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Robots in 2022: Six robotics predictions from industry-leading humans | ZDNet

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Robots in 2022: Six robotics predictions from industry-leading humans | ZDNet The past five years have seen robots move from a developing technology in a number of sectors to an indispensable tool supporting operations across a vast range of enterprises. Logistics, manufacturing, materials handling, inspection, healthcare... We're also at a fulcrum moment. Automation technologies are maturing, developers are merging and standardizing engineering approaches, and technologies like AI and machine vision are intersecting to unlock a new wave of capability and efficiency. Publisher: ZDNet Author: Greg Nichols Twitter: @ZDNet Reference: (Read more) Visit Source ROEQ – Start-Up Profile - Critical Enabling Technologies for Autonomous Mobile Robots - Robotics Editor’s Note: Robotics Business Review ‘s coverage emphasizes innovation, including start-up companies (or 'young' companies). If you are interested in having your start-...

Why alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions for the Drake Equation

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SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA "Dad, did you ever imagine that your formula would become so famous?" I ask the kind-eyed, 91-year-old person next to me on the patio. My dad, Frank Drake, is quiet for a moment. Perhaps he's thinking back to the November day 60 years ago when he unceremoniously drafted a formula that went on to shape humankind's hunt for extraterrestrial civilizations. Publisher: Science Date: 11-30-2021 Twitter: @NatGeo Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Mysterious origin of Earth's water may be explained by solar wind | New Scientist The sun's solar wind may have played a key part in delivering water to Earth, solving a vexing mystery about where our planet's seas and oceans came from. Studies of meteorites have found them to be surprisingly rich in water, suggesting that early in our planet's history 4.6 billion years ago, incoming asteroids delivered water and allowed Earth to become the h...

The Day Aliens Invaded Facebook: A Viral UFO Says A Lot About The Company’s Misinformation Woes

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Facebook has been a home for misinformation and hoaxes about extraterrestrials, a reflection of its struggle to contain even the most obviously false information. I t sure looked strange hanging there in the sky over northern New Jersey, a long, thin, oval-shaped aircraft with a bright blue light emanating from its base. Across a 20-mile stretch of the state, traffic snarled as rubbernecking motorists slowed down or stopped their cars to get a better look. Publisher: Forbes Date: 2021-11-29 Author: Abram Brown Twitter: @forbes Reference: (Read more) Visit Source The Pentagon Has Set Up a UFO Office | WIRED We also took a look at a new type of malware, called Tardigrade, that has been targeting biomanufacturing facilities in North America . It's a sophisticated hacking tool, capable of adapting to its environment and operating on its own when cut off from its command and control server. Finally, as you recover from your turkey-induced...

Michael Strahan excited about space travel | Entertainment - Space Bollyinside

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He said: "I'm excited. I am more nervous talking about football today than I am about going to outer space… It feels right. I feel good, I feel comfortable, I feel safe… I'm looking forward to it. The 'Good Morning America' host was put at ease by the Blue Origin team – and admitted he'd be more reluctant to go skydiving or bungee jumping than to fly to space. And Michael dismissed suggestions he is crazy for taking the flight. Publisher: Bollyinside - US Local News & Breaking News Stories Date: 2021-11-29T18:27:17 00:00 Twitter: @bollyinsidenews Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Alien Bio-Threat: Space Travel Presents Biosecurity Risks of Pathogens Hitchhiking to Earth, Warn And while most of us may dismiss the matter as a lesser concern, some researchers have proposed that the advent of increasingly frequent space flights might put us under a genuine threat of unwelcome alien visitors. And they might not be the ...

Mars could get an artificial magnetic field from an out-there source

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Terraforming Mars is one of the great dreams of humanity. Mars has a lot going for it. Its day is about the same length as Earth's, it has plenty of frozen water just under its surface, and it likely could be given a reasonably breathable atmosphere in time. A new study published on the pre-print server Arxiv presents an intriguing way to give Mars such a field: rely on its moons. Publisher: Inverse Twitter: @inversedotcom Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Mars Curiosity rover captures rare and stunning panorama - The Jerusalem Post Publisher: The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com Twitter: @Jerusalem_Post Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Guiding Tianwen-1 to China's first successful Mars rover landing Wang explained that most failures occur during this phase, typically because the communication delay between Mars and Earth is too large to accommodate the time urgency of the EDL phase. "Th...