Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Trump Administration Drafting ‘Artemis Accords’ Pact for Moon Mining
May 7th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon under a new U.S.-sponsored international agreement called the Artemis Accords, people familiar with the proposed pact told Reuters. … The Trump administration and other spacefaring countries see the moon as a key strategic asset in outer space. The moon also […]
Tesla Orders Battery-Making Machines on Road to Building Its Own Cells
May 6th, 2020Tesla is weeks away from significant announcements related to cell manufacturing and improvements. Via: Electrek: Tesla has placed an order for battery-making machines with Korea’s Hanwha on the road to building its own battery cells. … We previously reported on Tesla’s secret Roadrunner project, which consists of Tesla developing its own battery cell production with […]
A Neuroscience Startup Uses Helmets to Measure Brain Activity
May 5th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Kernel had initially planned to develop implants, since they provide direct access to neurons, aka brain cells, and deliver the clearest signals. But Johnson has doubts as to how many people want to surgically add a computer chip in their head. This led Kernel to focus on developing a removable helmet. The team […]
Quantum Computer with 1 Million Qubits Within “A Handful of Years” [???]
May 5th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: PsiQuantum, a 5-year-old startup based in Palo Alto, Calif., says it’s well on its way to creating a commercial quantum machine, the boldest claim to date among a legion of hopefuls in the field. It has raised $215 million to build a computer with 1 million qubits, or quantum bits, within “a handful […]
“Big Doctor”: Fever-Reading Drones Just The Beginning
May 4th, 2020Via: Miami Herald: Last month, police departments in Daytona Beach and Connecticut unveiled what was initially touted as a potential new tool against a pandemic: drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air. Both agencies quickly backtracked on using the machines to track the novel coronavirus after backlash from civil […]
Coronavirus Health Passports for UK ‘Possible in Months’
May 3rd, 2020Here we go. Via: Guardian: Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial recognition. Facial biometrics could be used to help provide a digital certificate – sometimes known as an immunity passport – proving which workers have had Covid-19, as […]
The Models, the Tests and Now the Consequences
May 3rd, 2020Related: Corbett Report: Via: William Engdahl: Two major models are being used in the West since the alleged spread of coronavirus to Europe and USA to “predict” and respond to the spread of COVID-19 illness. One was developed at Imperial College of London. The second was developed, with emphasis on USA effects, by the University […]
Apple Data Shows Shelter-In-Place Is Ending, Whether Governments Want It To Or Not
May 3rd, 2020Via: Forbes: Bye-bye shelter-in-place. Hello re-opening. Apple’s Mobility Trends report shows that traffic in the US and other countries like Germany has pretty much doubled in the past three weeks. It had been down up to 72%. And location data provider Foursquare says that gas and fast food visits are back to pre-COVID-19 levels in […]
YouTube and Facebook Ban David Icke
May 2nd, 2020David Icke’s accounts on YouTube and Facebook have been deleted. As of the time of this post, his Twitter account is still up. Main site: davidicke.com
NASA Awards Nearly $1 Billion to SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics for Moon Missions
May 2nd, 2020Via: CBS: SpaceX and teams led by Dynetics and Blue Origin won NASA contracts Thursday totaling nearly $1 billion to develop lunar landers that could carry astronauts back to the moon as early as 2024 and support sustained, long-term operations by 2028 under the space agency’s Artemis program. “With these contract awards, America is moving […]
