Archive for the ‘habitats’ category: Page 4
Oct 11, 2024
SpaceX plans to launch this space station. It looks futuristic
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: habitats, space travel
Oct 5, 2024
World’s First 3D-Printed Hotel Under Construction in Texas Desert
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: 3D printing, habitats
El Cosmico Campground Hotel in the Texas desert is billed as the world’s first 3D-printed hotel. Following the project’s announcement earlier this year, 3D-printed architecture firm Icon is busy constructing the ambitious hotel.
El Cosmico is an expansion and reimagining of an already-existing campground hotel on the outskirts of Marfa, Texas. According to Icon, it will include camping areas, vacation homes, shared amenities, and permanent residences for sale. Connected to the hotel is the collection of the BIG-designed three and four-bedroom “Sunday Homes.” Pricing on the Sunday Homes starts at a cool $2.29M.
The company says the new hotel and homes feature organic curves and domes, a design that is only possible with 3D printing. The project was created in collaboration with architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.
Sep 28, 2024
SpaceX launches Crew-9 astronauts from upgraded Florida pad to return Boeing Starliner crew home
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: alien life, habitats
Sep 19, 2024
Researchers build AI model database to find new alloys for nuclear fusion facilities
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: habitats, nuclear energy, robotics/AI
A study led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory details how artificial intelligence researchers have created an AI model to help identify new alloys used as shielding for housing fusion applications components in a nuclear fusion reactor. The findings mark a major step towards improving nuclear fusion facilities.
Sep 19, 2024
People in California told to avoid leaving the house
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: habitats, sustainability
Officials in southern California are advising some residents against leaving their homes as wildfire smoke worsens air quality in the region.
On Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in San Diego broadcast an air quality alert from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). The alert warned of increased fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke across parts of southern California, and it is expected to remain in place until 11 p.m. local time Tuesday.
“If you smell smoke or see ash due to a wildfire, remain indoors with windows and doors closed or seek alternative shelter, if feasible,” the alert said. “Avoid vigorous physical activity and run your air conditioner and/or an air purifier. If possible, do not use whole house fans or swamp coolers that bring in outside air. Avoid burning wood in your fireplace or firepit and minimize sources of indoor air pollution such as candles, incense, pan-frying, and grilling.”
Sep 15, 2024
Humanoid Robots Head Home: Meet NEO Beta
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: habitats, robotics/AI
We break down everything we know about 1X Technologies’ new humanoid robot designed for homes, the Neo Beta.
Read the CNET Article:
Humanoid Robots Head Home: Meet NEO Beta https://cnet.us/8o7
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Sep 13, 2024
Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in US in last two decades, study finds
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: habitats
A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of all new floodplain housing built in Florida.
Sep 8, 2024
MIT’s rocket horizon project reimagines spaceX starship HLS as sustainable lunar habitats
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: habitats, space travel, sustainability
Rocket horizon, led by a team from MIT, represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to create sustainable lunar habitats.
Aug 31, 2024
Exploring the fundamental reasoning abilities of LLMs
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: habitats
Reasoning, the process through which human beings mentally process information to draw specific conclusions or solve problems, can be divided into two main categories. The first type of reasoning, known as deductive reasoning, entails starting from a general rule or premise and then using this rule to draw conclusions about specific cases.
This could mean, for instance, building on the premise that “all dogs have ears” and “Chihuahuas are dogs,” to conclude that “chihuahuas have ears.”
The second widely used form of reasoning is inductive reasoning, which instead consists of generalizing (i.e., formulating general rules) based on specific observations. This could mean, for instance, assuming that all swans are white because all the swans we encountered during our lifetime were white.
