The Whitehouse has a statement on the American’s Jobs Plan (aka the multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill.) * In total, the plan will invest about $2 trillion this decade. * $621 billion in transportation infrastructure and resilience. * invest $80 billion to address Amtrak’s repair backlog * a targeted investment tax credit that incentivizes the buildout …
Elon Musk says the SN15 rolls to launch pad in a few days. It has hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics/software and engine. Next major technology rev is at SN20. Those ships will be orbit-capable with heat shield and stage separation system. Ascent success probability is high. However, SN20+ vehicles will probably need many …
SpaceX Starship SN11 had a test flight and had an engine problem. Looks like engine 2 had issues on ascent & didn’t reach operating chamber pressure during landing burn, but, in theory, it wasn’t needed. Something significant happened shortly after landing burn start. Should know what it was once we can examine the bits later …
Tesla Autopilot FSD Beta drives from San Francisco to Sausalito with 0 disengagements. FSD Beta 8.2 does well in suburban and rural areas but it still needs improvement for major urban areas. Tesla FSD Beta 8.2 had a couple of disengagements and close calls while driving in Oakland. SOURCES- AI Driver, Whole Mars Catalog, Dirty …
Prof David R. Liu, Professor at Harvard University, the Broad Institute, and HHMI was interviewed by the Sheeky Science Show. In the interview, they discussed how to make precise genome editing safe & efficient using the latest CRISPR tech advances in base editing and prime editing and taking it to the clinic (e.g Beam Therapeutics). …
The CDC reports that US COVID hospitalizations have increased 4% from last week and daily confirmed cases are up 16%. If this is a new surge and wave of COVID then there will be a doubling or more of daily cases within 2-3 weeks. Infections are picking back up again as virus variants threatening to …
China is using tunnel farming technology to grow vegetables all year round. Video shows what type of tunnel farming methodology being used by China. The use of this technology at scale is also being applied in Egypt and other countries. China has covered about 3% of its farmland (4 million hectares out of 128 million …
Tesla is preparing the pilot Cybertruck production line and planning details for its production at the Fremont factory. Once all the equipment is installed at Giga Texas, a trained, ready-for-work team will immediately begin production from June 2021. Trial production of Cybertruck can begin as early as June 2021, first deliveries could occur in Q32021 …
The 2020s could see the true birth of true 21st Century Technology. Fully Reusable Rockets Instead of Planes Fully reusable SpaceX Starships will lower the cost to access space by ten to one hundred times. There will be thousands of Starships built by 2030. Each can cost less then $20 million which is ten times …
Liz Parrish runs Bioviva and they are working towards antiaging gene therapy. She also reviewed the current state of this work. There are over 300 studies of gene therapy targeting various aspects of aging and age related diseases. SOURCES – Bioviva Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and …
Bill Faloon leads groups that are passionate about antiaging and doing everything possible today. They track the science and medical literature closely to find optimal lifestyles. The best practices now are diet and exercise and Omega-3 and some other drugs. They are strongly supporting of intermittent fasting. The main journal is the Aging journal. SOURCES- …