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Jul 13, 2018

Astronomers Discover A Planetary Impact Outside Our Own Solar System

Posted by in category: space

In a study published in the latest issue of Science, astronomers led by graduate student Huan Meng, of the University of Arizona in Tucson, announced the discovery of remains of a mammoth planetary collision.

The team made its observations using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and several different ground-based instruments. The collision occurred between two planets orbiting a sunlike star called NGC-2547 ID8, which lies about 1,140 light-years from the earth. The star is a young one, with a system of planets still in the process of formation. The collision, which may have occurred as recently as two years ago, left a ring of dust and debris circling the star.

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Jul 13, 2018

HybridHeart: a soft biocompatible artificial heart

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

The HybridHeart consortium is a European Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Open project. HybridHeart proposes to develop and bring to the clinic a soft biocompatible artificial heart, which can completely replace a patient’s heart in a procedure similar to a heart transplant.

HybridHeart's work based on in situ tissue engineering, soft robotics and wireless energy transfer

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Jul 13, 2018

Universal basic income would cost the US up to $3.8 trillion per year — Bridgewater estimate

Posted by in categories: economics, finance

Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, is analyzing the social and financial viability of a widely debated program aimed at reducing the wealth inequality.


Hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio is looking at whether universal basic income can help solve wealth inequality.

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Jul 13, 2018

Giant Satellite Fuel Tank Sets New Record for 3D Printed Space Parts

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, energy, satellites

DENVER, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has embraced a 3D printed titanium dome for satellite fuel tanks so big you can’t even put your arms around it. The 46-inch- (1.16-meter-) diameter vessel completed final rounds of quality testing this month, ending a multi-year development program to create giant, high-pressure tanks that carry fuel on board satellites.

A Lockheed Martin engineer inspects one of the 3D printed dome prototypes at the company's space facility in Denver. The final dome measures 46 inches in diameter, large enough to fit 74.4 gallons of liquid.

The titanium tank consists of three parts welded together: two 3D printed domes that serve as caps, plus a variable-length, traditionally-manufactured titanium cylinder that forms the body.

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Jul 13, 2018

Opener: We are a fast-growing company with a single lofty goal: to bring personal aviation to the general public

Posted by in category: transportation

Innovating at the leading edge of electric aviation technology, we have developed BlackFly, the world’s first ultralight all-electric fixed-wing VTOL personal aircraft.

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Jul 12, 2018

End of an era for space exploration

Posted by in category: space travel

Two ground-breaking NASA missions are coming to an end.

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Jul 12, 2018

Quasar: The Brightest Objects in the Universe

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Jul 12, 2018

‘Blind’ robot can climb stairs, leap on desks

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Meet the Cheetah 3 — a “blind” robot designed by MIT that can avoid obstacles and climb stairs using “feel” instead of sensors or cameras https://cnnmon.ie/2KQiJhD

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Jul 12, 2018

Chinese cities will soon get thousands of self-driving buses

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

This is the 427 service to the future of transport.

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Jul 12, 2018

Don’t Fight the Robots, Work With Them

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

There wont be any left to do along side them, and that should be the goal.


AI is coming, and it’s changing work as we know it. Adaptation is the only way forward.

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