martyb writes:This is not expected to be ready for another couple years, but a new theme park is under development which promises numerous new attractions and rides. Rides? Yes, rides. Lots of rides! Top of list is the "Falcon's Flight". No, not a SpaceX Falcon-9, a new roller coaster. When completed, it promises to be the fastest, tallest, and longest in the world!Record-breaking roller coaster will travel more than 155 miles per hour:
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Discoveries at the Edge of the Periodic Table: First Ever Measurements of Einsteinium Reveals Unexpected Properties:
An Anonymous Coward writes:A short article and video describes the latest self driving pilot program, using a minivan with what appears to be a very full suite of multiple cameras/lidars/radars all around the vehicle:
AnonTechie writes:IEEE Spectrum has an interesting analysis on why this project failed.Alphabet's Loon Failed to Bring Internet to the World -- What Went Wrong?
aristarchus writes:We do not cover "The Markets" so much on SoylentNews, unless of course it has to do with COVID-19 cures, but just had to submit this, because of the term, "Reddit Horde". Yes, truly, the barbarians are at the gates, and not just Bill Gates (even though I still need to run Windows to play my Wall Street simulation games).Reportage ex Bloomberg, by way of Yahoo.
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Extreme Events in Quantum Cascade Lasers Enable an Optical Neuron System 10,000× Faster Than Biological Neurons: