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Dec 7, 2020
Steve Wozniak’s Blockchain Venture Lists Cryptocurrency Token, Reaches $950M In 13 Minutes
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies
Steve Wozniak’s blockchain venture Efforce has listed its cryptocurrency token on the HBTC exchange.
What Happened: Efforce listed the token under the symbol WOZX on Dec. 3. It reached “$950M in the first 13 minutes, 10 times the listing price,” according to a company press release.
The company says investors have given it a valuation of $80 million valuation in private sales.
Dec 7, 2020
Hayabusa-2: Capsule with asteroid samples in ‘perfect’ shape
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert.
A team retrieves a capsule carrying the first significant quantities of rock from an asteroid is in “perfect” shape, according to scientists.
Dec 6, 2020
No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: transportation
Dec 6, 2020
India Plots Smartphone Dominance Amid U.S.-China Trade War | WSJ
Posted by Derick Lee in category: mobile phones
India is positioning itself as a smartphone-production hub amid a U.S.-China trade war that has disrupted global supply chains and left tech firms such as Apple and Samsung looking for alternatives to China to manufacture their products. Photo: Olivier Le Hellard for The Wall Street Journal.
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Dec 6, 2020
Canadian Food Security is Important; December 5th, 2020 Direct from the Farmers Mouth
Posted by Chuck Black in category: food
A short recording of one of the speakers at the Saturday Dundas Square Freedom Protest on December 5th, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67e1MtY–A
Premiering at 8:30pm EST tonight.
Dec 6, 2020
Killer Robots Will Fight Our Wars: Can They Be Trusted?
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
The wars of the future will be fought by swarms of robots. Can we trust them to make the right decisions?
Dec 6, 2020
Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: drones, robotics/AI
Article from New York times. 😃
In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
Dec 6, 2020
Two very different approaches to restoring vision
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Dec 6, 2020
China Tests Sodramjet Jet Engine With Mach 16 Speeds to Reach ‘Anywhere on Earth in 2 Hours’
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: transportation
China has made tall claims after testing an advanced aircraft engine prototype. The claim is that the ‘sodramjet’ (short form for ‘standing oblique detonation ramjet)’ jet engine could power an aircraft to such speeds that it can reach anywhere on Earth in two hours.
The engine prototype, tested in hypersonic wind tunnel simulating flight conditions, came off clocking test speeds nine times the speed of sound, the Chinese engineers said, according to the South China Morning Post. The test was conducted in Beijing the report adds.
