Showing posts with label On the verge of science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On the verge of science. Show all posts

04 August, 2020

More on Atmospheric Incubator and Space Elevator

Atmospheric Incubator - it's important that such construction has propulsion - otherwise, it would act as a parachute, slowing down a planet orbiting a star.

Space Elevator - it's important to know that such construction slightly slows down the planet rotation - it pollutes the environment a bit.

Read more:

03 August, 2020

Welcome Home NASA Astronauts

Return of the astronauts was something the whole world can 'take pleasure in' as an achievement of humanity. No matter wherever you are on Earth, this is a good thing and I hope it brightens your day
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX
SpaceX Demo-2 Landing (NHQ202008020018)Image Description - The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after spending 64 days in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

31 July, 2020

Happy SysAdmin Day!

The operating system (OS) is extremely complex, a good SysAdmin is very important. There are tons of programming languages, but only a few are adequate to program OS. SysAdmin usually monitors data flow in order to discover and fix the malfunction, highly skilled people and constant education is needed to achieve that goal. Good luck!

12 July, 2020

»Planet Nine« in the Scope of Astronomers

»Planet Nine« is a hypothetical planet in the outer region of the Solar System, it could explain the unusual movements in that area. According to scientists - https://www.space.com/planet-nine-black-hole-test-lsst.html - »Planet Nine« could be a grapefruit-sized black hole.  The hypothetical planet will be heavily studied in Vera C. Rubin Observatory that's being built. Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to be operational by the end of the year. I hope we will find answers about unusual movements in the outer region of the Solar System, I have full confidence in the astronomers that they will succeed. I remember the discovery of the Higgs boson, it was really a breakthrough, to confirm the theory - The Standard Model of particle physics. Maybe we can expect similar breakthroughs in the near future regarding our Solar System. 
Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.
Vera Rubin, American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates

19 April, 2020

The Future of MPEG Standards

MPEG-1, -2, -4, -5, -7, -21, then MPEG-A, -B, -C, -D, -E, -G, -H, -I, -M, -U, -V, furthermore MPEG-CICP, MPEG-DASH, MPEG-IoMT and finally MPEG-MAR. Since much of the possibilities are depleted I would say the future of MPEG is in the Greek alphabet: -α, -β, -γ, -δ, -ε and so on 😃

Seriously, MPEG has tons of cool standards to come: High Efficiency Video Coding (MPEG-H Part 2), MPEG-IoMT for Internet of Things, Compression of Neural Networks, MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework.

Read more about "New Protocols, Standards, File Types":
https://www.blogger.luka.jagor.info/2019/02/new-protocols-standards-file-types.html

MPEG Event starts tomorrow – the next big meeting - “MPEG 130 – Alpbach”, 4 days in a row. The Alpbach meeting will not be held physically, but online. Good luck to you all.

11 March, 2020

Big Artificial Intelligence Enhancement

According to Tesler's Theorem:
AI is whatever hasn't been done yet.
Google has programmed open-source TensorFlow Quantum - bringing together the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Xanadu AI now also has the same merge with their own open-source quantum framework.
A quantum computer is a new type of computer that stores and acts on information in its quantum form.
Dave Bacon, Google AI Quantum team

27 February, 2020

Beware – Online Marketplaces Are Dangerous

Most dangerous items:
  • USB chargers
  • Plastic toys
  • Children's clothing
  • Smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms that don't work
  • Teeth whitening products
66% of them fail EU safety laws with possible consequences such as electric shock, fire, or suffocation, the BEUC network says.
Read more about BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation (from the French name Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, "European Bureau of Consumers' Unions") - official website here.

16 February, 2020

Download Graphene Manufacturing Handbook Funded by the European Union

Graphene is a new wonder material, but producing it was a problem. Problem is now solved - "Graphene Flagship" publishes handbook of graphene manufacturing, you can download it here: http://bit.ly/graphenewhitebook

About Graphene
Batteries, Space Elevator, desalination process, CPUs – they could all run on graphene in the near future.

About Graphene Flagship
With a budget of €1 billion, the Graphene Flagship represents a new form of joint, coordinated research on an unprecedented scale, forming Europe's biggest ever research initiative.
https://graphene-flagship.eu/

2020 Doomsday Clock Closer Than Ever

Picked quotes from around the world:
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
We'd never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica
Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer
The main reason for this (global emergency) declaration (of COVID-19) is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries. Our (WHO) greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems
Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization

2020 Doomsday Clock Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight


My solution

Please stop with all inconsiderate movements.
This article will make you think: Coronavirus or antibiotic resistance: Our appetite for animals (wild and domestic) poses big disease risks by Laura H. Kahn

19 September, 2019

It's Possible to Build a 'Space Elevator' With the Present Day Technology!

