Tesla and SpaceX Unlimited Scenario – Gigafactories that Makes Gigafactories on Mars

I, Brian Wang, make the case and projects out what a hugely impactful development it would be for SpaceX and Tesla to develop a complete gigafactory with its supply chain and sending those to the moon and Mars and elsewhere. Those systems could have a one to two-year duplicating time. 40 years and two year …

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Futurists Ray Kurzweil and Elon Musk Could Have Last Laugh Over Barrons

Jack Hough wrote an article mocking the Kurzweil prediction of the Technological Singularity and Elon Musk stating that there is a 70% chance he will move to Mars. Ray Kurzweil gives his predictions a 10-15 year grace period. This means Ray would consider himself correct if the Technological Singularity occurred between 2031 and 2059. This …

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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 267

The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 267 is up at the Energy Reality Project. Neutron Bytes – Demand for small modular reactors may be significantly reduced by Supreme Court ruling on EPA coal plant emissions. On June 29th the US Supreme Court threw out EPA’s coal emissions regulations that if implemented would have forced many utilities …

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Spacex Falcon 9 certified for medium risk NASA launches and another Russian Launch Failure

SpaceX has been certified by NASA’s for Falcon 9 rockets to carryout Category 2 space missions. These are ”medium risk’ launches such as satellites and less expensive space probes. The Atlas 5, Delta 2 and Pegasus XL rockets operate under this certification. It took three years for SpaceX to have its Falcon 9 to complete …

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10 Teraflops per FGPA chip and 100 GFlops per watt

Altera Corporation is a pioneer of programmable logic solutions and enabling systems. They are a leader with FPGAs. The field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is a semiconductor device that can be programmed after manufacturing. Instead of being restricted to any predetermined hardware function, an FPGA allows you to program product features and functions, adapt to new …

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Metals that mimic Bamboo Gradient structure will make stronger and more stretchable body armor and other parts

Drawing inspiration from the structure of bones and bamboo, researchers have found that by gradually changing the internal structure of metals they can make stronger, tougher materials that can be customized for a wide variety of applications – from body armor to automobile parts. “If you looked at metal under a microscope you’d see that …

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Elon Musk tweets about $10 billion no-compete contract awarded to ULA and then the hiring of the procurement officer as a Vice President

Elon Musk appears to have taken to his official Twitter account to accuse a former Air Force official of having “likely” accepted a bribe to grant the exclusive black sat launch contract to United Launch Alliance. The National Legal and Policy Centre (NLPC) article reported on Roger Correll’s time as a procurement official for the …

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New York Genome Center and IBM Watson Will Try to Create Personalized Cancer treatment from analyzed genomic data

The New York Genome Center (NYGC) and IBM today announced an initiative to accelerate a new era of genomic medicine with the use of IBM’s Watson cognitive system. IBM and NYGC will test a unique Watson prototype designed specifically for genomic research as a tool to help oncologists deliver more personalized care to cancer patients. …

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Discovery of three large, near-Earth asteroids from 1 mile to 12 miles in diameter and research indicates small asteroid strikes are ten times more common than previously thought

Three large, near-Earth asteroids, two of which measure about 12 miles in diameter — are the largest near earth asteroids to have been discovered in 23 years. The smallest of the three asteroids measures little more than a mile across, but it may pass within 3.4 million miles of Earth, making it a “potentially hazardous …

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Chat with Lockheed Martin and Dwave Quantum Computer Experts via Twitter

Join quantum computing experts from Lockheed Martin, the University of Southern California and D-Wave Systems as they “borrow” their companies’ Twitter accounts to discuss the latest in speedy qubits and the quantum evolution. Tweet your questions to @LockheedMartin, @USCViterbi or @dwavesys with the #QuantumChat hashtag starting Nov. 7. @LockheedMartin will moderate the chat and pose …

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