Disney CEO Bob Chapek has been one of the most vocal entertainment industry chiefs about the possibilities of Metaverse as a part of the canvas for creatives, which first emerged as a concept in the imagination of science fiction writers. Although everybody seems to be talking about Metaverse, no one can agree on what the…
Country Satellie Rocket Location Date Soviet Union Sputnik 1 Sputnik PS Baikonur/ Kazakhstan 04-Oct-57 United States Explorer 1 Juno 1 Cape Canaveral US 01-Feb-58 France Asterix Diamant A CIEES/ Hammaguir Algleria 28-Nov-65 Japan Ohsumi Lambda 4S Uchinoura, Japan 11-Feb-70 China Dong Fang Hong 1 Long March1 Jiuquan, China 24-Apr-70 United Kingdom Prospero Black Arrow Woomera,…
When a 10-year-old asked Alexa for a “challenge to do”, Alexa challenged her to touch a penny coin to the prongs of a half-inserted live plug. Amazon has since updated its Alexa voice assistant the error as soon as the company became aware of it. The girl’s mother, Kristin Livadhi, described the incident…
Oxford Nanopore shares closed almost eight per cent higher yesterday after the recently listed University spinout upped the 2022 and 2023 sales forecast for its life sciences unit bolstered by multi-million dollar long tern contract win in the UAE. The Genomics group forecast revenue for the core unit will hit between £170m and £190m in…
We are in the Exponential Age between the faster computers, better software and bigger data, amid accelerating climate change, a deadly pandemic and unravelling global supply chains are critical. Ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating without breaks empowered by our compulsion to innovate. Azeem Azhar, writer, a…
Mr Issacman ( foreground) yelled “punch it SpaceX” before the launch. Four amateur astronauts have blasted off from Florida on their private mission to orbit. The Inspiration4 crew , comprising of on billionaire and three ordinary citizens rode out of the Kennedy Space Centre in a Dragon capsule provided by Space Z rocket company.…
In 2017, an offspring from Newcastle University, Advanced Electric Machines (AEM) has developed pioneering electic car motors that do not rely on expensive rare magnets is preparing to raise $25m and is seeking £30m over the next few months to boost UK production capacity. AEM claims to have cracked a problem with “ switched reluctance…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Serial Number 10 (SN10) 50m-tall has managed to land one of its Starship prototypes at the end of a high-altitude test flight, in Boca Chica, Texas, but fire developed around its base and eight minutes later SN10 blew itself apart on the landing pad. Elon Musk says the new Starship will do…
NASA has released a stunning video of its Perseverance rover landing on Mars, with seven cameras dedicated to recording the landing. The Imagery represents vital feedback for engineers as they look to improve still further the technologies used to put probes on the surface of the Red planet. https://youtu.be/HS1CWAkbRu0
In Kerala, India, Thiruvananthapuram medical college has started experiments using Zebrafish for medical researches, which was initiated to avoid the use of rats and rabbits. Normally, the cause of diseases, functions, and side effects of medicines are experimented on on rats and rabbits in the anatomy wing, taking up to 6 months to complete, while…