A faster way to teach a robot
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
Imagine purchasing a robot to perform household tasks. This robot was built and trained in a factory on a certain set of tasks and has never seen the items in your home. When you ask it to pick up a mug from your kitchen table, it might not recognize your mug (perhaps because this mug is painted with an unusual image, say, of MIT's mascot, Tim the Beaver). So, the robot fails.
"Right now, Thales announces Quantum-Ready Cybersecurity measures for Galileo
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
Thales, the French multinational company, has affirmed its central role in providing cybersecurity solutions for Galileo, the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that provides geolocation services. Thales, leading a consortium which includes Italian firm Leonardo, is tasked with expanding the G2G IOV SECMON project's security monitoring scope, incorporating new assets into the G2G system. Groundbreaking method to speed up aerosol retrieval data from Chinese optical satellite
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
A groundbreaking method for rapidly obtaining detailed observations of atmospheric aerosols via a new Chinese optical satellite has been proposed by a team of scientists. Aerosols, atmospheric particles that have a significant impact on our planet's climate system, influence solar and terrestrial radiation, and modify cloud properties.
While the launch of new satellite sensors often comes Kuaizhou 1A launches satellites into orbit
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
China's state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) successfully launched a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in China's northwestern desert, on Thursday morning. The mission's primary objective was to place four new weather satellites into orbit, enhancing the country's atmospheric data collection capabilities.
The Kuaizhou 1A, Rocket Lab set to boost Capella's satellite constellation with upcoming launch
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has scheduled its next Electron launch during a window that opens 28 July 2023 NZST/UTC.
The mission, named 'We Love the Nightlife,' is slated to commence during a launch window that opens on July 28, 2023 NZST/UTC. The launch site will be Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, positioned on New Zealand's picturesque Mahia Peninsula.
American space tech firm World's first methane-fueled rocket makes history, courtesy of LandSpace and GCL
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
LandSpace, in partnership with GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. (GCL), has successfully launched the world's first methane-powered rocket, Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2 Y2), into orbit. The launch took place at 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
GCL, a global pioneer in renewable energy services, was instrumental in the development of Zhuque-2. This Consortium explores energy-efficient electronics and photonics
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
The University of Texas at Arlington is part of a new consortium funded by the Department of Energy that involves the development of new technologies and college courses covering everything from radiation detection to nuclear engineering.
The grant also will help UTA develop 2D materials that can be integrated into new hand-held photonic technologies with multiple uses.
Electrical En Teams selected to teach AI Agents to interact with people and learn
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
As part of DARPA's Environment-driven Conceptual Learning (ECOLE) program, several university teams and industry performers will attempt to create artificial intelligence (AI) agents capable of continually learning from linguistic and visual input. Resulting agents would be able to collaborate with humans to help them produce analyses of image, video, and multimedia documents during time-sensiti Satellites unveil the far-reaching impact of irrigation
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:30
Globally, more than 70% of the freshwater withdrawn from Earth’s surface or from underground is used to irrigate crops. The need to produce more food for a growing population against the backdrop of climate change is challenging enough, but satellites reveal that extracting water doesn’t just affect the local environment – there are knock-on consequences for many aspects of the Earth system.
Ariane 6: launch system tests progressing well
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:00
Teams preparing Ariane 6 for its inaugural flight successfully completed for the first time a launcher preparation and countdown sequence, on 18 July at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
CAPSTONE working well more than a year after launch
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 01:22
A year after its launch, a privately owned, NASA-funded cubesat orbiting the moon continues to work well, providing data to support the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration efforts.
Startup Impulse Space raises $45 million in Series A round
Monday, 24 July 2023 16:40
In-space transportation services startup Impulse Space announced July 24 it has closed a $45 million iSeries A funding led by RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of Raytheon Technologies.
Maxar to begin production of new small satellite bus
Monday, 24 July 2023 15:52
Maxar Technologies announced July 24 that its new satellite bus designed for low Earth orbit constellations passed a critical design review.
Webb detects water vapour in rocky planet-forming zone
Monday, 24 July 2023 14:00
New measurements by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) has detected water vapour in the inner disc of the system PDS 70, located 370 light-years away. This is the first detection of water in the terrestrial region of a disc already known to host two or more protoplanets.
China’s CASIC to begin launching VLEO satellites in December
Monday, 24 July 2023 13:20
Chinese space and defense contractor CASIC says it will begin building a constellation of 300 satellites in very-low Earth orbit late this year.