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A deep discussion of the developments with AI and the upcoming 2025 Tesla Dojo 2 and 2026 Dojo 3 chips. But AI needs compute and data. Won’t AI reach a limit as we use up human created data? What if you can use mass production of space telescopes to monitor the whole galaxy down to ... Read more

Tesla has release FSD 12.5.4 which is able to track driver attention even with sun glasses. Tesla FSD is able drive through complex parking lots. Your Tesla can now drive itself through complex parking lots to find you https://t.co/ATqMCnntcQ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 23, 2024 First run with FSD V12.5.2.1 on a Hybrid setting ... Read more

Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years. Major delays mean crewed missions will be postponed another two years to the next launch window. It is only possible to travel from Earth to Mars ... Read more

After months with FSD 12, I’ve gone past the “wow, this is magic” phase. The analyst in me scrutinizes every disengagement and edge case. But today, I just had one of those “tears in my eyes” moments. On a mini road trip, FSD 12.5.2.1 flawlessly handled the winding roads that have always been my worst ... Read more

There is a AI Infrastructure Summit in San Francisco, Union Square on Friday, September 27, 2024. It will bring together AI Developers, Tech Luminaries, AI Enterprises, AI Builders and Industry giants. This is convergence of the ecosystem at the AI INFRA SUMMIT. It is headlined by industry giants AMD and Supermicro, this groundbreaking summit unites ... Read more

Trump talks about working with SpaceX and Elon Musk to reach Mars before Jan 2029. There are two launch windows in late 2026 and in late 2028. It is possible to launch outside of launch windows by going with far less payload and far more fuel. SpaceX Starship with refueling in orbit would be able ... Read more

Boeing has been constantly losing money for the last five years with a combined $25 billion in losses. Everything about Boeing has been shockingly bad for over five years. All of their commercial and military plane models have big problems. All of their space vehicles and rockets have big problems. Will Boeing turnaround over the ... Read more

Boom Supersonic has completed its supersonic passenger plane factory, is flying a supersonic demonstrator plane and will have a new upgraded engine core by late 2025. They have over a total of over $700 million in funding. They are targeting 2030 for operation of a Mach 1.7 supersonic passenger jet. Current plan is only fly ... Read more

Venus Aerospace is developing a 12 passenger Mach 9 hypersonic aircraft (Stargazer) that will connect any destination in the world in under an hour. The aircraft will use a rotating detonation rocket engine when flying at 170,000 but will use conventional engines for take-off and landing. The company has raised $39 millopn in funding from ... Read more

The Boom XB-1 Baby Boom is a one-third-scale trijet supersonic demonstrator designed by Boom Technology as part of development of the Boom Overture supersonic transport airliner. It is powered by three General Electric J85s, it is planned to maintain Mach 2.2, with over 1,000 nautical miles. The XB-1 took its first flight on March 22, ... Read more

In the first Mission Impossible movie there was the NOC List. The Non-Official Cover List was a list of covert operatives of the Impossible Missions Force, showing their codenames and their real names. The reason it was so important? The only reason spies and their network are safe is because the enemy does not know ... Read more

The Hacksmith created a system for tracking eye motion to target shoulder mounted lasers. This is the equivalent functionality as superman’s heat vision. AdHawk and Wicked Lasers made the lasers. AdHawk Microsystems: https://www.adhawkmicrosystems.com/ Wicked Lasers: https://www.laseros.com/ Eye-tracking technology enables laser control 📹 @thehacksmith#Science #Technology pic.twitter.com/4tm5kYCNdq — TechnoSci Hub (@TechnoSciHub) September 20, 2024 This hacking to ... Read more

I asked various AIs to answer how was Skynet built. There is the clip of the scene in the Terminator 2 movie and some of the quotes. You can see how well today’s AI did. The better real world processors are coming every few months. The Nvidia B200 will ship in volume in the next ... Read more

Information from the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear energy relays the Constellation Energy announcement of plans to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1. This shows the massive demand for electricity for AI data centers is reviving the nuclear energy industry. Constellation signs its largest-ever power purchase agreement with Microsoft, a deal that will ... Read more

Israel set up a company in 2022 just to sell pagers that would end up with Hezbollah and other enemies. There are some online indications of company history going back to 2019. They registered it in May, 2022 and got the license to make them from the real Taiwanese company Gold Apollo. Most of the ... Read more

The Institute for the Study of War reports that Hamas Brigade in Rafah and Khan Younis are now militarily ineffective and three other brigades are substantially degraded. This goes through actual statistics of Hamas military effectiveness in Rafah and Khan Younis and mentions the degradation in the other three brigades. This also reviews the US ... Read more

Linkedin is using your data to train its AI. Here is the link to opt-out. Opt out if you want to keep your data for yourself or force them to pay you. Many of the services that you use online are choosing to use your data for AI. It is prudent to opt-out and at ... Read more

SpaceX Starship flight 5 is delayed for and FAA license but SpaceX had a successful static fire for Starship flight 6. Flight 5 is built and ready to fly. Flight 6 will be ready to fly before Flight 5 even gets approved by FAA! https://t.co/wh7z0zjqR6 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 19, 2024 Elon Musk just ... Read more

The book aims to provide an in-depth look at how SpaceX, initially a shaky startup, transformed into the world’s leading spaceflight company. It highlights the team’s trials, tribulations, and triumphs in revolutionizing space travel through reusable rockets. Eric Berger describes crucial moments and stories from the SpaceX team. He talks about creation of the Falcon ... Read more

Tesla Semi Program Manager Dan Priestley gave a keynote address and Tesla Semi update at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany on Tuesday. The Pepsi drivers who use the new electric Tesla Semi say that do not want to go back to driving diesel trucks. Tesla has deployed megawatt charging that will charge the ... Read more

There has been Israeli air force attacks on buildings and missile launchers in Lebanon and operated by Hezbollah. An IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) division (10000 to 20000 soldiers) are being moved to the border and joins about 20,000-30,000 other troops. Israel has had two major operations the pager explosives and ICOM radio explosives. The Israel ... Read more

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points and they revealed the reserve members are currently leaning to another 50 by the end of 2024 and another 100 points in 2025. The US interest rates are a huge impact on the world economy and to technology companies.

The radiation dose for the 2.5 year round trip between Earth and Mars should give approximately a 1% lifetime increase of a fatal cancer. SpaceX Starship will totally change the situation on payload and travel times. The Starship will be refueled in Earth Orbit. All NASA missions to Mars have launched with multiple stages get ... Read more