Elon Musk had a 40-minute interview with TED’s Chris Anderson on Friday, April 28, 2017 at the TED 2017 conference in Vancouver. Some quotes- * [Technology and the world] only improves if a lot of people work very hard. * by itself, it [technology] degrades. * You look at ancient civilizations like ancient Egypt and …
China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft in April, state media reported on Tuesday, taking a step toward its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. President Xi Jinping has prioritized advancing China’s space program, saying it was needed to enhance national security and defense. Plans for the maiden voyage of …
Elon Musk has tweeted out a picture of his tunneling machine. Last week, Musk admitted that “they don’t really know what they are doing” when it comes to digging holes, but he sees an opportunity to significantly increase the speed of making tunnels. Elon Musk estimates a 5 to 10x increase in tunneling speed is …
The world’s largest hedge fund is building a piece of software to automate the day-to-day management of the firm, including hiring, firing and other strategic decision-making. Bridgewater Associates has a team of software engineers working on the project at the request of billionaire founder Ray Dalio, who wants to ensure the company can run according …
Aerion Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Reno, Nevada. They are developing 8-12 passenger AS2 supersonic business jet, with key engineering support provided by the Airbus Group. Aerion has set a target to achieve FAA certification in 2021 and enter service in 2023 The AS2 will have an intercontinental-capable range of 4750 nmi …
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces has test fired a RS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on October 25, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Russian military analysts believe that the launch was a test of a new hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), the YU-71, also known as Project 4202, a warhead purportedly capable of penetrating any missile defense …
Eurolab HPC tries to assess the future disruptive technology for high performance computing beyond Exascale computers They survey the currents state of research and development and its potential for the future of the following hardware technologies: CMOS scaling Die stacking and 3D chip technologies Non-volatile Memory (NVM) technologies Photonics Resistive Computing Neuromorphic Computing Quantum Computing …
How Close Are Humans to Immortality? By David Sinclair 30 scientists at Harvard and Sydney work with David Sinclair. The average person lives 30,000 days Sinclair discusses epigenetics. Controlling epigenetics extends youth in yeast cells Working on NMN molecules for reversing some aspects of aging Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a …
The $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier is the most expensive and most advanced warship ever built. It will be commissioned this summer. The ship can hold 4,500 people and weighs 90,000 tons. The CVN-78 is the lead ship in the Ford class of aircraft carriers, replacing some of the U.S. Navy’s …
Donald Trump has 5.7 million twitter followers. Donald Trump has messages that he wants to communicate and he sends them out via twitter in a real time conversational way. Is this the New York that Ted Cruz is talking about & demeaning? pic.twitter.com/rYGX9vazku— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016 Wow! Ted Cruz received $487K …
Russia is building a military base in Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s heartland, according to American intelligence officials, in the clearest indication yet of deepening Russian support for the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad. The anonymous officials say Russia has set up an air traffic control tower and transported prefabricated housing units for up to 1,000 …