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Neuralink has been implanted in three patients, communication speed is nearing 10 bits per second and there is new study to integrate Neuralink to control robotic arms. @ModdedQuad holds the BPS world record of 9.5 bits per second (bps). The challenge now: can this approach scale to 10 bps and beyond for our participants? - ... Read more

The Boring Company @boringcompany has opened the Westgate Station yesterday. It extends the Las Vegas Convention center system and connects the Riviera with the Westgate.

The Future of AI is not certain but the huge spending is for the belief that we will transform the information industries with AGI-like or even super intelligent capabilities. There is evidence that AI capabilities are providing PHD level answers and reasoning from the OpenAI O3 model and from Google's Deep Research system. Elon Musk ... Read more

Youtuber Marcus House and Chamelon Circuit provided a graphic of where the fuel leak was in the SpaceX Starship yesterday. It was just above the engines in the new block 2 Starship. SpaceX has reduced the time needed reconnect after a quick disconnect from over 6 hours to just over 2 hours.

Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity. Apart from obviously double-checking for leaks, we will add fire suppression to that volume. This caused the loss of SpaceX Starship 33 in flight 7. ... Read more

Blockchain is all about decentralization, or so we're told. But despite this core principle, much of the blockchain ecosystem still relies on centralized entities for exchanges, custody and governance. This centralization is a contradiction to the whole idea of decentralization. Above - Image source: Pixabay. As blockchain evolves, trustless infrastructure is becoming the key to ... Read more

The seventh fully integrated test flight of Starship with its Super Heavy booster launched. the Starship booster is a block 2 version with a lot of improvements. Go for booster return AND IT WAS CAUGHT. Telemetry has been lost to the Starship after the ascent burn. Upper stage was lost. If all goes well, Starship ... Read more

Vaire Computing has raised a total of $4.5 million in funding. They aim to produce useful reversible computing chips in 2027. They ihad a seed round of $4 million, which was announced on July 1, 2024, bringing the total funding to $4.5 million when combined with previous pre-seed funding of $500,000. IBM, Intel, MIT, Sandia ... Read more

A new video discusses what is happening with Tesla shares. There was a breakout yesterday over $415. There is discussion of the need to hold breakouts through the end of a day and end of week. The video also discusses detailed plans for preventing and protecting against citywide fires.

Symmetrical wave ripples identified with NASA's Curiosity rover in ancient lake deposits at Gale crater provide a key paleoclimate constraint for early Mars: At the time of ripple formation, climate conditions must have supported ice-free liquid water on the surface of Mars. These features are the most definitive examples of wave ripples on another planet. ... Read more

Accuweather estimates the damage and economic loss estimates in the Los Angeles wildfires at $250-$275 billion and still increasing. Losses are set to exceed Hurricane Katrina in 2005, even after adjusting for inflation. The LA fires will be costliest natural disaster in US history. In terms of number of burned buildings the Los Angeles fire ... Read more

The seventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Thursday, January 16. The 60-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 35 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new ... Read more

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket achieved orbit on its first launch Jan. 16, but they lost the booster. New Glenn lifted off at 2:03 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The booster uses seven BE-4 engines. The upper stage used two BE-3U engines and continued its ascent to orbit. ... Read more

A Google Deep Mind researcher and physics expert, Adam Brown, discusses what an AI Einstein would be like. Einstein coming up with General Relativity required coming up with new notation. Einstein's discovery of general relativity was a complex and multi-faceted process that unfolded over several years, involving new mathematical notations, a revolutionary perspective on gravity, ... Read more

The seventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Wednesday, January 15. The 60-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT. The upcoming flight test will launch a new generation ship with significant upgrades, attempt Starship's first payload deployment test, fly multiple reentry experiments geared towards ship catch and reuse, and launch and ... Read more

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In some legal matters, it makes sense to hire an expert witness. The expert witness can help you with a variety of tasks pertaining to your case, from evaluating the strength of your claim to gathering evidence and even representing you in court. But when exactly should you hire an expert witness? And how do ... Read more

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SpaceX launched Firefly's lunar lander. The lander will take 45 days to reach the moon. It will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, on the northeast quadrant of the Moon's near side.

