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PI FLY: Engineering Endurance for Science, Rescue, and Connectivity
New York, NYGovernments do not advertise what they are building in the stratosphere. They do not need to. The procurement documents, the defence contractor announcements, the research institute publications: the picture assembles itself clearly enough. Every serious military power is pursuing the same capability, platforms that fly high, stay up for extended periods, and operate without pilots. […]
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Governments do not advertise what they are building in the stratosphere. They do not need to. The procurement documents, the defence contractor announcements, the research institute publications: the picture assembles itself clearly enough. Every serious military power is pursuing the same capability, platforms that fly high, stay up for extended periods, and operate without pilots. The strategic value is obvious. Persistent surveillance without crew risk. Strike capability without political exposure. Presence without permission.
The technology to do this is no longer theoretical. The materials exist. The flight physics are understood. What remains is the engineering execution, and multiple governments are funding that execution aggressively.
Into this moment, one team introduced a platform with comparable stratospheric endurance ambition, autonomous capability, high-altitude operating logic, and a different answer to the question of what such a system should be used for.
Not a Drone
Before anything else: Neutrino® Energy Group’s Pi Fly is not a drone. This is not semantic precision for its own sake. The drone category carries specific connotations, military heritage, limited endurance, battery dependency, surveillance or strike orientation, that misrepresent what this platform is designed to become. The more accurate description is persistent autonomous atmospheric platform. A category that, until recently, did not exist.
Its operating logic is built across three distinct phases, and each one matters to understanding why it behaves the way it does.
How It Actually Flies
Phase one: vertical takeoff. Electric lift rotors raise the platform clear of the ground. Battery buffers handle the peak energy demand. This is standard electric aviation, engineered for reliability rather than novelty. The significant feature here is not the technology. It is what the VTOL capability enables: deployment from any reasonably flat surface, a field, a ship deck, a disaster site, a mountain clearing. No runway. No airport. No extensive ground infrastructure.
Phase two: transition and climb. As forward airspeed builds, the platform’s large high-aspect-ratio wings generate increasing lift. The lift rotors progressively unload, then stop. From this point, Pi Fly climbs and cruises as a fixed-wing aircraft, not a multicopter. The distinction is fundamental: cruise mode is a sailplane with active energy systems, not a scaled-up quadcopter.
Phase three is where the platform’s character becomes singular.
At 18 to 25 kilometres, the stratosphere is a different physical world. Air density is roughly 7 percent of sea-level values. Aerodynamic drag collapses accordingly. Weather systems, turbulence, the convective violence of the troposphere: all of it is below. What remains is an ultra-stable, ultra-low-drag operating environment requiring minimal continuous energy input to maintain position.
The airframe at this altitude is not just structure. Every panel, every wing surface, every square metre of fuselage is simultaneously a load-bearing component and an active energy-coupling surface. Graphene-silicon heterostructures integrated throughout the airframe are designed to convert persistent ambient excitations into electrical output: thermal gradients between sun-exposed and shaded surfaces, electromagnetic background fields, cosmic particle flux that intensifies at altitude as atmospheric shielding decreases, and mechanical microvibrations from airflow interaction. Multiple input channels, all continuous, all contributing simultaneously under the system’s modeled operating assumptions.
At approximately 1 watt per 8 grams of active structural mass, the projected architecture of 200 to 300 kilograms of integrated material is being engineered toward a continuous output range of 25 to 37.5 kilowatts under modeled operating conditions. That target architecture is intended to support cruise propulsion, avionics, AI navigation, sensor arrays, communications systems, and the ongoing recharge of the battery buffer that handles the VTOL phase.
The altitude conditions that constrain conventional aircraft become operational advantages. More cosmic flux. Better thermal gradient profiles. Lower electronic noise in the cold. Larger airframe means more coupled surface area, which means more distributed energy interaction. The scaling logic inverts: bigger is not merely heavier, it can also become energetically more productive when the structure itself participates in conversion.
Conventional aircraft carry energy. Pi Fly is designed to continuously interact with its energetic environment.
