lasersIonQ Has the Most Powerful Quantum Computers With 79 Trapped Ion Qubits and 160 Stored Qubits

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December 11, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
IonQ just made a presentation on two new trapped ion quantum computers with 160 stored and 79 processing qubits. This is more qubits than the best noisy superconducting quantum computers which is currently the Google 72 Qubit Bristlecone processor. Highlights …
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militaryMillennials Must Overcome a Bad Situation With Help From Gen-X and Boomers

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December 11, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
A recent Federal Reserve economic analysis shows that years of mainstream media criticism of Millennials was unfair. A partial compilation of unfair criticism of Millennials was compiled at the Atlantic. Problems of higher unemployment, less spending and lower accumulated wealth …
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materialsElon Will Use X-Plane Hot Structures to Improve Re-entry

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December 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Elon Musk could use metal hot structures for rocket re-entry. This is a decades old concept. I do not think it has been used in flight since the early X-plane program days. There has been more lab and ground experiments …
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computersBargain Costs for a Functional Star Trek Bridge Set

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December 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Star Trek Axanar is fan film that put the fear of competence into CBS and Paramount. They raised about $100,000 and made the short film “Prelude to Axanar”. Axanar raised $638000 through Kickstarter to a 90 minute long movie. However, …
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batteriesOil Analyst Makes Case for Electric Cars and Picks Copper as Way to Play Battery Future

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December 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Marin Katusa of Katusa Research is an oil and uranium analyst. He gave his take last year on oil and uranium prices. Oil will remain range bound and Uranium prices will recover but in 2 to 5 years from last …
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businessElon Said He Can Be Stupid But Parking Lot Assembly Line Was Built in 3 Weeks

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December 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Elon Musk was interviewed a couple of days ago on 60 Minutes by Leslie Stahl. They focused upon the craziness with Tesla, the Elon tweets that got punished by the SEC, the pot smoking by Elon on Joe Rogan, the …
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energySuperconductors Are Near Room Temperature But UHV Lines are Better for the Grid

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December 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
It has been over 30 years since the discovery of the first high-temperature superconductor. The first high-temperature superconductor was 30 degrees about absolute zero. There was a flurry of work and the critical temperature reached -135 Celsius (138 Kelvin). The …
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elon muskNew SpaceX Superheavy Starship Design is Metal Tanks and Structures

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December 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
The new design for the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship will have mostly fairly heavy metal parts. This could relate to the previously mentioned tank and airframe structure changes. This is a change from the prior designs which had mainly composite …
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carTesla Will Soon Be Able to Self-Drive from Home to Work and Obey Traffic Lights

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December 9, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Tesla’s self-driving autopilot is already testing driving with traffic lights, stop signs and roundabouts. Your Tesla will soon be able to go from your garage at home to parking at work with no driver input at all. Already testing traffic …
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futureSpaceX Will Have New Year Photos of the New Starship That Will Fly Late in 2019

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December 9, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
The SpaceX Super Heavy Starship will be completely reusable. The top stage is called the Starship. The combined first and second stage will be a bit taller than the Apollo rockets. The photos being revealed in four weeks will show …
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