Archive for the 'Technology' Category
The World’s Only Homemade Spacesuit Is About To Get Its First Life-or-Death Test
July 29th, 2018Via: Medium: Cameron Smith has never been to space, but this autumn he’ll get close. In a few months, Smith and the small team of volunteers that comprise Pacific Spaceflight will travel to an undisclosed location on the West Coast where Smith will don a homemade spacesuit and attempt to pilot a hot air balloon […]
The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery
July 29th, 2018Via: New York Times: Hoover Dam helped transform the American West, harnessing the force of the Colorado River — along with millions of cubic feet of concrete and tens of millions of pounds of steel — to power millions of homes and businesses. It was one of the great engineering feats of the 20th century. […]
Ford Starts Up $4B Autonomous Vehicle Unit
July 29th, 2018Via: Oilprice.com: While Ford has been emphasizing trucks and SUVs over passenger cars, that may soon be changing over to a new business model. On Tuesday, the Detroit automaker launched Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC to accelerate the growth of its autonomous vehicle business and to capitalize on market opportunities. The new subsidiary will receive a […]
Quantum Computing: With Just Over 2000 Qubits, “You Can Crack Bitcoin”
July 28th, 2018Disclosure: I am long Quantum Resistant Ledger. — Via: IEEE Spectrum: In response to an audience question about the future of Bitcoin in the quantum computing era, Troyer pointed out that his group calculated that once a quantum computer can be built with just over 2000 qubits, “you can crack Bitcoin.” “We joke that then […]
Trump, Tesla and the X-Technology Secret
July 28th, 2018Trump’s uncle and Nikola Tesla. Guy Banister… UFO investigator?! Nixon and Trump. JFK and UFOs. Masons. Lots of Masons. Via: Dark Journalist:
Facebook Down 20%
July 26th, 2018Via: BBC: Facebook shares opened sharply lower on Thursday, after the social media network warned investors of slowing revenue gains and increased spending. The firm’s shares opened down nearly 20%, a drop that wiped more than $100bn (£76bn) off Facebook’s market value. The fall also dragged down the tech-rich Nasdaq share index, which was almost […]
Google Cars Self-Drive to Walmart Supermarket in Trial
July 25th, 2018Via: BBC: Google’s sister-company Waymo has announced a trial in which its self-driving cars will ferry shoppers to and from a nearby Walmart store to pick up their groceries. For now, the pilot is being restricted to 400-plus members of its early rider programme in Phoenix, Arizona.
Quantum Benchmark Finds and Suppresses Errors in Calculations Performed by Quantum Computers
July 24th, 2018Disclosure: I am long Quantum Resistant Ledger. — Via: The Record: A startup says it has solved a huge problem for quantum computers, unlocking the potential of these experimental machines to become the most disruptive technology of the 21st century. Working out of a small office on Breithaupt Street in Kitchener, the team at Quantum […]
More and More of What We Do Depends on Government Permission
July 24th, 2018Via: Reason: Do you have permit for that? If you want to keep that permit, you’d better do as you’re told. Increasingly, that’s the theme of modern America. More and more of what we do is dependent on permission from the government. That permission, unsurprisingly, is contingent on keeping government officials happy. Rub those officials […]
Face Scanning at NYC Toll Plazas
July 23rd, 2018Via: New York Post: Big Governor is watching you. Facial-recognition cameras at bridge and tunnel toll plazas across the city are already scanning drivers’ visages and feeding them into databases to catch suspected criminals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Friday. “When it reads that license plate, it reads it for scofflaws .?.?. [but] the toll is […]
