hardware
SpaceX plans global 'space internet' satellite launches
Posted in Hardware on 20th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
SpaceX has applied to launch 11,943 satellites into low-Earth orbit, providing ubiquitous high-bandwidth (up to 1Gbps per user, once fully deployed) broadband services.
Solar has become Americas fastest-growing, nonpartisan energy source
Posted in Science on 19th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
The U.S. added 9.5 gigawatts of utility-scale solar power last year alone. Thats more than the previous three years combined.
Several tech billionaires are openly or secretely funding mind computer interfacing projects
Posted in Hardware on 18th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
DARPA says it is close to announcing $60 million in contracts under a program to create a high-fidelity brain interface.
SpaceX is pushing hard to bring an internet satellite network to space
Posted in Hardware on 18th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
SpaceX is seeking a license for a lucrative, globe-spanning satellite network that would bring terrestrial internet into space.
First nanoengineered retinal implant could help the blind regain functional vision
Posted in Medicine on 17th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
Nanowires provide higher resolution than anything achieved by other devices, closer to the dense spacing of photoreceptors in the retina.