Hardware
Lenovo Pilots VR As An Alternative To General Anesthesia For Kids
Posted in Games, Hardware, Medicine on 10th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
Lenovo and the Starlight Children’s Foundation have been pilot testing virtual reality headsets as an alternative to general anesthetics for kids, alleviating panic and pain by distracting critically ill pediatric patients from what’s actually happening around them.
SpaceX And Boeing Could Be Ready To Fly Astronauts In The First Quarter Of 2020
Posted in Business, Hardware, Science on 6th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
SpaceX’s In-Flight Abort test must go perfectly. The test is scheduled for December. SpaceX crew Dragon’s Demo-2 astronaut launch could occur as early as February or March 2020.
Infrared Solar Cells Will Boost Solar Power By Up To 25% And Eventually Double
Posted in Hardware on 3rd Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
Invisible infrared light accounts for half of all solar radiation on the Earth’s surface, yet ordinary solar energy systems have limited ability in converting it to power.
Pre-Cooler For Hypersonic Spaceplane Cools From 1,000°C In Less Than 0.05 Seconds
Posted in Hardware on 23rd Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
“This is a major moment in the development of a breakthrough aerospace technology which has seen Reaction Engines’ precooler tested at Mach 5 airflow temperature conditions, smashing through previous achievements at Mach 3.3 temperatures and paving the way for hypersonic flight."
NASA Buying Ten SLS Rocket Launches Through 2035
Posted in Hardware, Science on 19th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
Next Big Future's opinion: The Lunar Gateway will not actually improve lunar exploration. It is a system designed to justify SLS.