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Jul 1, 2018

Musk’s Kent solar farm is green lunacy

Posted by in categories: food, solar power, sustainability

Solar farms in Texas or California are fine, but Kent in England?


Solar farms should be placed in desert regions that have low value for growing food, and relatively low value to nature. Musk plans to install a massive solar farm in nice green Kent, where it is occasionally a little bit sunny. Look at the pics here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5905675/Elon-Musk-bu…plans.html is simply green lunacy.

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Jul 1, 2018

Astronaut Mark Kelly says Trump’s order to create a Space Force ‘is a dumb idea’

Posted by in categories: military, space

The US already has the Air Force Space Command and the Space Mission Force.


President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted to create a sixth military division called the Space Force. But Mark Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut and Navy veteran, tweeted that it was “a dumb idea” because the US Air Force already has a Space Command and a space force.

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Jul 1, 2018

Google sister company and drug giant chip in another $1 billion to cure age-related diseases

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, life extension

Google sister company Calico and drug giant AbbVie are chipping in another $1 billion to cure diseases associated with aging, the companies said Tuesday.

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Jul 1, 2018

The True Science of Parallel Universes

Posted by in categories: cosmology, science

There are many theories and stories about parallel universes, but this video contains the true science behind them…

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Jun 30, 2018

Gateway Foundation Spaceport envisions large scale space construction

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

Orbital Assembly and the Gateway Foundation are working on a reasonable set of plans and steps to build a space station that is 488 meters in diameter.

They would start with a hub that is 78 meters wide.

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Jun 30, 2018

Rocket developed by Japan startup in flames after liftoff

Posted by in category: space travel

TOKYO, Japan — A rocket developed by a Japanese startup company burst into flames seconds after a failed liftoff Saturday in northern Japan.

The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was launched in Taiki town on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island. It was supposed to reach as high as 100 kilometers (62 miles) into space.

Television footage showed that the 10-meter (33-foot) pencil rocket lifted only slightly from its launch pad before dropping to the ground, disappearing in a fireball. Footage on NHK public television showed a charred rocket lying on the ground.

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Jun 30, 2018

Oxygen On Earth Originated A Billion Years Earlier Than We Thought

Posted by in category: futurism

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Jun 30, 2018

This AI Just Beat Human Doctors On A Clinical Exam

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Now the startup behind it claims to have the cure to rising healthcare costs, with a blend of medical advice from humans and AI.

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Jun 30, 2018

Faraday Future gets a $2 billion lifeline to build expensive crossover

Posted by in categories: finance, health, sustainability, transportation

Faraday Future, the fledgling Tesla competitor working to build a $300,000 electric SUV, has been thrown a financial lifeline.

Evergrande Health, a division of a large Hong Kong conglomerate, has committed to invest $2 billion to keep alive the all-electric luxury SUV project, according to a report in TechCrunch.

Faraday Future showed off its ultra-futuristic—and ultra expensive—FF91 electric SUV at the 2017 CES show, but has struggled to bring the car to market.

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Jun 30, 2018

This Startup Wants To Replace Your Doctor With A Chatbot

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI

Babylon Health’s AI-powered robo-docs could save insurers and governments billions.


Ali Parsa’s AI-powered robo-docs could save insurers and governments billions. He’s already transformed a swathe of Britain’s socialized healthcare system, now he’s bringing it to the United States.

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