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by Brian Wang on (#6VRX4)
Join Curt Jaimungal talks to Harvard physicist Jacob Barandes and Scott Aaronson. Jacob Barandes claims quantum mechanics can be reformulated without wave functions. Barandes has a new formulation of quantum mechanics which is considered a serious proposal by Scott Aaronson. Quantum computer theoretician Scott Aaronson gives his perspective. Barandes' indivisible" approach challenges the standard Schrodinger ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VR9F)
The Startup Alice and Bob have been working on the cat qubit. Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing startup founded in 2020 by Theau Peronnin and Raphael Lescanne, with a mission to build the first universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer. Their main technological advantage is the proprietary cat qubit" technology. With over 110 employees ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VR8A)
Previously, SpaceX has talked saving about 500 kilograms from Raptor 1 to Raptor 3 and 100-200 kilograms from going from Raptor 2 to Raptor 3. But on the Flight 8 launch preparation, they talked about saving 1 metric ton of mass per Raptor 3 engine. This must be mass beyond the engine to related components ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VR8B)
I am expecting a clean SpaceX Starship test flight 8. UPDATE: I was wrong. Starship had self destruct activated as SpaceX lost center engine and Starship started tumbling. There was a scrub a few days ago and there were some minor issues yesterday and there was the explosion of the upper stage on Starship Test ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VR07)
Tesla Fremont factory has 15 spherical community gateway receivers. The Starlink Community Gateways program is designed to deliver high-speed internet for businesses, remote and underserved areas. This program can provide symmetrical download and upload speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) per gateway. We don't know if each spherical unit is a gateway ... Read more
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by cybernewswire on (#6VQSR)
Palo Alto, Singapore, 6th March 2025, CyberNewsWire
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by Brian Wang on (#6VQGP)
SpaceX Starship had two weird problems today. There was a part that fell off the Starship. Later, there was some ball bearing problem on the Mechazilla launch tower. Despite the issues. Starship is stacked on the booster and hopefully ready for Flight 8 tomorrow. Live now on @NASASpaceflight - Starship being destacked again after a ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VQ98)
There are report that there will be a third Tesla megapack factory and it will be in Texas. The will be located in Waller County, within the Empire West Industrial Park, near Houston and part of the Houston metropolitan area (close to Katy, Texas). It is expected to span approximately 1.6 million square feet, though ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VQ99)
Brian Wang talks to Herbert Ong, Brian White and Nick Gibb about his pick for the first China carmaker to license Tesla FSD. The financial impact of the tax deductible interest on car loans for US made cars and how many more cars Tesla will sell. What will happen with the Tesla share prices ? ... Read more
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by cybernewswire on (#6VPZJ)
London, United Kingdom, 5th March 2025, CyberNewsWire
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by Brian Wang on (#6VPJH)
Robert Zubrin talks about reducing the mass of SpaceX Starship by a factor of 5 for a Starboat mini-Starship. The linear dimensions would scale by the cube root of 1/5 0.58. This gives a diameter of 9 * 0.58 5.2 meters. The mass would then be 1320 / 5 = 264 tons (assuming ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VPHF)
Robert Zubrin, Presiden of the Mars Society, has developed an updated Mars plan that builds on his original Mars Direct proposal. This new plan integrates modern spaceflight technologies, such as SpaceX's Starship, with his core principles of cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and the use of local Martian resources. Central to this vision is a conceptual spacecraft referred ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VPEG)
As flight testing and development of Starship continues at Starbase in Texas, SpaceX is building a new integration facility, called Gigabay, next to its HangarX location at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Additionally, SpaceX plans to complete the Starship launch pad at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center this year while the Environmental Impact ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VPEH)
Colossus Bioscience creation of the woolly mice Tuesday in a news release and posted a scientific paper online detailing the achievement. Scientists implanted genetically modified embryos in female lab mice that gave birth to the first of the woolly pups in October. Reviving extinct species like the mammoth, the dodo and others could help repair ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VPD1)
Many space people are worried about a space junk catastrophe called the Kessler Syndrome. Lower orbits reduce the risk of the Kessler syndrome. Here are considerations of fuel needs and aerodynamic factors, especially in the context of SpaceX's low-cost launches with reusable Starships. De-Orbit Times and Fuel Requirements Above is a table summarizing the estimated ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VPD2)
Tesla China weekly registrations are at about the level in the same week last year. YTD only 8K behind last year despite the Model Y refresh ramp. The Tesla Model 3 has started a 0% interest rate incentive in the US. I think this is to clear model 3 inventory ahead of the new model ... Read more
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by cybernewswire on (#6VP27)
Boston and Tel Aviv, United States, 4th March 2025, CyberNewsWire
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by Brian Wang on (#6VNJG)