Weeks to months of stratospheric endurance without landing emerge as modeled endurance potential under the projected architecture and stated operating assumptions. Not as a finished commercial guarantee, but as the engineering direction implied by the platform’s energy logic.
Built to Refuse
The platform could be weaponised in principle. That possibility exists for any persistent autonomous high-altitude system with payload capacity, and anyone reading defence procurement literature knows the appetite for exactly this class of capability is substantial.
The decision not to follow that path is not merely a policy position. It is an engineering doctrine.
Pi Fly is not only politically restricted from military use. It was engineered specifically to resist militarisation through layered architectural safeguards.
Geoblocking, conflict-zone exclusion protocols, dynamic no-operation zones, AI-assisted mission authorisation, remote deactivation, and operational permission layers are not afterthoughts. They are structural elements of the system architecture, developed with the same seriousness as the aerodynamics and energy systems. The platform’s resistance to militarisation is therefore not dependent on a single rule, a single operator, or a single software switch. It is distributed across the architecture.
The true breakthrough is the conscious decision to develop a platform capable of extraordinary performance while deliberately refusing to define that performance through weapon capability.
Three Situations That Change
Somewhere in a mountain range, an earthquake has made roads impassable and severed every communications link. Helicopter fuel is running out. Ground rescue teams are operating blind. Pi Fly is deployed, climbs to operating altitude, and takes position over the affected region. It remains there for an extended mission cycle without requiring conventional refuelling. Rescue teams below receive continuous communications relay. Thermal sensors locate survivors in collapsed structures. AI analysis identifies supply-drop coordinates in terrain no vehicle can access. The platform does not need to leave simply because a battery has reached the end of a short flight window.
Elsewhere, across territories where building terrestrial communications infrastructure was never economically viable, connectivity remains absent for millions of people. A single Pi Fly at stratospheric altitude could cover a ground footprint comparable to a low-orbit satellite. Unlike a satellite, it can reposition within hours, descend for payload exchange, and adapt its coverage dynamically as population needs shift. The economics are potentially achievable at scales where orbital systems are not. It is not a satellite. It is an intelligent atmospheric node that responds to human geography rather than orbital mechanics.
And in the lower stratosphere itself, where climate science needs data that current instruments cannot provide, Pi Fly is designed to hold position for extended measurement periods. Weather balloons give snapshots. Satellites pass over on fixed tracks. Neither provides the continuous, stationary measurement across atmospheric chemistry, ozone concentration, aerosol distribution, and temperature profiles that sustained stratospheric presence could make possible. The scientific questions that require this kind of data have been waiting for a platform capable of approaching them differently.
What the Quiet Means
The design is white and silver, organic in profile, built to suggest a large sailplane rather than a weapons system. There is nothing aggressive in its geometry. The visual language is deliberate.
What military programmes are spending billions to develop, Pi Fly addresses from another direction: persistent high-altitude autonomous endurance with sensor, communications, and environmental payload capability. The engineering distance between such a platform and military application is precisely why the decision to preserve a civil, humanitarian, and scientific operating identity must be built into the architecture rather than left only to public statements.
That decision will not make headlines the way a weapons capability would. It will be visible only in what the platform consistently refuses to become, regardless of who asks, regardless of what they offer, regardless of how the geopolitical context shifts around it.
In a race where many competitors are building toward lethality, restraint may be the harder engineering achievement.
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Neuro Launches Energy & Focus Sour Mints in Three Bold Flavors
Las Vegas, NVThe permanent U.S. lineup brings Neuro’s signature Energy & Focus formula to Sour Apple, Sour Citrus and Sour Berry, with 40mg of natural caffeine, 60mg of L-theanine and zero sugar per mint.
The permanent U.S. lineup brings Neuro’s signature Energy & Focus formula to Sour Apple, Sour Citrus and Sour Berry, with 40mg of natural caffeine, 60mg of L-theanine and zero sugar per mint.
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Neuro, the functional wellness brand known for its portable gum and mint formats, today announced the U.S. launch of Neuro Energy & Focus Sour Mints, a permanent extension of its Energy & Focus line that pairs the brand’s established functional formula with a bold new sour flavor experience.
Designed for adults looking for a portable alternative to traditional energy formats, the new Sour Mints are available in three flavors: Sour Apple, Sour Citrus and Sour Berry. Each mint contains 40mg of natural caffeine, 60mg of L-theanine, 0.7mg of vitamin B6 and 2mcg of vitamin B12. The mints are also zero sugar, aspartame-free, gluten-free and vegan.
Neuro Energy & Focus Sour Mints take the formula consumers already know and give it a bolder, more playful flavor experience. The launch is intended to appeal to adult consumers who enjoy sour flavors while looking for a compact format that can fit into work, study, travel and other busy-day routines.
“Neuro has always been about making functional energy easier to carry and easier to use in real life,” said Kent Yoshimura, Co-Founder and CEO of Neuro. “With Sour Mints, we kept the Energy & Focus formula our customers know and gave it a bolder personality. It is sour enough to feel like a treat, but designed for adults who want more from the mints they reach for during a busy day.”
A Bold Flavor Direction for Neuro Energy & Focus
Neuro Energy & Focus Sour Mints build on the brand’s established Energy & Focus formula with a bolder, more flavor-forward experience. The sour profile offers a more expressive alternative to conventional mint flavors while maintaining the convenience of Neuro’s existing Energy & Focus lineup.
The company sees the launch as an opportunity to bring together two consumer experiences that don’t often live in the same product: bold sour flavor and portable functional energy.
Unlike conventional sour confectionery, Neuro Sour Mints are formulated as functional mints for adults. And unlike many drink-based energy products, the mint format is designed to be compact and convenient. The new products complement Neuro’s existing Energy & Focus gum and mint offerings rather than replacing them, giving consumers an additional flavor option within the broader range.
Three Permanent Sour Flavors
The initial permanent Sour Mints lineup includes:
- Sour Apple, offering a sharp fruit-forward sour profile
- Sour Citrus, bringing a bright citrus-inspired flavor
- Sour Berry, combining berry flavor with the line’s sour character
Across all three flavors, the Energy & Focus formula remains consistent at 40mg of natural caffeine and 60mg of L-theanine per mint, alongside vitamins B6 and B12. The launch is aimed at adult consumers navigating moments such as afternoon work sessions, studying, commuting, travel and other occasions where a convenient format may be preferable to preparing or carrying a beverage.
Expanding Portable Functional Wellness
Founded in 2015 by Kent Yoshimura and Ryan Chen, Neuro has built its product portfolio around functional gum and mint formats intended to fit into everyday routines. The company’s broader lineup includes products developed around different use occasions, including energy and focus, calm and clarity, memory and focus, and sleep and recharge.
With Energy & Focus Sour Mints, Neuro is extending its established Energy & Focus platform through flavor rather than introducing a separate functional concept. The company says the goal is to make the experience more expressive while maintaining the convenience and formula associated with the existing line.
Neuro Energy & Focus Sour Mints are rolling out in the United States as a permanent addition to the company’s portfolio.
Consumers can visit https://neurogum.com/products/sours-energy-focus-mints for current U.S. availability and additional product information.
Additional information about Neuro and its Energy & Focus range is available at https://neurogum.com/.
Caffeine Notice
Neuro Energy & Focus Sour Mints contain caffeine and are intended for adults. The product is not appropriate for children or teenagers. People who are pregnant or breastfeeding, individuals sensitive to caffeine, or those with questions about caffeine consumption should consult a healthcare professional before use.
About Neuro
Neuro is a Las Vegas-based functional wellness brand founded in 2015 by Kent Yoshimura and Ryan Chen. The company creates functional gum and mint products designed to fit naturally into everyday routines, with product lines supporting moments of energy and focus, calm and clarity, memory and focus, and sleep and recharge.
Learn more at https://neurogum.com/.
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ThriveCart Academy Expands With Personalized Homepages, Custom Domains, and Course Bundles
NEW YORK, NYThriveCart Academy announces new features that connect learning, community, and commerce to help creators strengthen their brand, increase engagement, and generate more revenue from existing audiences.
