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Oct 12, 2022

Novel superconducting magnet thrusters to be tested out on space station

Posted by in category: space

A New Zealand research institute and U.S. commercial firm Nanoracks are combining to send a superconducting magnet technology demonstrator to the International Space Station to test a novel type of space propulsion.

The Paihau—Robinson Research Institute intends to test a type of electric space thruster known as applied-field magneto plasma dynamic (AF-MPD) thrusters which uses high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology developed by the institute.

Oct 12, 2022

Greece runs entirely on renewables for the first time in its history

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Greece was entirely powered by renewables for the first time in its history last week, according to the country’s independent power transmission operator (IPTO).

On Friday (7 October), for a period of around five hours, the country was running off entirely renewable power, reaching a record high of 3,106MWh at eight o’clock (GMT).

“For the first time in the history of the Greek electricity system, the demand was covered 100% from renewable energy sources,” its IPTO wrote.

Oct 12, 2022

Tesla’s new energy app gives you range advice and more

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

Tesla has updated its in-car energy app to give a comparison between real energy use and the projected range, and it even gives you range advice to get closer to the optimal range.

Range calculations are difficult regardless of the type of powertrain – electric or internal combustion engine.

There are just so many factors that can affect the efficiency of a vehicle on a road that it is hard to determine how far it can go on a full battery pack or tank of gas.

Oct 12, 2022

Why the Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System

Posted by in category: internet

We could be using the InterPlanetary File System, a peer-to-peer file-sharing system that promises to make the Net more efficient.

Oct 12, 2022

A turbine prototype just broke a 24-hour wind power world record

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

Siemens Gamesa’s 14–222 DD offshore wind turbine prototype has, according to the Spanish-German wind giant today, set a world record for the most power output by a single wind turbine in a 24-hour period: 359 megawatt-hours.

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This would be enough energy, according to the company, for a mid-sized electric vehicle – think a Tesla Model 3 – to drive around 1.12 million miles (1.8 million km).

Oct 12, 2022

$1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified

Posted by in categories: blockchains, cryptocurrencies

Metaverse project Decentraland, a sandbox environment that allows users to buy and sell virtual real estate, isn’t exactly teeming with people. Despite billions of dollars in valuations, companies betting on a metaverse future simply haven’t made much headway.

In fact, according to data aggregator DappRadar, the Ethereum-based world Decentraland only had 38 “active users” over a period of 24 hours — a confoundingly low number, especially considering the company has a market cap of a whopping $1.2 billion.

Decentraland pushed back, though, saying that “active users” are defined as unique blockchain wallet addresses that interact with its system. As CoinDesk explains, that means users who simply log in to chat or interact with others aren’t being counted.

Oct 12, 2022

RUSSIAN ASSET: Elon Musk reportedly spoke with Vladimir Putin before tweeting Ukraine appeasement plan

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

Elon Musk joins Vladimir Putin’s growing list of American puppets by parroting the Russian leader’s demands for appeasement.

Oct 12, 2022

China’s advances with RNA gene editing

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pr5aRhEIE9A

‎Researchers from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claimed in a recently published study to have developed a gene editing method that is supposed to be “more efficient and safer” than the technique used so far.

But there is a lot behind gene editing, so let’s look at what it is all about and its risks and applications.
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Oct 12, 2022

Giga Montreal? Canadian Government Opens Talks With Tesla Over New Factory

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, government, sustainability, transportation

Tesla is considering several sites in Canada for its next Gigafactory according to reports. This comes as Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s industry and innovation minister, recently confirmed talks with Tesla over a new factory. He stated the following (via Reuters):

“Yes, I’m talking to them,” Champagne said, in response to a question about reports of Tesla looking to build a factory in Canada. “I’m talking also to all the automakers around the world.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted at a Canadian Gigafactory on numerous occasions, most recently at the automaker’s annual shareholders’ meeting last month. And now reports from Canada suggest representatives from Tesla have already visited numerous locations in Ontario and Quebec. Moreover, Tesla is currently looking for a high-volume recruiter in the Quebec area, indicating the automaker could be on the verge of hiring several thousand Canadian workers.

Oct 12, 2022

DeepMind AI finds new way to multiply numbers and speed up computers

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

An artificial intelligence created by the firm DeepMind has discovered a new way to multiply numbers, the first such advance in over 50 years. The find could boost some computation speeds by up to 20 per cent, as a range of software relies on carrying out the task at great scale.

Matrix multiplication – where two grids of numbers are multiplied together – is a fundamental computing task used in virtually all software to some extent, but particularly so in graphics, AI and scientific simulations. Even a small improvement in the efficiency of these algorithms could bring large performance gains, or significant energy savings.

The biggest number in the world Agnijo Banerjee at New Scientist Live this October.