In 2014, Nextbigfuture predicted Tiger Moms as being the driver of early adoption of genetic intelligence enhancement and the lifting of the One child policy in China. China’s One child policy was being lifted just as embryo selection based upon intelligence for invitro fertilized (IVF) babies becomes possible and we are on the cusp of …
Artificial intelligence is the new frontier, and the Defense Department must invest in this breakthrough or be in danger of not being competitive in the future, said Eric Schmidt, the chairman of the Defense Innovation Board, during a discussion at the Center for a New American Security today. Schmidt spoke about the Chinese AI program. …
Lockheed Martin is designing Orca, the U.S. Navy’s Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV). Orca is being designed to support multiple critical missions. This long-range autonomous system will have the payload capability to perform a variety of missions, including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; mine countermeasures; indication and warning notification; as well as serve as an …
The Russian military is developing a wing in ground effect a super-heavy transport- ekranoplan is developed, capable of landing not only on water, as its predecessors, but also on land. By its dimensions, the car will be comparable to the famous “Caspian Monster” in Soviet times. The device is planned to be used in the …
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the first three quarters in South China’s Guangdong province reached 6.48 trillion yuan ($977.5 billion), up 7.6 percent year-on-year, while GDP in East China’s Jiangsu province hit 6.26 trillion yuan, up 7.2 percent, reported China Business News Tuesday. The GDP growth rate in Guangdong province was 0.3 percentage points higher …
Chinese cross-border e-commerce transaction reached 6.7 trillion yuan ($1.01 trillion) in 2016, up by 31.6 percent, chinanews.com reported Sunday, citing an index released at a forum held in Shanghai. The Chinese Cross-Border E-commerce Index also predicted that by 2018, value of China’s import and export transaction via e-commerce, including retail and business-to-business, might hit 8.8 …
Propelx is still raising the $1.5 million bridge round for Positron Dynamics. It is over 80% raised. Accredited investors can still contribute to Positron Dynamics. Positron Dynamics is developing antimatter propulsion for spacecraft. They are working towards nearterm propulsion for cubesats. * Sodium 22 isotope (which they get in liquid form) will produce positrons which …
Recent analysis of US Air Force budgets show ULA (United Launch Alliance) as charging the US air force $422 million per launch in 2020 versus about $96 million that Spacex is charging the air force. With reusable rockets Spacex will be able to charge even less. In Elon Musk’s video announcement of the Spacex BFR …
CME Group Inc , the world’s largest exchange owner, reversed course today and said it plans to introduce bitcoin futures by the end of the year, only a month after dismissing such a plan. The largest cryptocurrency, which has surged more than sixfold this year, climbed to a record high (over $6400) after the announcement. …
F-35 stealth jets are having significantly longer repair times than planned because maintenance facilities are six years behind schedule. The time to repair a part has averaged 172 days — “twice the program’s objective” — the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s watchdog agency, found. The shortages are “degrading readiness” because the fighter jets “were unable to …
A group of actuaries created a life expectancy calculator that calculates how many healthy years one could look forward to. eating right getting plenty of exercise, sleeping right, there were other factors. Education and income level, alcohol intake, safe driving smoking, if you have type 2 diabetes or not One’s perception of their own state …