ThriveCart Academy announces new features that connect learning, community, and commerce to help creators strengthen their brand, increase engagement, and generate more revenue from existing audiences.
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ThriveCart, the all-in-one creator commerce, course, and community platform used by more than 75,000 businesses worldwide and with over 13 million student enrollments, today announced new enhancements to ThriveCart Academy, a leading community-first learning platform for courses, content, commerce, and student engagement.
The latest updates give creators more control over how students discover, navigate, and engage with their learning experience. They include:
- A new customizable homepage with welcome messaging, personalized course and community lists, progress information, “Jump Back In” functionality, discovery sections, custom content blocks, and mobile-friendly layouts.
- Custom domains allowing creators to deliver Academy through their own branded web address, with domains available at the account, course, or community level.
- Course and community bundles that help creators package and showcase related content, including support for migrating ThriveCart Learn+ (legacy platform) bundle structures to the new and more modern Academy platform.
Together, the updates make it easier for creators to build a polished learning experience that reflects their brand, guides students toward relevant content, and supports additional in-platform monetization opportunities.
“The opportunity for creators doesn’t stop when somebody completes a checkout,” said Ismael Wrixen, CEO of ThriveCart. “That purchase is the beginning of a customer relationship. These Academy updates bring fulfillment, learning, community, and discovery closer together, helping creators deliver a better experience while giving customers a natural way to discover what comes next.”
ThriveCart Academy is included with ThriveCart subscription plans, available with a 30-day free trial.
About ThriveCart
ThriveCart is a creator commerce and community management platform designed for course creators, coaches, membership businesses, and digital entrepreneurs. The platform combines high-conversion checkout and funnel technology, subscription management, affiliate programs, community-first course platform with membership delivery, gamification, and lifecycle tools in one unified system. ThriveCart powers more than 75,000 businesses worldwide, has processed over $8 billion in sales across more than 70 million transactions, supports more than 13 million student enrollments, and includes an affiliate network of over 900,000 affiliates. ThriveCart’s mission is to replace fragmented creator tech stacks with a unified commerce and course platform. Visit thrivecart.com for more.
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2026 New Mexico Open Goes Live on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Connected TV Sept. 14-16
ELEPHANT BUTTE, September 10, 2026Golf fans worldwide can watch the 2026 New Mexico Open at Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort live Sept. 14-16 as one of the strongest fields in the championship’s 72-year history competes for a record $137,000 purse. NOTAH BEGAY III: Four-time PGA TOUR winner and NBC Sports and Golf Channel analyst Notah Begay III will host […]
ELEPHANT BUTTE, September 10, 2026
Golf fans worldwide can watch the 2026 New Mexico Open at Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort live Sept. 14-16 as one of the strongest fields in the championship’s 72-year history competes for a record $137,000 purse.
NOTAH BEGAY III: Four-time PGA TOUR winner and NBC Sports and Golf Channel analyst Notah Begay III will host live coverage of the 2026 New Mexico Open at Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort Sept. 14-16. The Albuquerque native and 2026 PGA TOUR Payne Stewart Award recipient will also compete in the championship.
The tournament will stream free on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram and on Connected TV through Nexstar-owned KRQE in Albuquerque and KTSM in El Paso.
Four-time PGA TOUR winner and NBC Sports and Golf Channel analyst Notah Begay III will join veteran sports broadcaster Ryan Burr and Duff Foreman, the autonomous, conversational AI golf commentator, for three days of live coverage from Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort.
Begay has covered PGA TOUR events and major championships for NBC Sports and Golf Channel. The Albuquerque native won four PGA TOUR events and received the PGA TOUR’s Payne Stewart Award in August. He will also compete in this year’s New Mexico Open, giving him firsthand knowledge of the course, field and decisions players face under tournament conditions. That experience will carry directly into the broadcast as Begay analyzes how players approach Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort under tournament conditions.
