Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Will Supercapacitors Come to AI’s Rescue?
May 6th, 2025Musk had to use expensive Tesla Megapacks to handle the massive power fluctuations at xAI: AI datacenters, especially during training, bring extreme power fluctuations due to the nature of neural networks (gradient descent). xAI has the largest AI data centers. xAI is using Tesla Megapacks to handle millisecond power fluctuations. Supermicro provided the racks and […]
Brief Glimpse at Amazon’s Kuiper Broadband Satellites
May 5th, 2025Perplexity thinks Amazon’s launch cost is something like 3X higher than Starlink’s. It’s going to be interesting to see how Bezos will try to compete with Starlink, which is already fully operational with millions of customers. Via: Ars Technica: Amazon requested ULA end the official live broadcast of the launch around five minutes into the […]
Florida Passes Legislation to Ban Fluoride in Public Water Supplies
April 29th, 2025Via: USA Today: The Florida House on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would prevent local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies and take aim at labeling of plant-based products as milk, meat and eggs. The Republican-controlled House voted 88-27 to pass the bill (SB 700), which also includes a series of […]
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Launches First Full Batch of Low-Earth Orbit Satellites
April 29th, 2025Via: Tom’s Hardware: This deployment will just be the first of many, especially as the company has previously sought permission to launch 3,236 satellites to deliver internet services around the globe. It took six years for Amazon to go from applying for permits from the FCC to launching its satellites, and it will probably take […]
Large Power Outage Affects Spain, France and Portugal
April 28th, 2025Via: Telegraph: The mass power outages across Spain, Portugal and parts of France could take up to 10 hours to restore after it emerged the blackouts were probably caused by a technical fault. The power networks were in a race against time to restore electricity before sunset when solar generation is likely to cut off […]
India Suspends Indus Water Treaty Following Terrorist Attack, Threatens Pakistan’s Water Supply
April 25th, 2025Via: Al Jazeera: In tit-for-tat moves this week, India and Pakistan have entered a strategic standoff following Tuesday’s attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people. On Wednesday, India downgraded ties with Pakistan, announcing a series of steps, the most important of which is a decision […]
Japan: World’s First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone
April 23rd, 2025This might also be useful for defending against attacks from King Ghidorah: Via: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone: NTT has become the first in the world to successfully trigger and guide lightning using a drone. This experiment also demonstrated, under natural lightning conditions, the effectiveness of both the drone’s lightning protection technology and the electric field-based […]
CHINA SUSPENDS RARE EARTH EXPORTS
April 15th, 2025Via: New York Post: China has stopped shipping some heavy rare earth metals and magnets critical to US production of everything from cell phones to fighter jets as Beijing’s trade war with Washington simmers, leaving American industry in a bind. Effective April 3, China is no longer exporting seven heavy rare earth metals processed exclusively […]
Any Tesla Powerwall Installers/Technicians Out There?
April 2nd, 2025Update: Storm Watch Activated Anyway Storm Watch activated and the Powerwall charged to 100%. The Tesla app says, “A severe thunderstorm is forecast for your area. Powerwall has fully charged to provide backup protection.” Hmm… — Off topic. Apologies. The Neurio power meter on my Powerwall 2 / Backup Energy Gateway 1 (gray metal enclosure) […]
Counter Terrorism Police Probe Heathrow Fire
March 21st, 2025Mmm hmm. Via: Daily Mail: Counter terrorism police are now leading the probe into an electrical substation fire that has shut London Heathrow Airport for the whole of today amid claims it could be a Russian sabotage attack linked to Vladimir Putin’s campaign of disruption. More than 1,300 flights to and from the UK’s busiest […]