Nvidia's improved GB300 GPU is powered by the B300 chip and will be available March 2025. It will give a 1.5x increase in FP4 performance. Its ultra-architecture also facilitates a substantial memory capacity upgrade from 192GB HBM2e (8 layers) to 288GB HBM3e (12 layers), enabling faster processing of massive datasets and improving overall performance. It ... Read more

The story of the battle for semiconductors was the battle between Liang Mong Song of SMIC /Samsung vs Morris Chang of TSMC and the future of AI. Dwarkesh Patel talked with Dylan Patel and Jon Y of Asianometry. Dylan Patel runs Semianalysis, the leading publication and research firm on AI hardware: https://www.semianalysis.com/ Jon Y runs ... Read more

2024 was another monster year for AI progress and spending on AI. In 2024, organizations worldwide spent an estimated $235 billion on AI, encompassing applications, infrastructure, and related services. The Future of AI is not certain but the huge spending is for the belief that we will transform the information industries with AGI-like or even ... Read more

A moon lander mission is launching tomorrow and will take about 45 days to get the moon and then spend 14 days or more operating on the surface. It will take improved radiation tolerant PCs and an electromagnetic dust shield. The Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC) is a technology demonstration of a radiation tolerant computer system. ... Read more

Firefly Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander launches tomorrow to go to the moon with a lot of new science gear including the PlanetVac. PlanetVac will collect samples of lunar regolith (soil) from the surface using a pneumatic technique (powered by compressed gas) and its delivery system will transfer the samples to other instruments that will ... Read more

Improved technology will be taken to the moon by SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace and NASA with a launch tomorrow of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission. The Next Generation Lunar Retroreflector (NGLR) serves as a target for lasers on Earth to precisely measure the distance between Earth and the Moon. The NGLR will reflect very short ... Read more

Firefly's first lunar delivery is scheduled to launch tomorrow and will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, on the northeast quadrant of the Moon's near side. Firefly is sending its Blue Ghost 1 lander to Mare Crisium. It will deliver 10 NASA science payloads to the lunar surface that will ... Read more

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander is flying annual missions to the Moon with payload services customized to the technology and exploration goals of each customer. Offering rideshare opportunities and dedicated missions, Blue Ghost can deliver and host payloads anywhere on the lunar surface. When paired with Firefly's medium launch and orbital vehicles, Blue Ghost supports ... Read more

There was a report from Bloomberg that China was considering selling Tik Tok USA to Elon Musk X. This was later denied by Tik Tok. Kevin O'leary is part of group that has put up $20 billion to buy TikTok USA without the algorithm. There are about 110-130 million US users of Tik Tok USA. ... Read more

The exceptional drone or UFO sightings over New Jersey have had a high volume and there are officials who confirm various sightings. Law Enforcement and Local Officials: Various law enforcement agencies, including the Morris County Sheriff's Office, have reported sightings. Sheriff James Gannon noted that there was no immediate danger to the public but confirmed ... Read more

Xpeng has a hybrid six wheel van. It has a gasoline and electric engine. It has automated deployment of a two passenger eVTOL. A vertical takeoff and landing two person vehicle. The van can hold five people and is about the size of a Cybertruck. The vehicles cost about $280,000. Starting price: $280,000 ... Read more

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket had a scrubbed first launch. Blue Origin will not try again for at least two days and weather will likely cause further days of delays. The rocket seems ready. The problem was icing on a vent. When New Glenn starts flying it will operate much like a larger SpaceX Falcon ... Read more

Copenhagen Atomics is a Danish molten salt technology company developing mass manufacturable molten-salt reactors. The reactor type invented by Copenhagen Atomics is a thorium molten salt breeder reactor, which fits inside a custom built 40 foot shipping container and can be mass manufactured on assembly lines with an expected output of minimum 1 reactor per ... Read more

Blue Origin New Glenn launch flight was scrubbed. [Blue Origin[ We're standing down on today's launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We're reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt. It will carry the prototype DarkSky-1 Blue Ring Pathfinder, consisting of communications array, power systems, and ... Read more

