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Aug 23, 2020

Tesla’s (TSLA) $2k value could be looked at as “low priced,” investor says

Posted by in categories: climatology, economics

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has reached the $2,000 a share price point, but one investor says that its value could be looked at as “fairly low priced” in a year or two.

It’s hard to imagine that $2,000 for a share of an automaker’s stock could look like a bargain in the current economic climate. However, the CEO of AdvisorShares, Noah Hamman, thinks that TSLA’s price now could very well be looked at as a steal in a year or two.

“It’s possible a year or two from now we think that $2,000 a share was still fairly low priced, but who knows,” Hamman said to The First Trade, which is Yahoo Finance’s opening bell show.

Aug 23, 2020

Mystery gas discovered near center of Milky Way

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

An international team of researchers have discovered a dense, cold gas that’s been shot out from the center of the Milky Way “like bullets”.

Exactly how the gas has been ejected is still a mystery, but the research team, including Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths from The Australian National University (ANU), say their findings could have important implications for the future of our galaxy.

“Galaxies can be really good at shooting themselves in the foot,” Professor McClure-Griffiths said.

Aug 23, 2020

Astronomers bounced a laser off a spacecraft whirling around the moon

Posted by in category: space

Astronomers have bounced lasers of mirrors left by Apollo astronauts on the lunar surface for decades. But this is the first time bouncing one off a lunar orbiter — after a decade of trying.

Aug 23, 2020

What people in 1900 thought life would be like in the technological paradise of 2000

Posted by in category: futurism

Well, they were right about the North Pole being warmer.

Aug 23, 2020

FBI and CISA warn of major wave of phishing attacks targeting teleworkers

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Hackers are calling employees working from home and tricking them into accessing phishing pages for corporate domains.

Aug 23, 2020

Follow me on my journey to Mars with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System

Posted by in categories: internet, space

The web app provides you with the precise location of my whereabouts in real-time, using real data. I’m learning space is a big place and I’m delighted to have you see how my team and I navigate it. http://go.nasa.gov/2YmfBz5

Aug 23, 2020

How You Speak Reflects Who You Are: The Way We Talk Both Unites and Divides Us

Posted by in category: futurism

In new book, Prof. Katherine D. Kinzler argues that how you speak reflects who you are.

Have you ever considered that the way you talk may determine who you’re friends with, the job you have, and how you see the world? Even if you don’t realize it, “how you speak is, in a very real way, a window into who you are and how other people see you.”

Aug 23, 2020

Stanford Scientists Slow Light Down and Steer It With Resonant Nanoantennas

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical, computing, internet, nanotechnology, quantum physics, virtual reality

Researchers have fashioned ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even the detection of viruses.

Light is notoriously fast. Its speed is crucial for rapid information exchange, but as light zips through materials, its chances of interacting and exciting atoms and molecules can become very small. If scientists can put the brakes on light particles, or photons, it would open the door to a host of new technology applications.

Now, in a paper published on August 17, 2020, in Nature Nanotechnology, Stanford scientists demonstrate a new approach to slow light significantly, much like an echo chamber holds onto sound, and to direct it at will. Researchers in the lab of Jennifer Dionne, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford, structured ultrathin silicon chips into nanoscale bars to resonantly trap light and then release or redirect it later. These “high-quality-factor” or “high-Q” resonators could lead to novel ways of manipulating and using light, including new applications for quantum computing, virtual reality and augmented reality; light-based WiFi; and even the detection of viruses like SARS-CoV-2.

Aug 23, 2020

Deep Learning on MCUs is the Future of Edge Computing

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Deep learning on MCUs, also known as TinyML, is perfectly possible today but TOPS ratings don’t always tell the full story.

Aug 23, 2020

NASA: An Asteroid Will Come Close To Earth Right Before Election Day

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, biotech/medical, existential risks

Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming toward us.

On the day before the presidential vote, no less.

Yep. The celestial object known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on November 2, according to the Center for Near Earth Objects Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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