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 mission to the dark side of the moon. Chang’e 4 mission will set up an …
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 operations. Robotic aircraft systems can take on the role of a traditional co-pilot. Now in …
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 reciprocal procurement means $3.5 billion of the new business will be in Israel. Under a …
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 cars than the USA. China is building 24 million cars per year versus 18 million …
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 test site will partner with the Zhuhai municipal government, China Classification Society (CCS), and the …
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 our rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas completed a static fire test last night of …
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 been registered w/ NHTSA (excl. test batches). This represents ~56% of all VINs registered (123,551) …
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 and police guard a severed head which was left as a message between rival drug …
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 have declined, on average, by 60 percent between 1970 and 2014, the most recent year …
If Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other technologies have been incorporated, then Bitcoin alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033. Peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change – Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°Celsius. A team of UH Mānoa researchers analyzed information such …
Chinese researchers have developed solar cells which are high efficiency and lower cost. Nano Energy Journal – Modulation-doped ZnO as high performance electron-selective layer for efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells Highlights • The Li-doped ZnO (Li-ZnO) layer was fabricated by a simple, mild and efficient solution process, and the work function was tuned precisely in …