This is how they measure an astronaut’s weight in space.
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques shows us how the ISS crew weigh themselves in space 👨🚀 👏
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Oct 20, 2020
The 2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes. An astrophysicist explains the trailblazing discoveries
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cosmology, mathematics, physics, singularity
Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain a mathematical impossibility, a singularity – an infinitely hot and dense object within. But if black holes exist and are truly black, how exactly would we ever be able to make an observation?
This morning the Nobel Committee announced that the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics will be awarded to three scientists – Sir Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez – who helped discover the answers to such profound questions. Andrea Ghez is only the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics.
Oct 20, 2020
Defense Official Calls Artificial Intelligence the New Oil
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
The governments or countries that get the best datasets will unquestionably develop the best artificial intelligence, the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s chief technology officer said Oct. 15.
Oct 20, 2020
Google Open-Sources 3D System That Shows How Places Looked in the Past
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: mapping, robotics/AI
Head Image Caption: Street level view of 3D-reconstructed Chelsea, Manhattan
Historians and nostalgic residents alike take an interest in how cities were constructed and how they developed — and now there’s a tool for that. Google AI recently launched the open-source browser-based toolset “rǝ,” which was created to enable the exploration of city transitions from 1800 to 2000 virtually in a three-dimensional view.
Google AI says the name rǝ is pronounced as “re-turn” and derives its meaning from “reconstruction, research, recreation and remembering.” This scalable system runs on Google Cloud and Kubernetes and reconstructs cities from historical maps and photos.
Oct 20, 2020
Energy scavenging nanogenerator finds power all around us
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, mobile phones, nanotechnology
Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn’t need a wireless or mains power source. Or a pacemaker with inbuilt organic energy sources within the human body.
Australian researchers led by Flinders University are picking up the challenge of “scavenging” invisible power from low-frequency vibrations in the surrounding environment, including wind, air or even contact-separation energy (static electricity).
“These so-called triboelectric nanogenerators (or TENGs) can be made at low cost in different configurations, making them suitable for driving small electronics such as personal electronics (mobile phones), biomechanics devices (pacemakers), sensors (temperature/pressure/chemical sensors), and more,” says Professor Youhong Tang, from Flinders University’s College of Science and Engineering.
Oct 20, 2020
Photoshop’s AI neural filters can tweak age and expression with a few clicks
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Adobe injects more AI into its tools.
The latest version of Adobe Photoshop comes with new neural filters — AI-powered filters that let you change someone’s age or expression with a few clicks. A whole suite of machine learning neural filters will eventually be available, including ones for colorizing photos, removing defects, and more.
Oct 20, 2020
GM’s official run at Tesla starts with its electric Hummer debut Tuesday night
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: transportation
As the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler battle over traditional off-road supremacy next year, General Motors has its sights set on a new segment with a different competitor: Tesla.
The Detroit automaker resurrects the Hummer on Tuesday night as an all-electric “supertruck” that’s set to go on sale in roughly a year – likely ahead of Tesla’s Cybertruck. It will be GM’s first real test as a competitor against Tesla. It also will be the first vehicle with the company’s next-generation EV platform and batteries, known as Ultium.
GM had the time and resources to bring back Hummer with an internal combustion engine to directly compete against the upcoming Bronco and Wrangler, but decided against it.
Let’s get this over with once and for all: We are going to Mars. The only questions are: When? Who? How? Which way? And, of course, why?
Why?
Oct 20, 2020
Sweden bans use of Huawei, ZTE equipment in 5G networks
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in category: internet
Sweden is looking to phase out all Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment by 2025 ‘at the latest’
A Swedish regulator on Tuesday banned the use of telecom equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in its 5G networks. The move comes ahead of the spectrum auctions scheduled to start on 10 November.