They are now scrubbed. They cleared a booster issue and are now examining a Starship issue. They had a solution submitted and are waiting for a decision. Pressure was too low. They will destack and figure it out. This is the eighth fully integrated test flight of Starship with its Super Heavy booster, the largest ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VNJH)
SpaceX is making over 15,000 Starlink dishes per day. However, it is only 70,000 per week so this means only 5 days per week. This is a 3.5 Million dish per year runrate. This was revealed in the pre-launch info for Flight 8 (launch scrubbed). SpaceX expanded and is expanding the Bastrop Texas dish factory ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VNGW)
Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are the modern day companies that are truly using the small and effective engineering team approaches and methods of the Clarence Kelly" Johnson led (1943-1975) Lockheed Skunkworks. Here is analysis of their technology and how they will crack the three speed zone problem that has stopped researchers for decades. Going from ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VNGX)
The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Monday, March 3. We are counting down to a 5:45 p.m. CT launch. This is 2 minutes away. SpaceX now can use Starlink to stream the video from 30 cameras on the rocket and transmit 120 mbps of data. A live webcast of the flight ... Read more
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by cybernewswire on (#6VNDX)
San Francisco, California, 3rd March 2025, CyberNewsWire
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by Brian Wang on (#6VMXA)
AI spending is huge and it is sustainable and has indications that it is profitable spending. Returns are from AI are being seen. The smaller spending from 2 years ago sees a lag in returns but adjusting for lag shows profits. Pascal's Wager Applied (CEOs Believe in Godlike AI) Invest and AI Succeeds: Huge payoff-competitive ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VMW7)
Venus Aerospace is building a hypersonic aircraft that can carry about a dozen passengers, traveling at Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound. The Stargazer, which measures 150 feet long by 100 feet wide, will travel between two cities in the world by flying 6,905 mph at an altitude of 170,000 feet. Hypersonic is ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VMSM)
The UK is talking about sending ground troops to the Ukraine. March 2, 2025, Starmer has discussed the possibility of the UK participating in a coalition of the willing alongside France and other nations to deploy troops to Ukraine. However, this is framed as a peacekeeping effort to enforce a potential peace deal, rather than ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VMNK)
The smallest widely available Starlink antenna is the Starlink Mini, which is significantly larger than a typical cellphone (about the size of a laptop or small tablet). There is a range of Starlink antenna offerings. What are there specifications? What are there use cases? How Larger Version 3 Satellites Boost Signal Strength The larger size ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VMNM)
SpaceX launches the 8th Starship flight tomorrow March 3, 2025. There will be four dummy version 3 Starlink satellites deployed. If this test is successful it will set the stage for version 3 Starlink satellites on all future Starship test and real flights. SpaceX Starship will go Orbital after the launch tomorrow. There will be ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VM7C)
DeepSeek has revealed they makes $200M/yr at 85%+ profit margins. This means their profits margins are larger than the 72-77% profit margins of Nvidia. Revenue (/day): $562k Cost (/day): $87k Revenue (/yr): ~$205M This is all while charging $2.19/M tokens on R1, ~25x less than OpenAI o1. If Deepseek was in the US, they would ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VM7D)
A drone operator flying over the Tesla Fremont factory is spotting thousands of front vehicle casting being stored at the factory. He also found one of the castings by itself so its shape can be seen. Castings for in production vehicles would normally not be stored in such high numbers. There was an accumulation of ... Read more
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by Brian Wang on (#6VM4N)
Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are two innovative companies advancing hypersonic technology, focusing on engine efficiency, rapid prototype development, and simplified propulsion systems to operate across speed regions from 0 to Mach 5 and beyond. Here is analysis of why their technologies and plans should succeed. How will they get more thrust and efficiency and get ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VKZD)
SpaceX @Starlink has over 5 million customers, up from 4.6 million in December 2024 and 3 million in May 2024. Starship Flight 8 goals: - Deploy four Starlink simulators - Super Heavy Booster launch, return, and catch - Conduct critical reentry tests, including stress-testing with fewer tiles and evaluating new thermal protection options pic.twitter.com/em0Jj9DPPj - ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VKZE)
Venus Aerospace, a leader in hypersonics deep-tech startups aimed at revolutionizing high-speed flight, has successfully achieved ignition of its VDR2' engine. VDR2 offers a single engine solution from Mach 0 to Mach 6. This marks the first successful Rocket-Based Combined Cycle test. The engine architecture was unveiled in October at UP.Summit and combines the high ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VKZF)
In 2024, Hermeus built their first aircraft and completed its ground test campaign. They opened a new test facility - set to become a national asset for high-Mach and hypersonic propulsion testing, and quickly brought it online with F100 engine tests. They expanded ther Los Angeles footprint, grew the team across both coasts, and increased ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VKS0)