Los Angeles could have to rebuild over 30% of the city. California has fires, earthquakes, high winds and other risks. Replacing hundreds of billions in residential and commercial buildings and roads is an opportunity to enable a shift to Ultra-high performance concrete and making key structures like hospitals, fire departments into UHPC concrete domes. The ... Read more

I, Brian Wang, talked with Randy Kirk about his idea for using tens of thousands of drones or other technology to fight large city and forest fires. Here is a solution that wasn't possible even a few years ago. 10,000 Drones specially built for dumping water or chemicals could provide overwhelming fire suppression fast and ... Read more

In Mid-2024, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a construction permit yesterday to Abilene Christian University, giving ACU and its partners the go-ahead to build the Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) facility on its Abilene, Texas, campus. The 1-MWt research reactor is the first molten salt-fueled reactor to get a construction permit from the NRC. After ... Read more

China's outlined a buildout of nuclear power in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), released in March 2021. China plans 150 new nuclear reactors over the ensuing 15 years to reach a production goal of 200 GW of nuclear energy by 2035. Analysts estimated that adding an additional 147 GW (to the 53 GW of nuclear ... Read more

Deep Fission, a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developer, has partnered with Endeavour Energy, a US sustainable infrastructure developer, to develop and deploy nuclear fission to power AI data centers. They have committed to co-developing 2GW of nuclear energy to supply Endeavour's global portfolio of data centers which operate under the Endeavour Edged brand. The ... Read more

Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede says We are ready to talk." Greenland PM will meet Trump. Greenland looks forward to discussing the possibilities for business cooperation, the development of Greenland's mineral sector, including critical minerals and other relevant areas with the US. Speaking next to Danish PM Mette Frederiksen at a joint press conference, Egede ... Read more

Tesla shares have been between $373 and $489 in the past 25 days. Tesla is at $394 per share. In October, Brian predicted that Tesla will reach $1000 by the end of 2025 and would reach $2500 by the end of 2027. In November, Brian predicted that Tesla will reach $450 by Feb 8, 2025. ... Read more

There have been drones made and used to fight fires. They are used in New York and in China. There are new heavier lift drones that could be used to transport large quantities of water. What was it like responding to yesterday's crane fire and collapse? Take look at the footage from #FDNY Robotics Unit ... Read more

Los Angeles has major fires that have burned over 38,000 acres out of a total of about 300,000 acres of land in Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles covers a total area of 502.7 square miles (1,302 km2), comprising 468.7 square miles (1,214 km2) of land and 34.0 square miles (88 km2) of water. ... Read more

Neutron Rocket will give Rocket Lab a SpaceX Falcon 9 class vehicle. It will move them up from $8.5 million Electron rocket launches to $55 million per launch. Neutron is scheduled for its debut launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 in Virginia from mid-2025. They want to get to a realistic launch cadence of ... Read more

Expecting a second good booster catch, dummy satellite deployment and Raptor engine relight in orbit and a simulated tower catch for Starship. Flight is now targeting Jan 13 2025, 4pm CST. +00:06:55 Super Heavy landing burn shutdown and catch Planned +00:08:53 Starship engine cutoff (SECO) Planned +00:17:33 Starlink simulators satellites deploy demo Planned +00:37:33 Raptor ... Read more

Based upon 2024 pricing, Tesla could start a robotaxi service that offered $5 base fare and $1.00 for booking and $0.7-1.5 per mile ($1.10 average). If this generated 10,000 trips with an average of 6 miles per trip, then this would be : 60,000 miles for $60,000 base fares and bookings and $66,000 for the ... Read more

Elon Musk made huge announcements that Teslabot will start ramping mass production this year and reach 500,000 to 1 million in 2027. The targets are 5,000 bots in 2025 with Q4 2025 being the start of a factory and 50,000 to 100,000 in 2026 and 500,000 to 1 million in 2027. This would be huge ... Read more

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Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla Full Self Driving Unsupervised (no human driver) is already being used by Tesla employees. Tesla is still on track for robotaxi and unsupervised FSD commercial release in California and Austin later in 2025. $tsla elon just confirmed that they're running unsupervised FSD trials with employees right now, and will launch ... Read more