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Feb 4, 2022
“The atmosphere’s still shaking!” — The power of the Tonga volcanic eruption
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: climatology
Feb 4, 2022
A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another and Pulled It Out of Orbit
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: satellites
Feb 4, 2022
Apple’s new Face ID mask update actually works really well
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: mobile phones
No more endless password entries.
Apple’s iOS 15.4 beta adds a long-awaited feature to unlock your phone with Face ID while wearing a face mask. The new feature works incredibly well, though it’ll still fail sometimes. But it’s much better than having to enter in your password every time.
Feb 4, 2022
This is the World’s first color changing car
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: transportation
Feb 4, 2022
This new concept would allow you to change the cabin of your autonomous vehicle
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Feb 4, 2022
How have I never heard of these websites before!? 🤯
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in category: futurism
Feb 4, 2022
Don’t let their size fool you, ants are master engineers rivaled by no one… well, maybe humans
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in category: futurism
Feb 4, 2022
Agrotopia is a giant rooftop greenhouse built atop an existing building
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: food, sustainability
Meta Architectuurbureau and Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten have designed Agrotopia, a greenhouse in Belgium that was added to the roof of an agricultural market to create an urban food production centre.
Located in the city of Roeselare, Agrotopia is Europe’s largest public building for urban food production and will be used to both farm food and educate the public about agriculture.
The 9,500-square-metre greenhouse was built on top of the REO Veiling agricultural auction market. It was commissioned by REO Veiling together with Flemish farming and horticulture research institute Inagro.
Feb 4, 2022
Canada will get its first universal quantum computer from IBM
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, government, quantum physics, robotics/AI
Quantum computing is still rare enough that merely installing a system in a country is a breakthrough, and IBM is taking advantage of that novelty. The company has forged a partnership with the Canadian province of Quebec to install what it says is Canada’s first universal quantum computer. The five-year deal will see IBM install a Quantum System One as part of a Quebec-IBM Discovery Accelerator project tackling scientific and commercial challenges.
The team-up will see IBM and the Quebec government foster microelectronics work, including progress in chip packaging thanks to an existing IBM facility in the province. The two also plan to show how quantum and classical computers can work together to address scientific challenges, and expect quantum-powered AI to help discover new medicines and materials.
IBM didn’t say exactly when it would install the quantum computer. However, it will be just the fifth Quantum One installation planned by 2023 following similar partnerships in Germany, Japan, South Korea and the US. Canada is joining a relatively exclusive club, then.
