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Apr 23, 2022
Beyond the standard model? Here’s what a heavy W Boson means for the future of physics
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: futurism, particle physics
Apr 23, 2022
Transport could burn up the EU’s entire carbon budget
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Apr 23, 2022
Elon Musk accuses Bill Gates of shorting Tesla on Twitter, then mocks him
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Apr 23, 2022
Ad Astra: The Past, Present, and Future of Rockets!
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: space travel
Apr 23, 2022
Who owns space? Here’s what laws govern space exploration
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: space
Apr 23, 2022
What Can You Actually Do in the Metaverse?
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Apr 23, 2022
A self-driving revolution? We’re barely out of second gear
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: government, mobile phones, robotics/AI, transportation
“Britain moves closer to a self-driving revolution,” said a perky message from the Department for Transport that popped into my inbox on Wednesday morning. The purpose of the message was to let us know that the government is changing the Highway Code to “ensure the first self-driving vehicles are introduced safely on UK roads” and to “clarify drivers’ responsibilities in self-driving vehicles, including when a driver must be ready to take back control”.
The changes will specify that while travelling in self-driving mode, motorists must be ready to resume control in a timely way if they are prompted to, such as when they approach motorway exits. They also signal a puzzling change to current regulations, allowing drivers “to view content that is not related to driving on built-in display screens while the self-driving vehicle is in control”. So you could watch Gardeners’ World on iPlayer, but not YouTube videos of F1 races? Reassuringly, though, it will still be illegal to use mobile phones in self-driving mode, “given the greater risk they pose in distracting drivers as shown in research”.
Apr 23, 2022
Meteorologists get key upgrade just in time for 2022 hurricane season
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: climatology, satellites
The official start of Atlantic Hurricane Season is less than six weeks away, and forecasters will be getting an essential upgrade just in time for the season to begin.
New technology from the University of Wisconsin will help with preparation of more detailed forecasts and provide more reliable information to meteorologists and emergency planners, which should ultimately result in better, safer outcomes for public safety.
The Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) is a satellite-based method for determining tropical cyclone intensity. Planned upgrades include the use of full-resolution images from weather satellites, better identification of the location of each storm’s eye and the ability to better analyze hurricanes occurring outside tropical regions.
Apr 23, 2022
Nuclear expert cautions against unfamiliar new nuclear age
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: military, nuclear energy
High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear age vastly different from the established order of the Cold War, according to new research undertaken at the University of Leicester.
Andrew Futter, Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, makes the warning in a research paper for the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe), published today (Friday).
While stockpiles are much reduced from the peak of up to 70,000 nuclear weapons seen in the 1980s, progress in a number of new or ‘disruptive’ technologies threatens to fundamentally change the central pillars on which nuclear order, stability and risk reduction are based.
