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Sep 18, 2021

Elon Musk says Starlink internet will exit beta status next month

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites

SpaceX’s satellite internet service is apparently preparing to enter its next phase.

Sep 18, 2021

New Nanomaterial Produces Clean Energy Hydrogen Fuel From Seawater

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology, sustainability

The material offers the high performance and stability needed for industrial-scale electrolysis, which could produce a clean energy fuel from seawater.

Hydrogen fuel derived from the sea could be an abundant and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential power source has been limited by technical challenges, including how to practically harvest it.

Sep 18, 2021

BrainChip Co-Founder Ankil Mankar on AI and Neural-Networking ICs

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

We talk to Anil Mankar, Co-founder and Chief Development Officer at BrainChip, about artificial intelligence and neural-networking ICs.

Sep 18, 2021

First Recorded Hurricane From Space Pushes Plasma Toward Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Posted by in categories: climatology, satellites

Researchers recently found that a few years back, they “slept” through a hurricane. On analyzing weather satellite data from 2,014 scientists discovered evidence of a hurricane from space that pushed plasma toward Earth’s upper atmosphere. Though these events are invisible to the eye, the evidence reveals that they’re not uncommon. Understanding more about them could help to protect satellite and communications systems from disturbance and preserve radar and GPS output for life below on the planet’s surface.

Satellites in orbit around the planet gather immense amounts of data on environmental and climate activity. A recent publication in Nature Communications explains how the first hurricane from space was discovered through analysis of data gathered back in August 2014.

The research team looked at recently released files containing measurements taken by four satellites in the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. From their analysis, the scientists created a 3D image that showed the hurricane from space forming features similar to what we’re familiar with in Earth’s lower atmosphere. A press release in Science Daily describes it as a gigantic spiral of plasma, with its arms swirling counterclockwise above the North Pole.

Sep 18, 2021

How to see SpaceX’s Inspiration4 spacecraft in the night sky

Posted by in category: space travel

Four private astronauts are currently circling the globe in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, and you can see the capsule from Earth — if you’re in the right place at the right time.

The Crew Dragon launched into space on Wednesday (Sept. 15), carrying the Inspiration4 mission on a three-day orbital trip. It is currently traveling around Earth in a nearly circular orbit up to 367 miles (590 kilometers) above our planet, according to SpaceX, and completes an orbit about every hour and a half.

Sep 18, 2021

Are you being automated out of work?

Posted by in categories: employment, robotics/AI

Aggregate of labor displacement from AI-spoiler-literally EVERYTHING.


OECD experts have calculated the probability a job will be automated, on the basis of how feasible it is for technology to perform the tasks that comprise that job.

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Sep 17, 2021

[Everyone’s AI] Explore AI Model #11 Is there a chatbot that goes beyond the GPT-3? BlenderBot 2.0

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

[Editorial Note] This article has been planned and published as part of a series of articles related to open-source AI models and insight sharing by Sung Chang-yeop, who is a Developer Relations Engineer at Common Computer. This is the 11th article so far and its mainly about BlenderBot 2.0, a chatbot released by Facebook AI.

Sep 17, 2021

Tesla will open controversial FSD beta software to owners with a good driving record

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Get ready.


Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will use personal driving data to determine whether owners who have paid for its controversial “Full Self-Driving” software can access the latest beta version that promises more automated driving functions.

Musk tweeted late Thursday night that the FSD Beta v10.0.1 software update, which has already been pushed out to a group of select owners, will become more widely available starting September 24.

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Sep 17, 2021

WMC’s Radical 250EV Completes First Stage of Testing

Posted by in category: transportation

We haven’t seen many bikes that combine as many disruptive tech ideas as the WMC250EV electric land speed record challenger that was revealed in June, and now that machine has shown it’s for real. The bike has flown through its first testing stage to prove it’s on target for the goal of hitting more than 250 mph during a record attempt next year.


White Motorcycle Concepts’ radical 250EV land speed racer is hitting its testing goals with flying colors, and is on track to attempt a world record in 2022.

Sep 17, 2021

Shenzhou-12 astronauts return to Earth after 3-month space station mission

Posted by in category: space

HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth Sept. 17 after completing the first crewed mission aboard the Tianhe space station module.

Commander Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo touched down inside the designated landing zone near Dongfeng in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, at around 1:34 a.m. Eastern Friday.

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