petaflopsCray Shasta supercomputer in 2020 with about 100 petaflops

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Cray is building new Shasta Supercomputers. The first will be built for $146 million at Berkeley National Labs. It will use AMD Epyc processor and the next-generation Einstein Nvidia Tesla GPU accelerator. The “Perlmutter” NERSC-9 supercomputer will be installed in …

chinaChina space program will get busy with moon missions and a space station

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China space program has several moon missions over the next few years, a three-module space station by 2022, robotic mission to Mars and more. China will help launch Pakistani astronauts in 2022. China will try to land a robot rover …

artificial intelligenceDARPA robotic co-pilot will fly Blackhawk Helicopters in 2019

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A pilot flew a helicopter with supervised autonomy in an aircraft with DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS). Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System provides flexible automation architecture for existing aircraft to increase mission effectiveness and enable safe, reduced crew …

air forceBoeing will spend 35% of military purchase in Israel

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Boeing will collaborate with Israeli industries for at least 35 percent of the value of any transaction it signs with the Israeli government. Israel will be buying about $10 billion worth of jet fighters, helicopters and other military gear. The …

appleFord says the future is built and disses vision

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Ford has an ad where they diss keynote addresses and claim only the building of things matters. Building and executing is highly critical but if that was all that mattered then the future will be China’s. China is building more …

chinaChina establishing 225 square mile robotic ship test area

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China is making 225 square nautical miles of ocean into test site for robotic warships. The Wanshan Marine Test Site will be largest robot ship test area. They are setting up satellite navigation, electro optical sites, sonar, and datalinks. The …

spaceSpaceX has static fire for first Crew Demo mission

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SpaceX completed a static fire test last night of the Falcon 9 booster that will launch SpaceX’s first demonstration mission for @NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. They are one step closer to flying astronauts to the space station. The team at …

carsTesla registers 61,800 Model 3s in October

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Tesla had registered a total of 61,843 Model 3 VINs in October. Elon Musk noted that a ramp to 7,000 Model 3 per week should be doable just by optimizing its existing lines. To date, 69,712 dual motor VINs have …

cities25% of world murders are in Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and Columbia

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With just 8% of the world’s population, Latin America accounts for roughly a third of global murders. It is also the only region where lethal violence has grown steadily since 2000, according to United Nations figures. Above – Mexican soldiers …

environmentAnimal populations have dropped by 60% according to Wildlife report

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The World Wildlife Living Planet Report 2018 report presents a comprehensive overview of the state of our natural world. They track 16,704 populations of 4,005 vertebrate species, the LPI finds that global populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians …