into a new unit... Literally

Billionaire Elon Musks company Neuralink is already working towards a brain-machine interface that would fundamentally integrate us with our technology.

The Tesla boss believes such technology could eventually allow humans to develop a copy of themselves which will live even after their body dies.

He told CNBC: "If your biological self dies, you can upload into a new unit. Literally."

Meanwhile, fellow tech billionaire Jeff Bezos is backing research into ways to stop aging is being backed by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, according to a new report.

TAltos Labs is a Silicon Valley firm that's been offering scientists big salaries to do some anti-aging research and biological reprogramming.

According to a report by MIT Technology Review, Bezos is one of the company's big investors.

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Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner is also said to be financially backing the anti-aging company.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka will be joining the firm's advisory board.

Yamanaka won a Nobel Prize for research into reversing the age of cells.

The groundbreaking scientist told MIT Technology Review: "Although there are many hurdles to overcome, there is huge potential."

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has been linked to a Russian factory that is working on anti-aging pills.

The 68-year-old leader, who is famed for his poker face resulting from his excessive use of Botox, has revisited the Biocad plant in St Petersburg.

Here he reviewed the development of youth pills that would increase life to 130 years in just 20 or 30 years.

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Last year the Russian strongman won a vote that could pave the way for him to rule until the end of life.

This came after Putins pal, actor Steven Seagal, pleaded with him to back support of the "Russia 2045" which aims to make Russia the centre of immortality and artificial body research.

In an open letter to the leader, Seagal said: "I am appealing to you, hoping that we may have the opportunity for a mutually beneficial enterprise making the world a better place

"It seems as though now you are placing more emphasis on life expectancy and life extension issues.

"I can see that you are actively working hard on coming up with solutions that lead Russia into the future confidently."

The movement is the project of multi-millionaire media mogul Dmitry Itskov focusing on combining brain emulation and robotics to create forms of cyborgs.

This is a robotic copy of a human body with a brain-computer interface that will carry your head once your first body dies.

Another alternative that is being proposed is a "completely non-biological" body and brain onto which your consciousness can be uploaded.

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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., September 14, 2021 /CSRwire/ LG Electronics USAs Lifes Good: Experience Happiness program, in collaboration with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education, is launching Happiness in Action, a no-cost Virtual Field Trip (VFT) dedicated to teaching students how to put the Six Sustainable Happiness Skillsmindfulness, human connection, gratitude, positive outlook, purpose, and generosityinto action.

The VFT is the latest endeavor of Discover Your Happy, an extension of LGs award-winning Experience Happiness program in partnership with Discovery Education, the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Discover Your Happy strives to provide all students, educators, and families with hands-on resources and lifelong social-emotional skills for improved emotional wellness and to achieve sustainable happiness.

As many students face uncertainty and stress about what the back-to-school learning environment will look like this year, its a pivotal time for discourse around mental health and wellbeing, according to Laura Barbieri, corporate social responsibility manager at LG Electronics USA.

Premiering on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET, go behind-the-scenes with the Discover Your Happy: Happiness in Action Virtual Field Trip into the lives of real-life teens sharing how they prioritize their mental wellbeing. Using the Six Sustainable Happiness Skills, these teens show how each person can bring these skills to life daily while spreading happiness in local communities. Special guests will include industry leaders and experts in the science of happiness, social-emotional learning, and K-12 education. The virtual experience also features accompanying educator resources and student activities, making it easy for teachers to incorporate rich media into the learning experiences they design and deliver every day.

With the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on students mental health, discussions around how to build happiness are more important than ever, and were pleased to partner with Discovery Education again this fall to offer an interactive way for students to celebrate back-to-school while prioritizing their mental wellbeing, said Barbieri, who leads the Experience Happiness program.

As students and educators kick off another school year, this new virtual experience with LG introduces them to science-backed skills that will help them build lifelong happiness, said Beth Meyer, vice president of social impact at Discovery Education.

The Happiness in Action Virtual Field Trip is open to the public, and you can register to watch and access additional resources here. In addition, LG encourages viewers to celebrate the back-to-school season by watching the VFT live or throughout the month of September and posting photos of your classroom or at-home watch party using the hashtag #LGVFTWatchParty to share how you build happiness skills.

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About Lifes Good: Experience Happiness

Aiming to enrich the lives of 5.5 million youth in the United States by 2022, LG Electronics USA launched a unique initiative called Lifes Good: Experience Happiness. Happiness skills can be learned, according to the Greater Good Science Center at University of California Berkeley, which has identified six skills that sustain ones ability to recognize that lifes good: mindfulness, human connection, positive outlook, purpose, generosity and gratitude. LGs award-winning science-based platform is designed to engage leading non-profit and academic partners including Inner Explorer; Be Strong; the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, and Discovery Education that help equip American youth with the skills for sustainable happiness. LGExperienceHappiness.com

About Discovery Education

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Through its award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools, Discovery Education helps educators deliver equitable learning experiences engaging all students and supporting higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 140 countries and territories. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education partners with districts, states, and trusted organizations to empower teachers with leading edtech solutions that support the success of all learners. Explore the future of education atwww.discoveryeducation.com.

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LG Electronics USA, based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $55 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative energy efficient home appliances, home entertainment products, mobile phones, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, solar energy solutions, LED lighting and vehicle components. LGs focus on environmental sustainability and its Lifes Good marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to peoples happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow.LG is a 2018 ENERGY STARPartner of the Year-Sustained Excellence.www.LG.com.

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