Relativity Space has raised a $650 million Series E. They have raised over $1.2 billion. Relativity’s post-money valuation now stands at $4.2 billion. They will make the heavy-lift, fully reusable two-stage rocket called the Terran R. Their first rocket is the Terran 1 and it is scheduled for a first orbital flight at the end …
Researchers from North Carolina State University have turned a longstanding challenge in DNA data storage into a tool, using it to offer users previews of stored data files – such as thumbnail versions of image files. DNA data storage is an attractive technology because it has the potential to store a tremendous amount of data …
Artificial intelligence isn’t science fiction any more. Innovative AI is currently revolutionizing a wide range of industries and fields. Those who plan on working in those industries should familiarize themselves with the specific ways AI is impacting them to better understand how the nature of the jobs they’re pursuing may change in the near future. …
NIO is starting to build its second electric car and battery factory in the Neo Park in Hefei, with production scheduled for the third quarter of 2022, William Li, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO. The park
CATL chairman Robin (Yuqun) Zeng said the firm would start marketing sodium-ion batteries as early as late July, 2021. CATL is the largest producer of batteries in the world. Shares of Shandong Sacred Sun Power Sources (002580:SZ) and Inner Mongolia Lantai Industrial (600328:SH) soared by the maximum 10% in the morning trading on May 24. …
Tesla Model S Plaid delivery event highlights and summary is below. The refreshed Model S has a drag coefficient of 0.208. Model S Drag Coefficient at 0.208 Cd. That's better than the Taycan's 0.22 Cd pic.twitter.com/mlC7IGSJAv — Rohit (@rohit000000000) June 11, 2021 Elon Musk drove the Model S Plaid around a track and then onto …
The Limiting Factor indicates that Tesla is getting more range and performance from existing battery form factors. This means improvements from 4680 and structural battery packs will provide even more cost, weight and performance improvements. It also means that Tesla will be able to get more from existing production lines. The Tesla Model S Plaid …
Luis Elizondo, Former Director, Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, says that UFOs took U.S. nuclear technologies are being taken offline. Luis “Lue” Elizondo is the former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), an unpublicized U.S. government program created in 2007 committed to the investigation of UAPs. The major are that UFO encounters …
The US passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a $250 billion bill promoting US semiconductors, AI, robotics and technology. It authorizes $81 billion for NSF, including $29 billion over five years for the new directorate. It directs the Department of Commerce to designate regional technology hubs across the country, and authorizes $10 billion over …
David Sinclair is a geneticist at Harvard and author of Lifespan. Nature – Reversal of biological clock restores vision in old mice Sinclair and his team restored vision in old mice and in mice with damaged retinal nerves by resetting some of the thousands of chemical marks that accumulate on DNA as cells age. They …
Ray Kurzweil wrote the Singularity is Near in 2005 and he described the near inevitability of the creation of super intelligence and a Technological Singularity. Kurzweil built upon the Singularity ideas of Vernor Vinge. In nearly two decades, computers have continued to improve, algorithms have improved and AI has improved. The Deep Learning and Reinforcement …
