Researchers at EPFL have patented capturing CO2 directly from a trucks’ exhaust system and liquefying it in a box on the vehicle’s roof. The liquid CO2 is then delivered to a service station, where it is turned into conventional fuel using renewable energy. This could cut trucks’ CO2 emissions by almost 90%. They plan to …
Scientists at Scripps Research in Jupiter have developed a special molecular switch that could be embedded into gene therapies to allow doctors to control dosing. The new transgene switching system to be used in a wide variety of envisioned gene therapies. The lab made a new transgene switch from a family of ribonucleic acid (RNA) …
Paul Eichenberg, Paul Eichenberg Strategic Consulting, describes how Tesla is using driver data for the most accurate car insurance pricing and they are using cameras and sensors to let Tesla drivers teach Tesla how to make self-driving vehicles. Joe Langley, IHS Markit, describes how Tesla has taken control of seven challenges to electric car adoption. …
A recent poll in Italy had 40% distrust of the EU. Spain’s third-largest political party is considering adopting a Spanish exit platform. They are under pressure from a right-way grassroots movement. Poland’s Laws and Politics Are Conflicting With the EU Poland’s parliament defied Brussels by voting in favor of the controversial bill even after European …
In June 2019, Tej Kohli, a London-based tech entrepreneur, invested another $100 million into Rewired, a robotics-focused venture studio. Kohli predicts that the global AI sector will be worth $150 trillion by 2025. The total valuation of the internet is $50 trillion. This is not GDP impact. The US Internet provides a $2.1 trillion boost …
Glowing stickers are able to confuse deep learning systems. Deep Learning expert Geoffrey Hinton believes simple adversarial attacks show that Deep Learning has flaws. Deep Learning flaws * The systems needs 10,000+ examples to learn a concept like cows. Humans only need a handful of examples * Deep Learning cannot explain how the systems got …
China car sales for BMW and Mercedes are double their US Car sales. This would mean Tesla has room to expand China production up to 700,000 to 1 million model 3s each year and maybe 2 million model Ys. China will have about 25.5 million car sales in 2019. China’s electric vehicles sales are 934K …
Trump will sign the National Defense Authorization Act 2020 at 7:30 pm EST. The NDAA provides the Secretary of the Air Force with the authority to transfer Air Force personnel to the newly established Space Force. $72.4 million to stand up the Space Force headquarters. The agreement creates a Chief of Space Operations (CSO) for …
British parliament has voted in favor of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. They voted 358 to 234 – a majority of 124 – in favor of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which now goes on to further scrutiny in Parliament. The bill bans an extension …
Andrew Yang mentioned Thorium Nuclear Reactors as one of the advanced nuclear fission reactor concepts. Yang has also talked about making a prototype thorium reactor by 2027. There is a US startup working on a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor. If Flibe Energy was fully funded then they could build their planned 20-50 MW modular nuclear …