Lifeboat Foundation

James Woodward Space Studies Institute, Inc.

We propose to study the implementation of an innovative thrust producing technology for use in NASA missions involving in space main propulsion. Mach Effect Gravity Assist (MEGA) drive propulsion is based on peer-reviewed, technically credible physics. Mach effects are transient variations in the rest masses of objects that simultaneously experience accelerations and internal energy changes. They are predicted by standard physics where Mach’s principle applies as discussed in peer- reviewed papers spanning 20 years and a recent book, Making Starships and Stargates: the Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes published in 2013 by Springer-Verlag.

In Phase I we achieved the following:

Intelligent systems.

Circa 2012

Quantum computational algorithms exploit quantum mechanics to solve problems exponentially faster than the best classical algorithms^1,2,3. Shor’s quantum algorithm⁴ for fast number factoring is a key example and the prime motivator in the international effort to realize a quantum computer⁵. However, due to the substantial resource requirement, to date there have been only four small-scale demonstrations^6,7,8,9. Here, we address this resource demand and demonstrate a scalable version of Shor’s algorithm in which the n-qubit control register is replaced by a single qubit that is recycled n times: the total number of qubits is one-third of that required in the standard protocol^10,11. Encoding the work register in higher-dimensional states, we implement a two-photon compiled algorithm to factor N = 21. The algorithmic output is distinguishable from noise, in contrast to previous demonstrations. These results point to larger-scale implementations of Shor’s algorithm by harnessing scalable resource reductions applicable to all physical architectures.

The advance is unique: the patients have used a mind-controlled prosthesis in their everyday life for up to seven years. For the last few years, they have also lived with a new function – sensations of touch in the prosthetic hand. This is a new concept for artificial limbs, which are called neuromusculoskeletal prostheses – as they are connected to the user’s nerves, muscles, and skeleton.

US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) researchers released a custom version of Android designed to simplify inclusion of stringent safeguards by app developers, in a bid to address concerns around data privacy.

The open-source Privacy Enhancements for Android (PE for Android) platform was built by teams at Two Six Labs and Raytheon BBN Technologies as part of DARPA’s privacy-focused Brandeis programme.

Brandeis programme manager Joshua Baron told Mobile World Live the platform aims to address a knowledge gap among app developers, which researchers found often aren’t familiar with “the expected privacy disclosures or regulations that may guide their application’s use”.

FastNICs seeks to improve network stack performance by 100x or more, and to accelerate distributed applications like training deep neural networks.

John Keller

Perspecta has secured a four-year, $29.9M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to research hardware components.

An internal attainability report proposes the organization maybe, or possibly that going through collapsed space is a piece of the NASA interstellar spaceflight menu.

In the report, propelled impetus physicist Harold “Sonny” White clarifies the thoughts of a hypothetical physicist (and companion) Miguel Alcubierre. He at that point portrays an “oddity” in Alcubierre’s work, and how that Catch 22 may be set out to make a working model.

The conversational term “twist drive” has originated from sci-fi, and it alludes to sub-luminal (not exactly the speed of light) head out that complies with Einstein’s hypothesis of general relativity yet at the same time pushes speed to total most extreme that is hypothetically conceivable. In the Star Trek canon, dynamic structures come consistently nearer to a theoretical obstruction—the manner in which genuine researchers keep on slashing ever nearer to supreme zero. In actuality, light speed is the hindrance.

In the week of April 12–18, the top 10 search terms on Amazon.com were: toilet paper, face mask, hand sanitizer, paper towels, Lysol spray, Clorox wipes, mask, Lysol, masks for germ protection, and N95 mask. People weren’t just searching, they were buying too —and in bulk. The majority of people looking for masks ended up buying the new Amazon #1 Best Seller, “Face Mask, Pack of 50”.

When covid-19 hit, we started buying things we’d never bought before. The shift was sudden: the mainstays of Amazon’s top ten—phone cases, phone chargers, Lego—were knocked off the charts in just a few days. Nozzle, a London-based consultancy specializing in algorithmic advertising for Amazon sellers, captured the rapid change in this simple graph.

It took less than a week at the end of February for the top 10 Amazon search terms in multiple countries to fill up with products related to covid-19. You can track the spread of the pandemic by what we shopped for: the items peaked first in Italy, followed by Spain, France, Canada, and the US. The UK and Germany lag slightly behind. “It’s an incredible transition in the space of five days,” says Rael Cline, Nozzle’s CEO. The ripple effects have been seen across retail supply chains.