Tesla is making progress with Cybertruck production, expanding orders and discussing engineering details and battery options, while also facing production challenges and changes in market demand.
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What is Tesla doing with Cybertruck production?
—Tesla is expanding Cybertruck orders and discussing engineering details and battery options, while also facing production challenges and changes in market demand.
➤ Tesla teases a number of new features coming soon ➤ Bernstein calls TSLA short their best idea for 2024 ➤ Tesla China sales and production ➤ Model Y standard range sells out ➤ Tesla executives meet in Thailand ➤ Model Y becomes second best-selling car in US ➤ Tesla adds pre-qualifying finance option ➤ Cybertruck discussion from reviewers: https://youtu.be/8_aE58AMIw0 ➤ Calendar 0:00 TSLA 0:25 Bernstein recommends TSLA short 3:02 New features 7:25 China numbers 10:45 Model Y China 11:26 Thailand 12:26 Model Y US 13:11 Pre-qualification 13:38 Cybertruck reviewers 14:33 Calendar X:
Tesla is pushing the boundaries of AI and supercomputing with the development of Dojo 2, aiming to build the world’s biggest supercomputer by the end of next year, and setting high goals for performance and cost efficiency.
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Who is leading Tesla’s DOJO supercomputer project?
—Peter Bannon is the new leader of Tesla’s DOJO supercomputer project, replacing the previous head, Ganesh Thind.
Tesla’s Giga Texas factory is not only expanding production capacity for the Cybertruck, but also hinting at the development of a $25K compact car and showcasing innovative and advanced manufacturing processes.
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What vehicles is Giga Texas producing?
—Giga Texas is producing the Cybertruck, Model Y, and a new $25K compact car.
Tesla’s new Cybertruck launch and next generation vehicle will be game-changing, with innovations in materials, manufacturing processes, and affordability.
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What innovations does Tesla’s new Cybertruck bring?
—The Cybertruck introduces innovations in materials, manufacturing processes, and affordability, including a special ultra strong stainless steel alloy and a new manufacturing process called air bending.
SpaceX is making significant progress in the development and testing of the Starship, with the completion of roof and wall structures, installation of cryo pipe insulation, and advanced development of the booster in the Rocket Garden.
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What progress has SpaceX made with the Starship?
—SpaceX has completed roof and wall structures, installed cryo pipe insulation, and advanced development of the booster in the Rocket Garden.
XPRIZE Healthspan — A 7-year, $101 Million Global Competition To Revolutionize The Way We Approach Human Aging — Dr. Jamie Justice, Ph.D., — Executive Vice President, Health, XPRIZE Foundation.
Mini brains grown in a lab from stem cells spontaneously developed rudimentary eye structures, scientists reported in a fascinating paper in 2021.
On tiny, human-derived brain organoids grown in dishes, two bilaterally symmetrical optic cups were seen to grow, mirroring the development of eye structures in human embryos.
This incredible result will help us to better understand the process of eye differentiation and development, as well as eye diseases.
A team of chemists, microbiologists and physicists at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. has developed a way to use solid-state nanopores and multiplexed DNA barcoding to identify misfolded proteins such as those involved in neurodegenerative disorders in blood samples. In their study, reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the group used multiplexed DNA barcoding techniques to overcome problems with nanopore filtering techniques for isolating harmful oligomers.
Prior research has shown that the presence of harmful oligomers in the brain can lead to misfolding of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Medical researchers have been looking for a way to detect them in the blood as a way to diagnose neurodegenerative disease and to track the progression once it has been confirmed.
Unfortunately, finding them in complex mixtures such as blood has proven to be a daunting task. One approach has shown promise—using nanopore sensors—but to date, they cannot track target oligomers as they speed through customizable solid-state nanopore sensors. In this new effort, the research team overcame this problem by using customizable DNA nanostructures.
Some chemical tags on DNA, called epigenetic factors, that are present at a young age can affect the maximum life spans of mammal species.