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Jun 4, 2019

Bill Gates, NEO, Gigafund backing Luminous in photonics supercomputer moonshot

Posted by in categories: finance, robotics/AI, supercomputing

Luminous Computing, a one-year-old startup, is aiming to build a photonics chip that will handle workloads needed for AI at the speed of light. It’s a moonshot and yet, the young company already has a number of high-profile investors willing to bet on the prospect.

The company has raised $9 million in a seed round led by Bill Gates, NEO’s Ali Partovi and Luke Nosek and Steve Oskoui of Gigafund.

The round also attracted other new investors, including Travis Kalanick’s fund 10100, BoxGroup, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and Emil Michael as well as pre-seed investors Class 5 Global, Joshua Browder, Ozmen Ventures, Schox Investments and Third Kind Venture Capital.

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Jun 4, 2019

His Incredible Journey to the Moon

Posted by in category: space travel

WOW!


This is the story of SpaceIL — the most amazing private Israeli space project — and the three founders behind it: Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari, and Yonatan Winetraub.

The landing might have not worked, but the spacecraft is ON THE MOON!

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Jun 4, 2019

NASA: Moon to Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

Artemis is the name of NASA’s program to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024. We are going forward to the Moon to stay.

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Jun 4, 2019

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is lashing out as it dies

Posted by in category: space

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most iconic features of any planet in our Solar System. The colossal, swirling storm has dominated Jupiter for years, and it’s one of the things we always expect to see when new images of Jupiter are published. Unfortunately, the spot is dying a slow and agonizing death, and it’s possible that it could be entirely gone within our lifetimes.

The storm is running out of steam, and while astronomers are always striving to learn more about the mechanics of how Jupiter’s massive storms form and sustain themselves, it’s clear that the Great Red Spot’s days are numbered. Now, observations by veteran Jupiter observer Anthony Wesley seem to reveal the storm lashing out as it rotates in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

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Jun 4, 2019

Pinoy students’ space suit wins gold award at int’l contest in Turkey

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

A space suit conceptualized and invented by Filipino students bagged the gold award at an international robotics contest in Turkey last week. Current latest trending Philippine headlines on science, technology breakthroughs, hardware devices, geeks, gaming, web/desktop applications, mobile apps, social media buzz and gadget reviews.

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Jun 4, 2019

It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

Editors’ note: This is the first installment in a new series, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists write op-eds that they imagine we might read 10, 20 or even 100 years in the future. The challenges they predict are imaginary — for now — but their arguments illuminate the urgent questions of today and prepare us for tomorrow. The opinion piece below is a work of fiction.


DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems.

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Jun 4, 2019

The Elon Musk-Jeff Bezos Feud, Explained

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

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Jun 4, 2019

TYT LIVE: Cenk Predicts House Votes; Trump: ‘When I Can, I Tell the Truth’

Posted by in category: life extension

LEAF President Keith Comito on the channel TYT talking about healthy life extension! smile

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Jun 4, 2019

This Short Film Is Written Entirely By AI

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

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Jun 3, 2019

What’s Up: June 2019 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Posted by in category: space

What’s up in the June night skies? Find out how you can see Jupiter at its biggest and brightest, while Mercury and Mars appear ultra-close + how you can observe the Moon’s tilted orbit. Watch & find out more on the latest episode of NASA’s What’s Up:

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