Adrian Villellas

Adrián Villellas is a computer engineer and entrepreneur in digital marketing and ad tech. He has led projects in analytics, sustainable advertising, and new audience solutions. He also collaborates on scientific initiatives related to astronomy and space observation. He publishes in science, technology, and environmental media, where he brings complex topics and innovative advances to a wide audience.
Pixxel co-founder Awais Ahmed standing in front of a model of a hyperspectral satellite, representing the company's contribution to Earth observation.

He grew up in a Karnataka village with no internet and no smartphone, and went on to build a company that just won a NASA contract

July 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A view of the high-altitude Himalayan terrain near Koksar, Himachal Pradesh, where the Chenab-Beas Link Tunnel project is slated to begin construction.

India is boring a tunnel through the Rohtang peaks to move river water, and Pakistan is watching every drop

July 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A scenic view of the Western Ghats mountain range in Wayanad, Kerala, where the proposed Chooralmala-Pothukallu tunnel project aims to improve regional connectivity.

India is spending $300 million to drill a 2-kilometer tunnel through a mountain to connect two cut off districts

July 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A digital rendering showing the proposed twin-tube rail tunnel beneath the Andes Mountains, connecting Argentina and Chile.

A private consortium wants to build a 33.5-mile-long rail tunnel through the Andes to connect Argentina and Chile, but this $9.6 billion megaproject still has to navigate a mountain of red tape to obtain the necessary permits

July 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A massive vertical shaft-boring machine, nicknamed the Steel Backbone, positioned at the Ansteel Xi’anshan iron ore project in China.

China just drilled a mile straight down with a 500-ton ‘underground aircraft carrier,’ on the hunt for one thing

July 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Steel cutting ceremony at COTECMAR's Mamonal facility in Cartagena for the first Colombian-built Strategic Surface Platform (PES) frigate.

A South American nation confirmed its first home-built warship: a frigate it promises will be Latin America’s most powerful

July 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Construction machinery preparing a site for the Starpipe natural gas pipeline near the SpaceX Starbase facility in South Texas.

SpaceX is laying an eight-mile gas pipeline called Starpipe to its Texas launch site, and the reason is pure Musk

July 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
An aerial view of the Water Belt of Ceará, showcasing the vast concrete channels and hydraulic infrastructure of the 90-mile artificial river.

Scientists are stunned: engineers built a 145 km artificial river to carry water to one of the region’s driest zones

July 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A professional in a modern office using an AI interface on a laptop to automate complex information-processing tasks.

The list of jobs most at risk from artificial intelligence is surprising, as it doesn’t start with industrial robots, but rather with translators, writers, historians, call center agents, consultants, and other professionals who make their living through language

July 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Close-up of an in-ear monitor (IEM) showcasing the silicone ear tip and detachable cable design compared to standard wireless earbuds.

They look identical in your ears, but IEMs aren’t earbuds, and the one sitting deeper in your ear canal wins on sound for a reason worth knowing

July 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A selection of privacy-focused browser logos including Vivaldi, Mullvad, and Ecosia arranged on a clean, modern desktop interface.

Goodbye to Google Chrome? Five European browsers let you surf ‘sovereign’, and the reason to ditch Chrome, Edge and Safari goes beyond privacy

July 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A night sky in Porto illuminated by 3,097 synchronized drones forming a large aerial message during the Air Invictus festival.

The firm behind Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia light show just broke the world record for drones spelling out a special message in Portugal 

July 2, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A damaged road bridge in Ukraine showing signs of structural failure on its support columns following repeated drone strikes.

Russia downed a two-lane road bridge in Ukraine using 43 cheap FPV drones, and what that proves about every bridge still standing should worry NATO

July 1, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A digital map rendering showing the planned subsea route of Google's Humboldt cable, connecting the Chilean coast to Australia and Panama.

Google just won approval to lay the Humboldt submarine cable from Chile to Australia, and the strategic reason it skips Asia entirely is the real story

June 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A Zhuque-3 reusable rocket prototype undergoing static fire testing in China as part of the nation's efforts to compete with SpaceX.

The next space race is no longer limited to giant rockets. SpaceX and China are competing for control of the Internet, defense, artificial intelligence in orbit, and even Earth’s airspace

June 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A sleek Transrapid maglev train cruising on the elevated guideway in Shanghai, utilizing German-engineered technology.

A German rail star is being bought in China, and the deal shows how Europe’s train industry is losing its shield

June 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Heavy construction machinery installing massive concrete T-beams for the new Ganqimaodu to Gashuun Sukhait railway bridge in the Gobi Desert.

A 1,800-kilometer railway is rising above the Gobi, and China is turning desert engineering into a mineral supply chain weapon

June 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A small, lightweight drone flying through a greenhouse, utilizing the Bee-Nav system to navigate autonomously without GPS.

A drone inspired by bees flies 600 meters without GPS or external cameras and returns on its own, mimicking the insects’ “olfactory map” for indoor rescue missions

June 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Hermeus Quarterhorse test vehicle during a flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base.

A hypersonic prototype promises a flight from New York to London in 57 minutes at Mach 5.5, reigniting the dream of supersonic travel four times faster than the Concorde

June 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
U.S. Marine Corps personnel inspect the advanced cockpit and avionics bay of an F-35B Lightning II during its Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) conversion at FRC East.

The F-35 is getting a new brain, and the first Marine jets to receive it send a warning about the next war in the skies

June 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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