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Oct 11, 2020
SpaceX crew launch delayed to assess Merlin engine concern
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, Elon Musk, space travel
NASA said Saturday that the launch of four astronauts on SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station has been delayed from Oct. 31 until “no sooner than early-to-mid November,” allowing time for SpaceX to resolve an issue with Falcon 9 rocket engines that halted a recent launch attempt with a GPS navigation satellite.
The engine concern appeared during an Oct. 2 launch attempt of a Falcon 9 rocket with a GPS satellite at Cape Canaveral, prompting computers controlling the final seconds of the countdown to abort the mission just two seconds prior to liftoff.
Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO, tweeted after the abort that the countdown was stopped after an “unexpected pressure rise in the turbomachinery gas generator,” referring to equipment used on the rocket’s Merlin main engines. The gas generators on the Merlin 1D engines drives the engines’ turbopumps.
Oct 11, 2020
Nobel Prize winner develops test that can detect coronavirus in 5 minutes
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, mobile phones
California-based researchers develop a test that can detect the coronavirus using gene-editing technology and a modified mobile phone camera.
Oct 11, 2020
1000X Cheaper, 300X Faster: How Amazon Is Disrupting Robot Intelligence
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Oct 11, 2020
Astronomers hope UN can help protect dark skies against megaconstellation threat
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: satellites
The long-term goal is to get UN guidelines picked up as national licensing regulations.
Astronomers have studied the megaconstellation threat, alerted the public about it and helped satellite operators dim their spacecraft. But some scientists are now taking another step, one that they hope will have even more significant and lasting effects.
Oct 11, 2020
Australia wants AI to handle divorces — here’s why
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, government, robotics/AI
An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating couples make parenting arrangements and divide their assets.
For many people, the coronavirus pandemic has put even the strongest of relationships to the test. A May survey conducted by Relationships Australia found 42% of 739 respondents experienced a negative change in their relationship with their partner under lockdown restrictions.
There has also been a surge in the number of couples seeking separation advice. The Australian government has backed the use of Amica for those in such circumstances. The chatbot uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make suggestions for how splitting couples can divide their money and property based on their circumstances.
Oct 11, 2020
Home-Made Covid Vaccine Appeared to Work, but Questions Remained
Posted by Nicholi Avery in category: biotech/medical
“Our DIY Covid-19 DNA vaccine showed neutralizing antibodies in all three individuals, Me, David Ishee Dariia Dantseva
That was exciting but our goal was to teach people how to test expression in human cells, perform ELISAs &c. and that was more important.
People wrongly think I am completely against the FDA. I’m not. They are good at what they do i.e. helping drug companies make money by making mass produced drugs that help the most amount of people and hurt the least amount of people.
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Oct 10, 2020
This robot is a more affordable Boston Dynamics Spot look-alike
Posted by Raphael Ramos in category: robotics/AI
You can buy your own robot dog.
Presenting a (comparatively) more affordable robot dog: the $10,000 Unitree A1.
Oct 10, 2020
Wisdom teeth disappear and arteries are added as human beings enter next stage of evolution
Posted by Eamon Everall in category: evolution
Nice to know that we are still ‘on the move’.
Study finds our anatomy has evolved faster than any time in the past 250 years.