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Aug 28, 2021

Someone Is Secretly Working on “Privately Owned” Space Station

Posted by in category: space

Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of military and aerospace contractor Raytheon Technologies, is working on environmental control and life support technologies for a “privately owned and operated low Earth orbit outpost,” according to SpaceNews.

There’s plenty of money being poured into developing a commercial presence in space right now. The small firm was awarded a $2.6 million contract by a mysterious unnamed customer — a sign, in spite of its opacity, that the race to commercial orbit is heating up.

Aug 28, 2021

Space Junk Reportedly Smashed a Chinese Military Satellite

Posted by in categories: military, satellites

A Chinese military satellite appears to have gotten smashed by a disintegrating Russian rocket, Space.com reports, in what’s likely the worst orbital collision since 2009.

The collision illustrates the growing danger of derelict spacecraft parts and other jetsam in Earth’s orbit, where they can smash functional equipment — as well as the extraordinary difficulty in figuring out what’s going on in Earth’s orbit.

According to an investigation by Harvard astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, Chinese satellite Yunhai 1–02 likely crashed into a piece of space junk earlier this year.

Aug 28, 2021

The science and technology of growing young

Posted by in categories: life extension, Ray Kurzweil, science

A new book, published this week, explains where aging research is heading – and what you can do today to extend your healthspan. https://www.futuretimeline.net/.…/28-the-science-and…


Editorial reviews.

“A very compelling book.” —Ray Kurzweil, inventor and futurist.

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Aug 28, 2021

Electro Culture — The Boost of Plant Growth with Electricity

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Circa 2019


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Aug 28, 2021

Fastest growing plant

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

We could modify plants to grow in a day with the genetic dna mechanisms we find in bamboo.


Bamboo plant.

Aug 28, 2021

Effect of electric fertilizer on soil properties

Posted by in category: chemistry

Circa 2004


Electric fertilizer, i. e. exerting electric field on plants during growing season instead of chemical fertilizer, is a kind of physical fertilizer, and the third kind of fertilizer with developmental prospect after inorganic fertilizer and organic fertilizer. For the purpose of studying the changes of physical and chemical properties of soil after exerting electric field, five treatments with different applications of chemical fertilizer were arranged on the black soil in Yushu City of Jilin Province by randomized block method, and electric field was exerted on plants every ten days during the growing season. Through sample analysis the paper arrives at following conclusions: 1) Exerting electric field can make soil’s granular structure increase, bulk density decrease, moisture capacity increase, thus improving the perviousness of soil.

Aug 28, 2021

Hospital on a chip

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI, wearables

Circa 2009


The researchers expect to have a working prototype of the product in four years. “We are just at the beginning of this project,” Wang said. “During the first two years, our primary focus will be on the sensor systems. Integrating enzyme logic onto electrodes that can read biomarker inputs from the body will be one of our first major challenges.”

“Achieving the goal of the program is estimated to take nearly a decade,” Chrisey said.

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Aug 28, 2021

Solar-to-Hydrogen Tech Sees “Remarkable” Efficiency Jump

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers in Japan reported a 100-fold improvement in their solar energy conversion method.

Aug 28, 2021

Turkey to Add More Advanced Drone to Fleet That Has Swung Wars

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, drones, military

‘’Baykar says the Akinci, Turkish for “raider,” can attack targets in the air and on the ground, and operate alongside fighter jets, flying higher and staying in the air longer than Turkey’s existing pilotless planes. The drones will carry a range of missiles developed by Turkey’s Roketsan.’’


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Aug 28, 2021

Amazon Just Announced a New Policy, and It’s Pure Genius

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Whether you sell or buy on Amazon — or both — this is good news.