Report: Black market keeps Nvidia chips flowing to China military, government
Enlarge / An Nvidia H100 graphics processor chip. China is still finding ways to skirt US export controls on Nvidia chips, Reuters reported. A Reuters review of publicly available tender…
OpenAI Will Join the Trillion Dollar Game of Humanoid Robots
In an interview with Bill Gates, Sam Altman says he is super-excited for AI applied to robotics. Sam Altman – “We have to go do this thing. This is now…
SpaceX Starship Travel Times to Mars
There is online calculator for the Lambert’s Targeting Problem (LTP) to produce launch and arrival v-infinity pork-chop plots between solar system targets selected by the user. Scott Manley explains how…
Getting “forever chemicals” out of drinking water is expensive
Enlarge (credit: Wachirawit Jenlohakit via Getty) Situated in a former sand and gravel pit just a few hundred feet from the Kennebec River in central Maine, the Riverside Station pumps…
Scientists Extend Life Span in Mice by Restoring This Brain-Body Connection
It’s easy to vilify body fat as just a layer of unwanted padding sitting silently beneath the skin. But these cells are surprisingly active. Beyond being storage containers for energy,…
Daily Telescope: Life on Earth, and maybe in the heavens above, in a single photo
Enlarge / The Milky Way over the sea. (credit: Alfonso Tamés) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light,…
The 10 Octave Circular Keyboard
Ten Octave Keyboard This design reimagines the traditional keyboard instrument in a way that seamlessly blends technology, aesthetics, and ergonomics. Instead of a straight keyboard whee you run out of…
Offshore Vertical Farms
A Vision of Sustainability In a world grappling with the challenges of sustainable living and efficient food production, one idea I can offer is the air-floating offshore vertical farm. The…
Revolutionizing Bridge Design: A Vision of the Future
Zero-weight bridges Imagine a world where bridges defy traditional engineering constraints, floating effortlessly above waterways without the need for supports or suspension cables. This is not a scene from a…
SpaceX Starship Can Reach Mars in Just 45 Days
People believe that exotic new propulsion systems are needed to reduce the one way trip times from Earth to Mars from 180-270 days down to 45 days each way. The…