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May 25, 2020
SpaceX Is About to Launch Two Astronauts Into Space in a Historic First
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk’s SpaceX defied expectations — and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long years.
Ladies Monday with ReallyGraceful.
May 25, 2020
Dr. Michael R. Rose presents “Biological Immortality is REAL”
Posted by John Davies in categories: biological, education, evolution, life extension
Dr. Michael R. Rose is Professor at Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University Of California, Irvine. His main area of work has been the evolution of aging.
“Our task is to make nature, the blind force of nature, into an instrument of universal resuscitation and to become a union of immortal beings.“
- Nikolai F. Fedorov
We hold faith in the technologies & discoveries of humanity to END AGING and Defeat involuntary Death within our lifetime.
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May 25, 2020
Giant new offshore wind turbine to debut in 2024
Posted by Future Timeline in categories: engineering, sustainability
Spanish engineering company Siemens Gamesa has revealed a new offshore wind turbine, set to become the world’s largest and most powerful, with serial production planned for 2024.
May 25, 2020
This ‘robot nose’ can sniff bombs and drugs, just like sniffer dogs
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
An artificial ‘robo-nose’ made from living mouse cells can replace sniffer dogs’ job of smelling narcotics like cocaine, marijuana, missing people and explosives.
May 25, 2020
Galactic crash may have triggered solar system formation
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: mapping, space
The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our galaxy, the Milky Way, and a smaller galaxy called Sagittarius, discovered in the 1990s to be orbiting our galactic home.
Astronomers have known that Sagittarius repeatedly smashes through the Milky Way’s disc, as its orbit around the galaxy’s core tightens as a result of gravitational forces. Previous studies suggested that Sagittarius, a so called dwarf galaxy, had had a profound effect on how stars move in the Milky Way. Some even claim that the 10 000 times more massive Milky Way’s trademark spiral structure might be a result of the at least three known crashes with Sagittarius over the past six billion years.
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May 25, 2020
Global leader in harvesting energy and data from footfall
Posted by Brent Ellman in categories: energy, innovation
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PkEGoBe-EdA
“Pavegen creates high engagement with citizens by converting their footsteps into energy, data and rewards.
As pedestrians walk across the Pavegen system, the weight from their footsteps compresses electromagnetic generators below, producing 2 to 4 watt seconds of off-grid electrical energy per step.”
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May 25, 2020
New soliton laser pulses deliver high energy in a trillionth of a second
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, engineering
Scientists have developed a new type of laser that can deliver high amounts of energy in very short bursts of time, with potential applications in eye and heart surgery or the engineering of delicate materials.
The Director of the University of Sydney Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, Professor Martijn de Sterke, said: “This laser has the property that as its pulse duration decreases to less than a trillionth of a second, its energy could go through the roof.
”This makes them ideal candidates for the processing of materials that require short, powerful pulses. One application could be in corneal surgery, which relies on gently removing material from the eye. This requires strong, short light pulses that do not heat and damage the surface.”