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Nov 25, 2023

Airbus tests autonomous air-to-air refueling with AI-guided drones

Posted by in categories: drones, information science, robotics/AI

The tests assessed the use of AI-based navigation sensors and enhanced algorithms for autonomous formation flight.


Airbus.

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Nov 25, 2023

UK’s unique heat-capturing glass tubes are keeping US fishermen warm

Posted by in categories: food, solar power, sustainability

Heating and cooling needs account for 50 percent of energy demand and using the Sun’s heat directly is an effective to curb fossil fuel requirements.


Naked Energy, a UK-based solar energy startup, has a different way of tapping into the renewable source. Its approach can be classified as a solar thermal energy system which utilizes the heat from the Sun and uses it directly for heating applications instead of trying to store it in a battery.

The rapid rise of solar as a source of energy has been fueled by the declining pricing of photovoltaic (PV) cells. This approach is easy to scale and has helped set up massive solar energy farms in different parts of the world. However, the solution needs large investments in energy storage.

Nov 25, 2023

Chinese firm installs world’s biggest wind turbine in ‘record’ 24 hours

Posted by in categories: energy, food, sustainability

Faster installations could reduce construction costs as well as bring farms online faster, both big wins for the wind industry.


Goldwind.

Wind turbines are critical tools in our drive to generate electricity using renewable energy sources. The advent of offshore installations has ushered in the possibility of building larger turbines that can harness greater energy in a single sweep.

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Nov 25, 2023

The Future Of AI Is At The Edge: Cloudflare Leads The Way

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, security

Cloudflare, the leading content delivery network and cloud security platform, wants to make AI accessible to developers.


While developers can use JavaScript to write AI inference code and deploy it to Cloudflare’s edge network, it is possible to invoke the models through a simple REST API using any language. This makes it easy to infuse generative AI into web, desktop and mobile applications that run in diverse environments.

In September 2023, Workers AI was initially launched with inference capabilities in seven cities. However, Cloudflare’s ambitious goal was to support Workers AI inference in 100 cities by the end of the year, with near-ubiquitous coverage by the end of 2024.

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Nov 25, 2023

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk to head to the International Space Station

Posted by in category: space

“I’m proud to be a crew member on this mission, but especially to be participating as a Canadian astronaut,” Kutryk said. “I’m proud that our country continues to play a leading role in space. It’s very important for our country.”

But that isn’t all for our Canadian astronauts.

The CSA also announced that Jenni Gibbons will be Jeremy Hansen’s back-up for the Artemis II mission.

Nov 25, 2023

Canada’s newest astronauts get their first missions to space

Posted by in category: space travel

One will fly to the Space Station with the first operational launch of Boeing’s Starliner, while the other will play a important role in upcoming missions to the Moon.

Nov 25, 2023

NASA mission achieves most distant demo of laser communications across space

Posted by in categories: cosmology, innovation

An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries about the origin of the universe.

Launched in mid-October, Psyche is currently en route to catch humanity’s first glimpse of a metal asteroid between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft will spend the next six years traveling about 2.2 billion miles (3.6 billion kilometers) to reach its namesake, located in the outer part of the main asteroid belt.

Along for the ride is the Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, or DSOC, which is carrying out a mission of its own during the first two years of the journey.

Nov 25, 2023

Tesla is planning a 24-hour diner and drive-in theater. Check out the latest image

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Last year, Tesla submitted plans to the city of Los Angeles for a charging station equipped with a 24-hour diner and drive-in theater. The electric-car maker plans to build the luxury supercharger station at 7,001 West Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, according to Bloomberg.

Tesla began construction on the project in September, Forbes reported. Musk also provided more details on the project in August after the company’s plans were reportedly approved by the city.

“Our Tesla futuristic diner (Grease meets The Jetsons with Supercharging) in LA should be ready later this year,” Musk wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Nov 25, 2023

GM’s Cruise To Rebuild Outside San Francisco, Without Origin

Posted by in category: transportation

Leaks from General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi unit reveal some of their plan to rebuild after their failure in San Francisco may involve working in another state like Texas or Arizona, and to continue the pause on deploying their custom-designed robotaxi known as the Origin.


Scaling back and avoiding California and a custom vehicle are, at least for now, the right strategy for Cruise.

Nov 25, 2023

Nvidia shares close down on report it delays China AI chip designed to comply with U.S. export rules

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Nvidia is delaying a new artificial intelligence chip for China that has been designed to comply with U.S. export restrictions, according to Reuters.


Nvidia shares closed down about 1.9% after a shortened trading day in the U.S.

Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter, reported that Nvidia told Chinese customers that it is delaying the launch of an AI chip that is designed to comply with U.S. export rules until the first quarter of next year.

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