Burr brings decades of national sports broadcasting experience to the coverage, with a career that includes NBC Sports, Golf Channel, ESPN and FOX Sports. His experience gives the broadcast a host who can move between tournament action, player analysis and conversation with Begay and Foreman.
Foreman is expected to provide golf strategy, player swing analysis, course-management insights and real-time commentary, drawing on information ranging from course conditions and player tendencies to historical performance and the Rules of Golf. His segments will be integrated into the live coverage as Begay and Burr follow tournament play.
“Duff Foreman’s short segments will be sprinkled into the New Mexico Open broadcast as a data-driven entertainment feature of the show,” Begay said. “There is no intention of Duff replacing the authentic talents of our hosts or analysts, but simply to provide a quantitative perspective on key parts of the game related to swing analysis, hole descriptions and player performance. These segments are meant to be informative and entertaining.”
HOW TO WATCH
Users can watch live: Visit https://www.turtlebackmountaingolfandresort.com/ for direct links to the free New Mexico Open coverage on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
Coverage will run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain time Sept. 14 and 15, with final-round coverage from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mountain time Sept. 16. Viewers can also watch on Connected TV through the digital streaming platforms of Nexstar-owned television stations KRQE in Albuquerque and KTSM in El Paso.
After the championship, coverage is planned to remain available on Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort’s website and social channels and Duff Foreman’s website and social channels, (@DuffForeman).
A FIELD WORTH WATCHING
The 54-hole championship has 140 confirmed players competing for a record $137,000 professional purse, with $30,000 going to the winner. The purse increased from $100,000 in 2025, while the first-place prize rose 50% from last year’s $20,000.
Three players in the field have combined for 10 PGA TOUR victories. Begay is joined by four-time PGA TOUR winner Sean O’Hair and two-time winner Matt Every, who won consecutive Arnold Palmer Invitationals at Bay Hill in 2014 and 2015.
Defending champion Aidan Thomas returns after winning the 2025 New Mexico Open in his first tournament as a professional. The former New Mexico State golfer has since earned conditional PGA TOUR Americas status.
The field also includes Travis Vick, low amateur at the 2022 U.S. Open and a member of the University of Texas’ 2022 NCAA championship team; Jin Jeong, winner of The Amateur Championship and low amateur at the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews; Asian Tour winner Trevor Simsby; PGA TOUR veteran Shawn Stefani; and four-time long drive champion and former world No. 1 Maurice Allen.
“This is the 72nd playing of the New Mexico Open, and when you look back at its history, there are major champions who have raised this trophy,” said Cory Armstrong, executive director of Sun Country Golf House, which administers the championship. “To have what may be the strongest field we’ve ever had competing for the largest purse in tournament history says a lot about where the New Mexico Open is today.”
The 2026 New Mexico Open at Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort, presented by New Mexico True, will be played Sept. 14-16 in Elephant Butte. Spectator admission is free.
About the New Mexico Open
The New Mexico Open is New Mexico’s premier state golf championship, bringing professional and amateur golfers together for a 54-hole stroke-play tournament. Organized by the Sun Country Section of the PGA of America, the championship has been played annually since 1954. Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort has hosted the tournament since 2025 under a multi-year agreement.
About Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort
Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort is a golf and residential resort community in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, minutes from Elephant Butte Lake. The property features an 18-hole championship golf course, residential neighborhoods, planned resort amenities and a growing calendar of golf and community events. The golf operation is professionally managed by Troon.
About Duff Foreman
Duff Foreman is an autonomous, conversational AI golf personality created by Gopher Hole Productions for live golf broadcasting, analysis and fan engagement. He interacts with human broadcasters in real time and analyzes player swings, strategy, course conditions, player tendencies and the Rules of Golf. Foreman also hosts the X-tremeGolf program on YouTube, featuring original golf content and extreme golf expeditions.
About the Sun Country Section of the PGA of America
The Sun Country Section of the PGA of America serves more than 300 PGA of America Golf Professionals across New Mexico and West Texas. The Section supports its members through professional education, player development and tournament administration while promoting the growth of golf throughout the region.
*Duff Foreman™ is a trademark of Gopher Hole Productions, LLC.
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