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Sep 13, 2023

SpaceX’s second Starship test flight could be just days away

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk wrote “congrats to SpaceX” on completing the corrective actions required by the FAA to fly Starship again.

SpaceX is all set to launch its fully-stacked Starship rocket once again. The private space firm launched Starship for the first time on April 20 for a test flight that ended with the massive launch system spinning out of control and exploding after the ground team triggered a manual termination.

Since then, the US Federal Aviation Authority has conducted a mishap investigation into the first test flight that outlined 63 changes SpaceX must make to Starship and its launch infrastructure before it can fly again.

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Sep 13, 2023

Giant hydrogen band provides evidence of rare polar ring galaxy

Posted by in category: cosmology

Jayanne English (U. Manitoba), Nathan Deg (Queen’s University) & WALLABY Survey, CSIRO/ASKAP, NAOJ/Subaru Telescope.

Polar ring galaxies are an intriguing class with a distinct and perplexing structure. These galaxies are distinguished by a ring of stars, gas, and dust significantly tilted to the galaxy’s main disk.

Sep 13, 2023

Cola from the future? Coca-Cola reveals AI-generated drink

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Coca Cola.

Coca-Cola’s Y3000 Zero Sugar, a limited edition drink that hit the shelves earlier this month, is what future tastes like, said the company in a statement. After all, it’s been created with the combined prowess of “human intelligence and AI together for an uplifting expression of what Coca‑Cola believes tomorrow will bring.”

Sep 13, 2023

Swiss students have broken the 1-second EV acceleration mark

Posted by in category: transportation

A team of students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University have hand-built an electrical vehicle that is now officially a world record holder.

On September 1, 2023, a group of speed freak students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland demolished the electrical vehicle acceleration world record in style. Spending every spare minute building and refining their racing car, called “Mythen,” they managed to get from zero to 62.15 mph (100 kph) in 0.965 seconds over a distance of 40.3 feet (12.3 meters).

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Sep 13, 2023

Ghost-X drone’s AI capability enhances mission flexibility

Posted by in categories: drones, food, robotics/AI

The new UAV features increased payload capacity, flight time, and a long-range resilient communications kit.

Drones have become an irreplaceable piece of technology to carry out various essential activities in fields like construction, defense, aerial photography, marketing, delivery, agriculture, and rescue, among others.

Firms are making massive strides in improving their versions of drones to cater to more operational requirements. To that extent, US-based Andruil Industries’ popular Ghost drone will get an update that features increased payload and longer flying time. Ghost is classified as a group 2 UAV, as they weigh less than 55 lbs (24 kg) and operate below 3,500 feet.

Sep 13, 2023

Japanese toymaker to deploy a rolling robot on the Moon

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

The LEV-2 robot will separate from Japan’s SLIM lunar lander and capture images of the spacecraft and the landing zone.

If all goes according to plan, Japan’s SLIM lunar lander, launched aboard an H-2A rocket on September 6, will be the first Japanese spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the lunar surface.

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Sep 13, 2023

Atezolizumab approved for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A clinical trial led by NCI has resulted in FDA approval of the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to treat advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma.

Sep 13, 2023

Microsoft simplifies the process of creating chatbots for developers via Teams AI Library

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Microsoft has added a new feature to its Microsoft Teams via Microsoft 365 Roadmap. The feature, the “Teams AI library” (Feature ID: 130662), was announced on September 12, 2023.

The new Teams AI library tool is meant to help developers make chat apps for Microsoft Teams that can have more natural conversations. It does this by making it simpler to create chatbots, message features, and interactive elements called Adaptive Cards.

Additionally, the Teams AI library can also assist in moving existing chatbots and message features to work smoothly with advanced language models. This makes it easier for these chat apps to use powerful language technology.

Sep 13, 2023

For All Mankind Season 4 Teaser | ‘Helios Recruitment’

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Check out the new For All Mankind Season 4 Teaser starring Joel Kinnaman!

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Sep 13, 2023

Atomic Clocks Could Finally Reveal Dark Matter, Study Suggests

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics

Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeeping instruments we have. A new study proposes a way to use the instruments’ mind-blowing level of precision to detect the tiniest of energy fluctuations, potentially giving scientists a way to observe some types of dark matter.

Dark matter continues to prove elusive: though we haven’t observed it directly, we can see its effects on the Universe. Frustratingly, there is nothing in our current models of physics to explain what we see.

Here, researchers from the University of Sussex and the National Physical Laboratory in the UK have suggested using atomic clocks to detect certain low-mass particles theorized to potentially make up this mysterious material.