Super Heavy on the launch pad at Starbase ahead of Starship's eighth flight test on Monday March 3, 2025. Now targeting to launch Starship's eighth flight test as soon as Monday, March 3 https://t.co/alyJTRtOIP https://t.co/nVu5uHMGwi - SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 27, 2025 The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VK2X)
The Verizon communication system to air traffic control is breaking down very rapidly. The FAA assessment is single digit months to catastrophic failure, putting air traveler safety at serious risk. The Starlink terminals are being sent at NO COST to the taxpayer on an emergency basis to restore air traffic control connectivity. The situation is ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VK22)
Mo Gawdat, Peter Diamandis, and Salim Ismail discuss AGI, how to adapt to an AI-driven world, the future of jobs, and more. They discuss the different kinds of intelligence. The talk about AI being broadly superior in writing and math. The LLMs are rapidly knocking off other categories. Mo Gawdat is a renowned author, entrepreneur, ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VK23)
Mark Chen is the chief research officer at OpenAI and he talks about the debut of GPT 4.5 in a video below. The OpenAI newest largest model is going live today. The full OpenAI GPT 4.5 paper is here. Also, OpenAI GPT 4.5 is expensive. Key Innovations - Scale Improvements Improves on GPT-4's computational efficiency ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VJ6R)
Tesla watchers are eagerly waiting for the new cheaper models. You have questions, I have answers. Here I answer all the questions about the new models. How much will they cost? How many will Tesla make each year? How quickly will they be made ? How many will be made each year? Here we do ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VJ5M)
Nvidia once again beat the quarterly earnings estimate and increased guidance more than expectations. Revenue: $39.3B vs. $38.1B est (+78% YoY) EPS: $0.89 vs. $0.85 est Data Center: $35.6B vs $33.5B est (+93% YoY) Guidance Revenue: $43.0B vs. $42.1B est EPS: $0.89 (Beat +6%) Key Highlights: Data Center Revenue: $35.6B ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VJ3S)
OpenAI 4.5 research preview is available to some pro users. There are reports that GPT4.5 has been leaked. It is likely that GPT 4.5 could be widely available by Thursday or Friday. Reports indicate that GPT-4.5 is on the verge of release, with evidence emerging from the ChatGPT Android app, where datamining uncovered references to ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VHYS)
Tesla's patent 2025/015194 A1,(Cathode Powder and Processes)," describes a method for producing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials for the Tesla 4680 batteries. It has simplified mixing, granulation, and heating steps. This patent, spanning over 100 pages, was published recently. @Tesla's LFP manufacturing patent, WO2025015194A1 is just published. pic.twitter.com/3PoF1blnfa - SETI Park (@seti_park) January ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VHYT)
Tesla has published a new 100 page patent that describes an innovation for making cathode powder with wet and dry processes. Drew Banglino, x-Tesla executive, and Jordan Giesege, The Limiting Factor, tell us how this will be a path to make the lowest cost iron LFP batteries than untariffed LFP from China. The new technology ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VHFV)
Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving version 13.2.6) has been localized to China using only internet driving videos of driving in China. Previously it was believed that Tesla would need to be able to send a lot of driving videos collected in China to retrain the base model. This was not needed. There was no regulatory ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VH38)
In 2015, Waitbutwhy.com had some articles and diagrams explaining how the artificial intelligence revolution of a technological singularity would play out. The diagram above shows how there would be a series of improvement rates that would get steeper and steeper and faster and faster. My article from yesterday explains how 12-20 years ago we shifted ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VH0E)
Reviewing my analysis from two weeks ago about Tesla, I wanted to emphasize key points and add more context. I think 2025 is playing out like what happened in 2020. In 2020, the stock ran up (post-split prices) from about $15 in late 2019 to $60 by Feb 21, 2020 and then dropped to about ... Read more
by cybernewswire on (#6VGQE)
Cary, NC, 25th February 2025, CyberNewsWire
by Brian Wang on (#6VGFV)
The evidence for the Tesla and XAI data center construction advantage in build speed and dominating size is clear. The XAI and Tesla ability to build data centers 4 to 10 times faster than Microsoft, Google, Meta and others is translating into a defensible technology and business advantage and permanent AI domination. This can be ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VGD4)
Tesla is releasing Full Self Driving Features into its China version of Autopilot. Having permission to place the software and features of Full Self driving will enable more of the value to be given to China customers. It will support pricing that is more like FSD than lower priced Autopilot. The software version 2024.45.32.12 being ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VG8K)
Tesla is preparing to roll out its FSD feature in China and will provide a batch of software updates to Chinese EV owners. Launching Tesla FSD (Supervised) in China would add another 3 million potential customers. At a 35% take rate of $99 per month, it would be about $1 billion in profit per year. ... Read more
by Brian Wang on (#6VG8M)
Clone Robotics made the Protoclone which is a faceless, anatomically accurate, synthetic human with over 200 degrees of freedom, over 1,000 Myofibers, and over 200 sensors. This is pretty much like the synthetic androids in the movie Alien and other science fiction movies, anime and books. The cost of the Clone Alpha robot by Clone ... Read more