militaryShifting military technology and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear treaty

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October 21, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Russia has been violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty for at least five years. Trump has announced the US is pulling out of the treaty. Russia tested and then deployed land-based missile with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers …
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artificial intelligenceGeneralized Graph Networks ups Deep Learning to next level AI

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October 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Deep Learning and Machine Learning has made breakthroughs in recent years. There is tens of billions of dollars going into development of the new AI. Google and Deep Mind are recognizing that Deep Learning is not going to reach human …
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5gChina plans rapid shift from 4G to 5G

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October 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China has over 1.1 billion 4G mobile phone subscribers as of August 2018 and should have 1.2 billion by March, 2019. 5G will have twenty times higher peak data rates compared to 4G. 5G will be the connective tissue for …
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militaryUS Navy returning to expensive Coldwar Seawolf-like sub hunters

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October 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The US Navy’s next SSN(X) fast attack submarine will focus on hunting Chinese and Russian submarines. The next-generation attack submarine will be faster, stealthier and have more torpedoes than the Virginia class. They will be similar to the Seawolf class …
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futureChina’s H-20 long-range stealth bomber will start operating in 2025

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October 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China will reveal its H-20 stealth bomber in 2019. The H-20 will be similar to the US B-2 bomber. It will be slower with a heavy focus on stealth capabilities. The expectation are * a maximum take-off weight of at …
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carsChina will have over 14 million partial autonomous cars sold in 2020

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October 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China expects one in every two new cars sold to be equipped with smart and at least partial autonomous functions by 2020. China has 25 million car sales in 2018. This usually increases by 3% to 8% each year. China …
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batteriesTesla Model 3 costs $45K but is $35K after tax incentives

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October 20, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Elon Musk claims a new $45,000 version will cost $35,000 — the original target for Model 3 — after federal and state tax incentives. Costs $35k after federal & state tax rebates in California, but true cost of ownership is …
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citiesOrbits and lighting levels for artificial moon satellite over China

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October 19, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China Daily provided more details about the artificial full moon mirror satellite over Chengdu. This article is referring to Chinese statements about their mirror moonlight system and referencing a presentation “Mirrors in Dawn Dusk Orbit for Low-Cost Terrestrial Solar Electric …
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canadaTerrestrial Energy Molten Salt nuclear plant regulator review progress

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October 19, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) has entered the second phase of a vendor design review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The design was the first advanced reactor to complete the first phase of the CNSC’s regulatory …
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amazonPuranik CEO of Atlantic.Net validates space based cloud operations

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October 19, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Space could represent a new frontier for cloud infrastructure. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle battle for business from companies that are offloading their data center computing and storage needs. Marty Puranik, CEO and Founder of Atlantic.Net, a leading cloud …
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