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Feb 10, 2021

SpaceX to Fly First Civilian Crew to Space!!

Posted by in category: space travel

COOl.

Feb 10, 2021

Welcome to Mars! UAE’s Hope probe enters orbit around Red Planet

Posted by in category: satellites

“The spacecraft, dubbed Hope, launched July 192020, atop a Japanese H-IIA rocket, then spent seven months trekking to the Red Planet. Today (Feb. 9), Hope needed to fire its thrusters for nearly half an hour straight to slow down enough to slip into orbit around the Red Planet, from 75000 mph to 11000 mph (121000 kph to 18000 kph). Mission personnel on the ground could only watch what happened and hope for the best. “This has been a remarkable journey of humanity,” UAE Space Agency chairperson Sarah Al Amiri said during preparations for the orbital insertion maneuver. With the successful Mars orbit insertion, the UAE becomes the fifth entity to reach the Red Planet, joining NASA, the Soviet Union, the European Space Agency and India. Today’s success also puts the $200 million Hope spacecraft on the bright side of grim Mars mission statistics: About half of flights to the Red Planet fail.”


The milestone comes little more than a decade after the country launched its first satellite.

Feb 10, 2021

What Causes Human Aging and How to Reverse Aging?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

2 things I like here. 1. Aubrey says not only does he think the first person to live to 1000 may be alive today but that they are already middle aged(Like me!). 2. In 15 years we might give a 70 year old treatment that will not make them 20 again, but perhaps it will make them 40. then by the time they hit 70 again the treatments available will be even better.


Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Mountain View, California, USA, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation, a California-based 501©(3) biomedical research charity that performs and funds laboratory research dedicated to combating aging. In addition, he is Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, the world’s highest-impact peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging. He received his BA in computer science and Ph.D. in biology from the University of Cambridge. His research interests encompass the characterization of all the types of self-inflicted cellular and molecular damage that constitute mammalian aging and the design of interventions to repair and/or obviate that damage. Dr. de Grey is a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association, and sits on the editorial and scientific advisory boards of numerous journals and organizations. He is a highly sought-after speaker who gives 40–50 invited talks per year at scientific conferences, universities, companies in areas ranging from pharma to life insurance, and to the public. Topics Discussed: Brief overview of SENS
- Why try to end aging?
- How soon do you think we will end aging?
- What role does rejuvenation biotech play in the COVID-19 pandemic? How would regenerative medicine help us better cope with the pandemic?
- How are you implementing the techniques you research in your own life?
- Which breakthrough are you most proud of?Aubrey’s Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aubrey-de-grey-24260b/
Personal Website: https://www.sens.org/
Company Website: https://www.mfoundation.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aubreydegreyListen to the audio version at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/765170/7722976-dr-aubrey-de-grey-…e-agingYou can listen to the audio and read the transcript here: https://podcast.boomerliving.tv/dr-aubrey-de-grey-what-cause…-aging/You can listen to many other audio podcasts on our website and Apple Podcasts: https://podcast.boomerliving.tv/
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Feb 10, 2021

New versions of the Spot robot

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Boston Dynamics, famous for its highly mobile robots, has announced an expanded product line for the agile ‘Spot’.

Feb 10, 2021

Baja 1000 Cybertruck Opponent Is No Buggy: It’s A Fuel Cell Pickup Truck

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, energy, transportation

After Jim Glickenhaus defied Elon Musk to pit the Cybertruck against the SCG Boot at the Baja 1000, he revealed his car will be a fuel cell pickup truck.

Feb 10, 2021

NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch first Gateway elements

Posted by in category: space travel

WASHINGTON — NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX Feb. 9 for the launch of the first two elements of its lunar Gateway on a Falcon Heavy in 2024.

NASA will use a Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) modules of the Gateway, destined for the near-rectilinear halo orbit around moon. The contract with SpaceX is valued at $331.8 million for the launch and “other mission-related costs.”

Feb 10, 2021

Supply-Chain Hack Breaches 35 Companies, Including PayPal, Microsoft, Apple

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Ethical hacker Alex Birsan developed a way to inject malicious code into open-source developer tools to exploit dependencies in organizations internal applications.

Feb 10, 2021

Crows Are Even Smarter Than We Thought

Posted by in category: futurism

Alien intelligent life may be bird-like, see.


Could they help us understand intelligent life on other worlds?

Feb 10, 2021

Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste

Posted by in categories: business, finance, food, sustainability

Flip flops from plants. 😃


Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren’t enough algae farms to support the startup’s supply chain.

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Feb 10, 2021

Silent Solar Bikes Protect Wildlife

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Solar powered bikes for use in fighting poaching. 😃


What’s even more badass than defending endangered animals from illegal poaching? How about rolling up on a stealthy solar-powered bush bike made specifically to sneak up on poachers and bust their asses? These electric motorcycles are light, nimble, rechargeable and best of all zero-emissions. Get wrecked, poachers!