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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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Sep 17, 2021

New AI Writes Its Own Computer Code

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, singularity

The Singularity is now in private beta. But you still have to care about syntax errors.

Sep 17, 2021

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is securing its position in a niche market

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Improved autonomy

One of the main features of Spot is Autowalk, a system that enables the robot to record and repeat paths. An operator takes the robot through the path using the remote controller interface. The robot memorizes the path and can repeat when commanded to do so. Autowalk can be used for inspection missions in industrial facilities, mines, factories, and construction sites.

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Sep 17, 2021

We created holograms you can touch: You could soon shake a virtual colleague’s hand

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, holograms, security

The TV show “Star Trek: The Next Generation” introduced millions of people to the idea of a holodeck: an immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact with and even touch.

In the 21st century, holograms are already being used in a variety of ways such as medical systems, education, art, security and defense. Scientists are still developing ways to use lasers, modern digital processors, and motion-sensing technologies to create several different types of holograms which could change the way we interact.

My colleagues and I working in the University of Glasgow’s bendable electronics and sensing technologies research group have now developed a system of holograms of people using “aerohaptics,” creating feelings of touch with jets of air. Those jets of air deliver a sensation of touch on people’s fingers, hands and wrists.

Sep 17, 2021

Inspiration4: What Crew Dragon’s glass dome reveals about SpaceX’s plans

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX’s all-civilian mission is set to launch soon. Its Crew Dragon capsule is more unique than it seems.