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Jan 27, 2022

‘The next generation of development’: Single-family communities, H-E-B taking shape in Willis

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The number of homes starting construction each quarter within Willis ISD’s boundaries has surged by 600% over the last four years as of the third quarter of 2021, according to Zonda, a housing market research firm.

In addition, a spring 2021 study for WISD by demographics firm Population and Survey Analysts projects about 5,560 new homes by 2025.

“For people from the Houston area, they want to get out of the city. It’s too close; there’s too much going on. Part of [Willis’ attraction] is due to … flooding,” said Gary Sumner Sr., managing partner of Patten Properties, developer of Republic Grand Ranch off FM 1097. “Pretty much any direction from Houston except north has [flooding] problems.”

Jan 27, 2022

Zen Gardens on Mars: A Conversation with Charles Lindsay

Posted by in category: space

From creating a Zen garden on Mars to conducting sound experiments in the massive wind tunnel at NASA Ames, artist-adventurer Charles Lindsay’s work questions our understanding of time and consciousness. Lindsay is the founder of the SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence program and is now a visiting professor at Kyoto University of Arts. His sculptures, sound installations, and immersive environments, built from salvaged aerospace and bio-tech equipment, invite us to ponder ideas about technology, eco-systems, and semiotics.

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Jan 27, 2022

Adenosine Triphosphate ATP

Posted by in category: futurism

This video explains adenosine triphosphate ATP

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Jan 27, 2022

DHL invests $15 million to further automate warehousing in North America

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

DHL is the first commercial customer for Boston Dynamics’ Stretch warehouse robot.

Jan 27, 2022

Solar the fastest growing European clean power source

Posted by in category: energy

The latest numbers released by EU data body Eurostat indicate renewables, including hydropower, contributed 37% of Europe’s gross electricity consumption in 2020, up from 34% a year earlier.

Jan 27, 2022

This disappearing space object is emitting giant, highly-polarized radio bursts every 20 minutes

Posted by in category: space

“Somehow it’s converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we’ve seen before,” team leader Dr. Hurley-Walker said.

Jan 26, 2022

Solar panel technology breakthrough to increase efficiency

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

How can solar panels be more efficient? Breakthrough research out of Cambridge could see solar panel technology reach 35% efficiency by 2025.

Jan 26, 2022

SpaceX’s Starship Will Be Capable Of Capturing Satellites To Be Repaired In Orbit Or Returned To Earth

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, robotics/AI, satellites, sustainability

SpaceX’s Starship will be a multipurpose launch vehicle, capable of returning astronauts to the Moon to build a permanent base and enabling humanity to build a sustainable colony on Mars. It is expected to become the world’s most powerful rocket-ship. “Starship was designed from the onset to be able to carry more than 100 tons of cargo to Mars and the Moon. The cargo version can also be used for rapid point-to-point Earth transport. Various payload bay configurations are available and allow for fully autonomous deployment of cargo to Earth, Lunar, or Martian surfaces,” the company said.

SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle has many potential uses and capabilities that will enable access to space like never before. The cargo version of Starship will be able to launch entire satellite constellations in a single launch inside its payload bay. For perspective, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 can carry up to 60 Starlink in a tight configuration inside its 5.2-meter diameter fairing, Starship will be able to carry 400 Starlink to deploy in a single launch inside its fairing. Starship will be capable of deploying giant spacecraft to space inside its clamshell-like fairing, which has an outer diameter of 9-meters –“the largest usable payload volume of any current or in development launcher,” the company says. SpaceX also plans to design an extended Starship volume capability for payloads requiring up to 22-meters of height.

Starship will also be able to capture already in orbit to be repaired or brought back to be disposed of on Earth, according to SpaceX’s Starship User Guide. “Fully-reusable Starship and Super Heavy systems are expected to allow for space-based activities that have not been possible since the retirement of the Space Shuttle and Space Transportation System, or have never been possible before. With a fully reusable Starship, can be captured and repaired in Orbit, returned to Earth, or transferred to a new operational orbit,” SpaceX’s vehicle guide says. This will be possible with Starship’s large clamshell-like cargo door mechanism that opens and closes, as shown in the image below. The clamshell door can be modified to “chomp up” old and space junk orbiting Earth. “We can fly Starship around space and chomp up debris with the moving fairing door,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk said in July 2021.

Jan 26, 2022

‘X particle’ from the dawn of time detected inside the Large Hadron Collider

Posted by in category: particle physics

The particle was found by smashing billions of lead atoms into each other at extreme speeds.

Jan 26, 2022

New private messaging app claims to be decentralized and quantum-resistant

Posted by in category: quantum physics

David Chaum, the developer of Ecash, has launched XX Messenger, which claims to be a private messaging service that is quantum-resistant, keeping user data perfectly secure.