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Chinese universities are building a flying saucer

The two Chinese universities, Beihang University and Northwestern Polytechnical University, have jointly constructed what is likely the world’s first round eVTOL vehicle, which you can take a closer look at in the images and videos here. The electric-powered vehicle is equipped with six dual rotors and is capable of flying at heights of up to […]

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Astroscale demonstrates how to clean up space debris

Japanese space company Astroscale has released a new video showing how their space debris program, ELSA-M, will work. ELSA-M (End of Life Services by Astroscale – Multiple) is a “garbage truck satellite” that chases down defunct satellites and docks with them. ELSA-M then changes the orbit of the combined spacecraft and eventually releases the dead […]

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Mori3 is a modular robot composed of polygons

Robot researchers at the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have showcased a new modular robot that they believe could be useful in the space industry in the future. The robot is called Mori3 and consists of triangular modules that can be connected to form various polygonal structures, as seen in the image above. […]

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Robotic dog Spot gets some new features

Boston Dynamics has equipped its robotic dog Spot with some new features that can make it more useful during inspection rounds in factories, mines, and other places where the robot is employed. Spot has improved its ability to navigate through different types of spaces and terrains. The robot has also been equipped with a new […]

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The manned Starliner launch is delayed again

NASA and Boeing announced at the end of last week that the launch of the first manned Starliner spacecraft will be further delayed. The plan was to launch Boeing’s spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), on July 21. However, that will not be the case now. The reason […]

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Intel’s Meteor Lake will have a VPU

Intel has revealed some more details about its upcoming System on a Chip (SoC), Meteor Lake, during the ongoing Computex exhibition in Taiwan. Intel states that Meteor Lake will feature an integrated VPU (Vision Processing Unit), making it the first SoC of its kind according to Intel. According to The Register, Intel’s VPU is based […]

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Arm showcases new processor cores

Arm does not manufacture chips itself, but it provides various types of processor cores that manufacturers can utilize. The company has now showcased its latest chips from the Arm Cortex Immortalis series. First, we have the Cortex-X4, which is a performance CPU and is said to offer 15% better performance than previous models while consuming […]

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Virgin Orbit shuts down the company

Richard Branson’s satellite launch company, Virgin Orbit, is now filing for bankruptcy after being kept on life support for several months. Following a failed satellite launch earlier this year, the company announced in March that it would pause its operations. Just a few weeks after the pause, news came out that Virgin Orbit would put […]

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NASA astronauts to be tested in Kraken

The US space agency NASA will soon begin allowing its astronauts to test the simulator Kraken, originally developed by the US Navy. Kraken can best be described as a giant washing machine that tosses around whoever is inside the simulator at accelerations that can reach three times Earth’s gravity. The idea behind letting astronauts test […]

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Marques has tested Google Project Starline

Google has showcased Project Starline a few times now, but at this year’s Google I/O, they presented the project in a slightly more advanced version. It’s about video calls where it feels like the person you’re talking to is sitting in the same room. Marques has had the opportunity to test it and has managed […]

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Tesla showcases its robot in a new video

Yesterday, Tesla revealed more of its humanoid robot, Optimus, also known as “Tesla bot,” during a meeting with the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, and their shareholders. In the video clip found below, you can see a group of Optimus robots moving slowly on the factory floor at Tesla, also showcasing Cybertruck assembly. The video also […]

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NASA sets speed record in space communication

NASA has announced that their space communication system, TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery), has once again set a speed record for data transmission from space to Earth. TBIRD is a laser-based communication system mounted on NASA’s PTD-3 satellite (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator), which was launched into space last year. In December of last year, NASA announced that […]

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James Webb observes water on a comet

James Webb continues to explore space, and now astronomers have discovered water vapor on a comet using the space-based super telescope. Comet 238P/Read is located in the main asteroid belt, the large asteroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter, approximately 200-300 million kilometers from Earth. Based on the observed water vapor around the comet, it […]

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Arun talks with Sundar Pichai

Arun, better known as Mrwhosetheboss, had the opportunity to sit down with Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google. They discuss topics such as foldable phones, where Sundar doesn’t seem to have a definitive preference. Sometimes he wants a foldable phone, and other times he prefers a regular phone. They also talk about AI and how […]

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62 new moons discovered around Saturn

Astronomers announced last week that they have discovered 62 new moons around Saturn. This brings the total number of moons to 145 and means that Saturn now has more discovered moons than all the other planets in the solar system combined. Earlier this year, twelve newly discovered celestial bodies around Jupiter were given moon status, […]

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ClearSpace to clean up space debris

Swiss company ClearSpace has signed an agreement with Arianespace, which means that ClearSpace’s debris removal satellite, ClearSpace-1, can be sent into space within a few years. ClearSpace’s business idea is to develop spacecraft that will act as space garbage collectors and remove defunct satellites from Earth’s orbit. Now it seems that the launch of their […]

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Microsoft invests in nuclear fusion

Microsoft has signed an agreement with the American company Helion Energy to purchase energy generated through nuclear fusion. According to the agreement, Helion is set to start delivering energy to Microsoft as early as 2028, which is quite a bold move considering that no one has yet succeeded in producing electricity through nuclear fusion. Many […]

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Vast presents the Haven-1 space station

In 2030, it is planned that the International Space Station (ISS) will be retired, and after that, one or more private space stations are expected to take over the work currently being carried out on the ISS. Today, the American space company Vast presented the Haven-1 space station, which they plan to build with the […]

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Today is Google I/O

Today it’s finally time for Google to hold its annual developer conference I/O. The big presentation with Sundar Pichai starts today at 10am PT and during it, we are likely to learn more about what Google has been working on in artificial intelligence to catch up with Microsoft and OpenAI. We also expect to hear […]

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NASA tests snake-like robot EELS

NASA has developed a snake-like robot called EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) that is intended for future exploration of planets and moons. Now, EELS has been tested in different conditions. In the video below, you can check out some of the tests. EELS is designed to be largely autonomous in its investigations and missions since […]