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Satellite to help planes avoid turbulence

Posted in Science on 22nd Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

A new weather satellite that could help pilots avoid turbulence has launched into space.

Light-based neural network could lead to super-fast AI

Posted in Science on 21st Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Computers could not only act like brains, but respond as quickly.

China Wants to Build a $50 Trillion Global Wind & Solar Power Grid by 2050

Posted in Hardware on 21st Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

The company that is tasked with running China's power grid just proposed a $50 trillion global electricity network to tackle climate change.

Planetary Resources And Luxembourg target 2020 asteroid mining mission

Posted in Hardware on 20th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Core hardware and software technologies developed at Planetary Resources were tested on orbit last year.

Private Space Stations could start launching in 2020

Posted in Science on 18th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Large multi-module stations able to hold 100 or more people by 2030