Science and Technology
More new toys, and one olde one
China has unveiled a largish drone…ten TONs’ worth. The drone is expected to be a “mothership” for smaller drone swarms. While initially it can look like a normal attack aircraft, its central payload section is labeled as ‘Isomerism Hive Module’. This reveals that the mothership could have the capability to launch drones mid-air and then […]
AI helps, they say. Software makes life easier, they say
First off, tip o’ the hat to Mason for spotting this too. We are all hearing how Artificial Intelligence, aka AI, is the wave of the future, and that machine learning/intelligence will lead to breakthroughs, stunning leaps, and making everything better, right? (We all know that in actuality, almost all technology advances are used to […]
New toys for the troops
Well, I whined about our readiness – actually, the lack of which – to defend against things like relatively low-altitude drones. Did we magically find something viable? No, but it turns out that some new toys are in the works which can address some of our lacks. First up – everyone knows one of the […]
SpaceX Launches Spacewalk Mission
SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn mission from Florida after multiple weather delays Initially planned to launch on Aug. 27, the Polaris Dawn mission faced weather and technical delays. The company skipped any launch attempts last week as days of storms would have prevented a safe splashdown for the Dragon on either Florida coast in the event […]
Wednesday short takes – Mass school buses and rockets
Let’s get the old blood pressure up, shall we? Fox has an article headlining a license-less woman who is unable to get her kid on a bus to school and can’t afford to Uber him dozensof times a week. The school district says it is unable to provide busing from more than K-6 grades to […]
Thursday tidbits
First up, the 4th Circuit Court upheld Maryland’s assault weapon ban “The assault weapons at issue fall outside the ambit of protection offered by the Second Amendment because, in essence, they are military-style weapons designed for sustained combat operations that are ill-suited and disproportionate to the need for self-defense,” the opinion stated. The Center Square […]
Supersonic – underwater?
No, we are not referring to the finances of the SST – multiple news reports say the U.S. Navy is doing research on a super-sonic submarine. The sleek jet is expected to play an instrumental role in bringing back supersonic commercial air travel. But what if I tell you that researchers are working on […]
Silly? Stupid? Malicious?
Seems this Tuesday holds many things…herewith a few that caught my eye: First up, a mind-boggling adder to the ceiling fan bite – in this case, researchers at Dell Hospital in Austin, TX have a new safety suggestion: Researchers from Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, are warning parents and caregivers not to toss babies […]
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