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This topic fascinates me. There are more space telescopes from Europe, the US and China due to launch, that will have even greater capability for biosignature detection than now. I wonder how soon the day will come when one of these findings will be regarded as definitive proof?
LughAto Global News@lemmy.zip•Kneecap’s Mo Chara Is on Trial for Opposing Genocide in Gaza18·1 day agoI don’t like or support Hezbollah, but the added irony here is that Northern Ireland (where Mo Chara is from) is festooned with British-supporting terrorist flags from groups like the UDF & UDA; pro-British terrorist groups active during The Troubles.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Experts say the US's $175 billion 'golden dome' missile defense idea is a fantasy that is impossible to make work.English21·2 days agoBoth the US & Russia have claimed Mach 20 with the HTV-2 (DARPA’s Falcon Project) & Avangard respectively. China’s DF-ZF HGV reportedly reaches Mach 5–10.
If this golden dome goes ahead, I suspect/guess the ensuing counter-developments will mean true Mach 20 will be achievable within a ten year time frame for all three countries.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Samsung and US researchers say a new technology called thermoelectric cooling can make refrigerators 70% more energy efficient, & could enable them to power themselves from their ambient environmentEnglish6·3 days agoI’m calling bullshit.
Their findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal, Nature.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Samsung and US researchers say a new technology called thermoelectric cooling can make refrigerators 70% more energy efficient, & could enable them to power themselves from their ambient environmentEnglish62·3 days agowithout refrigerant
Yes, they say this does away with the need for compressors or refrigerants.
“This cools by using electrons to move heat through specialized semiconductor materials, eliminating the need for moving parts or challenging coolant liquids.”
LughOPMAto Futurology•Almost half the 16-21 year olds surveyed in Britain wish the internet didn't exist, and 70% say social media makes them feel bad about themselves.English13·4 days ago79% of 16-21 year olds say technology companies should be required by law to build robust privacy safeguards into technology and platforms used by children and teenagers.
This is another illustration of the huge divide between Big Tech and everyone else. Big Tech wants total freedom from regulation with no accountability for any damage or costs to others they cause. The general population overwhelmingly feels the opposite. Thanks to their ability to line politician’s pockets, it’s Big Tech who usually wins out.
In Britain’s case, desperate to get a trade deal with the US, it’s been dangling the offer of even less regulation on tech & AI.
LughAto Autonomous Vehicles•Tesla's robotaxi fleet will be powered by 'plenty of teleoperation'English3·7 days ago‘Tele ops’ stands for teleoperations, meaning that Tesla employees will be able to remotely access Tesla’s vehicles and operate them in some capacity.
Alternative headline - ‘Tesla behind industry leaders, again.’
LughOPAto Autonomous Vehicles•China builds world’s largest autonomous mining trucks operation.English2·8 days agoIt’s depressing that this is to dig more fossil fuels out of the ground.
LughMAto Futurology•The US state of Montana is to allow people to buy experimental drugs and treatments, that haven't yet been FDA approved.English9·9 days agothen prescriptions should be done away with and all drugs should be available.
It used to be the way the world was. The result was huge amounts of addiction (laudanum was 10% opium), and gullible people being peddled snake oil.
LughMAto Futurology•The US state of Montana is to allow people to buy experimental drugs and treatments, that haven't yet been FDA approved.English13·10 days agoThe bill, which was passed by the state legislature on April 29 and is expected to be signed by Governor Greg Gianforte, essentially expands on existing Right to Try legislation in the state.
The same people who are denying abortions & medical care to trans people, are all for “freedom” and right to choose when it comes to other people’s medical choices?
LughOPMAto Futurology•In a world first, Baidu's Apollo Go who already run robotaxis, say they will expand into self-driving rental cars later this year.English1·12 days ago…in a similar way as with conventional rental cars – which can be hired to transport people to “a range of destinations, including cultural landmarks and urban tourist attractions.”
Baidu, like everyone else, still hasn’t got to true Level 5 self-driving. But it doesn’t need Level 5 to be offering services like this. If you have mapped out the 100 most popular destinations in a city, and fixed routes between them, then level 4 self-driving like they have now, is all you need.
This isn’t the same as a regular rental car you can drive anywhere, but many people would be happy with a car that covers a city’s Top 100 spots. How does this differ from a taxi? Seemingly that you rent it for specified time slots, whether you’re in the car driving or not.
LughOPAto Autonomous Vehicles•Uber invests $100M in WeRide to fuel robotaxi expansion across 15 more citiesEnglish3·13 days agoNo mention of which cities, just that they’ll be outside China & the US.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Mark Zuckerberg's vision of the future: 80% of your friends will be AI, owned by Meta, and they'll always be selling you stuff.English6·14 days agoYes, Meta are 2nd, I amended the text.
LughOPMAto Futurology•As NASA pivots to skipping the Moon to land people on Mars, China says it's narrowing down the site for its Lunar Base.English3·16 days agoI’m pretty sure in Trump’s addled brain he thinks if the US gets a human on Mars first & plants the US flag, he can claim the whole planet as belonging to the US.
LughOPMAto Futurology•In a win for combatting microplastic pollution. new robots in Seattle can sort waste into recycling categories with 90% accuracy.English1·19 days agoThe accuracy rate will improve, sadly most of the developing word barely recycles anything.
LughOPMAto Futurology•In a win for combatting microplastic pollution. new robots in Seattle can sort waste into recycling categories with 90% accuracy.English6·19 days agoYes, for once taking the jobs humans don’t want.
Unless they are trained otherwise, AI will pick up all the biases in its training data. So far, as that’s the content of the entire internet, I’m not surprised at this outcome. I’d guess AI training is the next battleground for the woke/anti-DEI crowd, so they can preserve these prejudices.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A Swedish company deploying underwater tidal kites in the Faroe Islands, says 500 of them would supply 100% of Alaska's electricity needs.English7·23 days agoIt often tends to be forgotten, but solar energy has a twin - renewable lunar energy - harnessing the power of the tides. Not everywhere in the world is suited to it. However, this company says there’s enough of it to meet 10% of global electricity demand. Some places are especially well suited, and they point out Alaska could get 100% of its electricity from tidal power.
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows the top reason people are using generative AI is for therapy and companionship.English3·23 days agoFor sure, I find it very useful for those purposes. But I think it says something significant so many people are using it for companionship.
No.
It’s an international team from all over the world.