Within 4-5 years Made In Space believes their Archinaut space manufacturing robot and manufacturing mini factory will be making large structures like trusses and reflectors in space. The Archinaut has an industrial-sized 3-D printer, cartridges full of plastics and alloys, and robotic arms programmed to assemble the big items extruded by the printer without any …
Han Sloane achieved great wealth about 300 years ago and it was from what we would term biotech today. I recently went on an excellent tour of the British Museum. Retired lawyer Allan Lawson provided the tour and provided great stories like the story of Hans Sloane. There were also insights into the how public …
U.S. intelligence believes China’s naval railguns will be operational and fully deployed by 2025. China has been testing a railgun on a naval ship since 2017. China has claimed to have made a breakthrough with medium voltage integrated DC power. This is the key for their future navy. This is also what the US Navy …
Elon Musk stated that SpaceX will use modern versions of Inconel superalloys for Raptor rocket engines. They will use the SX 300 and soon SX 500 superalloys. They will have high strength at high temperatures and provide extreme oxidation resistance. The super allows are needed for ~800 atmosphere, hot, oxygen-rich turbopump on Raptor rocket engines. …
Impossible Foods has $400 million in funding. Pat Brown founded it in 2011. They now are selling factory produced meat to 2000 restaurants. They have sold 4 million burger patties. Their goal is to replace animal meat for food by 2035 by their factory produced meat that is more nutritious and better tasting. The Impossible …
Social media and other attention-based internet platforms have certainly captured our attention: adults in the U.S. spent nearly six hours per day on digital media last year. The business model of many of these digital platforms—targeted ad revenue—is relying on user data collection, AI and other technology tools, design, psychology–even neuroscience–to keep users glued. At …
SpaceX has a $130,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to launch the Falcon Heavy with an Air Force Space Command-52 satellite. The launch is expected to be completed by September 2020. The Air Force was comfortable with data from the test flight in February and the 50 flights of the Falcon 9 rocket that forms the three cores …
Venezuela has begun to proactively shut-in oil production to cope with nearly replete terminal storage. This will further accelerate an output decline and bring them closer to 1 million barrels per day or even less. According to energy ministry official data communicated to Opec, Venezuela produced 1.533mn b/d of crude in May, up by 28,000 …
Elon Musk wants the new Tesla Roadster is to beat gas sports cars on every performance metric by far and without exceptions. * faster from 0 to 60 mph * faster on the quarter mile * better braking, cornering and handling * higher top speed. Tesla will have 10 small rocket thrusters around the car. …
Entertainmant magazine Variety indicated that several new Star Trek tv shows are being developed. Sources say there are currently multiple shows set within the “Star Trek” universe already in development. * A series set at Starfleet Academy. * A limited series whose plot details are currently secret. * A limited series based around the “Wrath …
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a 2017 book by economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. The first three industrial revolutions are: 1. 1760 to 1840. the technologies were the steam engine, railroads, and machine manufacturing. 2. 1870 to 1914, the technologies were electricity and mass production. 3. the digital …