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A new video published by the agency shows the Orion spacecraft re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 11 kilometers per second, which is 32 times the speed of sound. The footage was shot as part of the Artemis-1 mission last year and became one of the most impressive of the entire year. A […]
Two Chinese and four Russian military aircraft entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone on Thursday, December 14, as the country raised its fighter jets. This is reported by Yonhap, referring to a representative of the Seoul Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is stated that Russian and Chinese military aircraft entered the zone in the […]
A team from the University of Tokyo has presented Alter3, a humanoid robot that can perform movements using the GPT-4 large language model (LLM). Alter3 uses the latest Open AI tool to dynamically assume various poses, from selfie pose to ghost imitation, all without the need for pre-programmed database entries. “Alter3’s response to spoken content […]
Elon Musk plans to open his own university in Austin, Texas. But first, he will open a school there for elementary, middle, and high school students. This is what writes Bloomberg, after examining the tax returns of Musk’s new charity, The Foundation, and Austin American-Statesman. Musk has already made donations worth about $100 million. Among […]
The Japanese company Interstellar Technologies (IST) has completed static fire tests of its ZERO liquid biomethane jet engine. The tests demonstrated the potential of biomethane derived from cow manure as an environmentally friendly rocket fuel. To achieve excellent performance, the ZERO combustion chamber has undergone extensive research and development in collaboration with the University of […]
The ground operation in the Gaza Strip continues. A video of an Israeli Merkava 4 tank protecting its crew from a Hamas militant’s grenade launcher attack has been posted online. This was reported by The War Zone. The published video is one of the most striking examples of the Trophy active defense system (ADS). The […]
Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, is recalling more than 2 million cars due to an autopilot malfunction. This is the largest recall in the history of the automaker. This was reported by the publication Bloomberg. This comes after a two-year investigation by the US Federal Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) into Tesla’s autonomous driving technology. […]
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to formalize the ongoing investigation into the impeachment of Democratic President Joe Biden. This was reported by the BBC. This decision was voted for by 221 congressmen from the Republican Party, against 212 members of the Democratic Party. Republicans claim that they suspect Joe […]
There are still more than 2 months to go until the scheduled premiere of the second part of the sci-fi film Dune 2 by Denis Villeneuve, but Warner Bros. does not let fans forget about her. Dune 2, the sequel to the saga based on the novels by Frank Herbert, remains one of the most […]
The American company Cyrusher has shown an electric snowboard that reaches speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour on snow and can travel 20 kilometers in this way. The invention is distinguished from a conventional snowboard by a powerful electric motor that spins a wheel at the back of the board,writes about the development […]