Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Richard Dolan: Leaked UFO Notes on Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson
June 9th, 2019Document link: Imgur If it was anyone else besides Richard Dolan, I wouldn’t post this here without much more vetting. But it’s Richard Dolan. So, if this turns out to be fake, let’s get it over with. Via: Richard Dolan:
The Future Of School Safety Includes Round-The-Clock Surveillance Of Students
June 7th, 2019Via: TechDirt: To go to school is to be surveilled, on campus and off. The average school hosts a number of cameras, and the average school administration is always looking for more ways to keep tabs on students, even after they’ve gone home. The move towards pervasive surveillance of off-campus activities is generally justified with […]
Trails Made by Starlink Satellites
June 7th, 2019“Please note that the density of these satellites is significantly higher in the days after launch (as seen here) and also that the satellites will diminish in brightness as they reach their final orbital altitude.” I would have added: Please note that this is from 25 of the first batch of 60 satellites of a […]
Celera 500L Aircraft
June 7th, 2019Via: The Drive: More than two years after The War Zone was first to report on a mysterious bullet-shaped aircraft appearing at the Southern California Logistics Airport near Victorville, a refined version of the plane has conducted taxi tests and looks to be getting close to its first flight. Even though much about its design […]
Toyota and Subaru Partner to Make All-Electric SUVs Together
June 6th, 2019Via: Electrek: Toyota and Subaru, which is partly owned by the latter, have announced that they are partnering to develop a new electric platform in order to launch a couple of all-electric SUVs under each brand. The two Japanese automakers have been increasingly collaborating over the past decade, including on some hybrid vehicle projects. Both […]
GE Bet on Fossil Fuels, Lost Nearly $200B in Misjudging Renewable Energy Transition
June 6th, 2019Via: Electrek: General Electric’s profitability collapse over the past few years can be largely attributed to the company’s inability to judge the accelerating pace of the global energy transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables, a new study claims. The analysis comes from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), which says […]
Project Kuiper Initiative: Amazon Will Spend Billions to Build Satellite Internet Service
June 6th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend billions of dollars building a network of thousands of satellites to provide broadband internet service, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said. The Project Kuiper initiative, disclosed earlier this year, is the type of big bet the company needs to keep making as its massive scale renders smaller endeavors […]
A Glass Battery That Keeps Getting Better?
June 6th, 2019As usual, never hold your breath waiting for disruptive battery technology to transition from the lab to a product that you can buy. But this is a weird one… Via: IEEE: Is there such a thing as a battery whose capacity to store energy increases with age? One respected team of researchers say they have […]
New Algorithm Allows Modification of Talking Head Videos as Easily as Editing Text
June 6th, 2019Via: Stanford: In television and film, actors often flub small bits of otherwise flawless performances. Other times they leave out a critical word. For editors, the only solution so far is to accept the flaws or fix them with expensive reshoots. Imagine, however, if that editor could modify video using a text transcript. Much like […]
Amazon Claims Prime Air Drones Will Start Delivering Packages ‘Within Months’
June 6th, 2019Via: USA Today: Within a matter of months, your future Amazon orders could be delivered by a self-driving drone. Officials with the online shopping giant unveiled the latest Prime Air drone design Wednesday at Amazon’s re:MARS Conference (Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) in Las Vegas. “We’ve been hard at work building fully electric drones […]