A space elevator is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system. The main component would be a cable (also called a tether) anchored to the surface and extending into space.
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A new study suggests that humans can actually build a “space elevator” using existing technologies. Rather than building a space elevator up from Earth, build a 'spaceline' down from the Moon, say astrophysicists Zephyr Penoyre from the University of Cambridge in the UK, and Emily Sandford from Columbia University in New York.

Read the older article: https://www.blogger.luka.jagor.info/2017/04/my-view-of-building-space-elevator_27.html

25 August, 2019

Categorizing and Exploring the Universe

1. Solar System
2. Milky Way Galaxy
3. Observable Universe
4. Undefined
5. Multiverse
I hope it will help for better understanding.

All images above are courtesy of the Pixabay - 1 million+ Stunning Free Images to Use Anywhere.

Given enough time and the right technology (and assuming there’s not some serious competition), we might even be able to colonize the entire Milky Way galaxy someday

Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Famous "Gaia" Book Series Author - James Lovelock

Scientist James Lovelock had set up the "Gaia hypothesis" back in 1969. It's "the Earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism". The hypothesis contributed significantly to our understanding of global warming. I would recommend everyone to read his books about Gaia. James Lovelock is still vital, though at an advanced age.

Happy birthday dear James Lovelock!

23 August, 2019

Vegan Parents Couple Avoid Jail

An Australian couple, who fed their baby daughter a strict vegan diet resulting in severe malnourishment, has avoided jail time. The couple was sentenced to an 18-month jail term to be served as a community order.
There is a huge difference between vegetarian and vegan. Vegetarians don't eat animal products, but vegans don't eat animal products and by-products (e.g. eggs).In my opinion vegan diet isn't good, it is lacking proteins, vitamin B-12, zinc, iron, calcium...

Another example I would like to point out is how vegans supplement milk: they use soy,  rice, or almond milk, but are there any almonds in your almond milk?
I'll remain "Lacto-Ovo vegetarian" - do not eat meat, poultry, or fish, but do eat eggs and dairy products, because improved health is one of the major benefits of a vegetarian diet, and it's good for the environment.

11 August, 2019

Happy World Elephant Day - August 12

Protecting elephants is an important part of fighting climate change. Why? Because every day across Africa and Asia, elephants disperse billions of seeds, some of which will grow into the forests of tomorrow, sequestering and storing carbon, generating rainfall and stabilizing our climate. Save the elephants to save the forests to save the world!
Ian Redmond OBE, Wildlife biologist and Ambassador for the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species
Photo: Pixabay

This important species is facing a crisis.
TAKE ACTION - Donate to help raise awareness of the issues faced by elephants worldwide:
https://worldelephantday.org/take-action

31 July, 2019

5G is Coming to Customers - Update

Wireless can have the same low latency and high reliability as a wireline connection
Durga Malladi - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
5G technology will revolutionize the industry, but there is a long road to a smart city, or "Internet of Things" reality, in about five years. Also with a help of mixed or augmented reality, you will be able to learn or repair something easier.

Read about another viewpoint, my criticism of mixed reality / electronic contact lens hardware:

25 July, 2019

Artificial Intelligence Speeds Up the Artificial Sun Project — AI Software to Find Holy Grail in Fusion Energy

William Tang is a principal research physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (𝖣𝖮𝖤) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (𝖯𝖯𝖯𝖫), he leads a team of scientists that uses Artificial intelligence to develop clean, virtually limitless fusion energy.

Fusion, which drives the sun and stars, is that generates energy. It is very important to forecast disruptions — the sudden loss of confinement of plasma particles and energy to make commercial fusion energy work.

Disruptions are that can halt fusion reactions and damage the doughnut-shaped tokamaks that house the reactions. Researchers are using Deep Learning techniques for 𝙰𝙸 to predict disruptions accurately and even preventing disruptions from happening in the first place.
With that level of accuracy and that amount of time, people running the machine would have time to either mitigate the disruption by cooling the plasma or even by finding a way to avoid it entirely
professor Tang said

U.S. Department of Energy - Science - 425 003 001 (9786811206).jpg
Cutaway diagram of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (𝖨𝖳𝖤𝖱) the largest tokamak in the world, which began construction in 2013 and is projected to begin operation in 2035. It is intended as a demonstration that a practical fusion reactor is possible, and will produce 500 megawatts of power. The blue human figure at the bottom shows the scale.

Image by U.S. Department of Energy from the United States - 425 003 001, Public Domain, Link

14 July, 2019

Waves of Artificial Intelligence Behavior

In April 𝖠𝖨 news diminished the value of Google's DeepMind - it nearly flunked high school math, but a turnover came recently when scientists build incredibly accurate universe simulations with a help of artificial intelligence. The sweet problem for the scientists is not knowing how such an accurate universe simulation is being rendered, they should check up, and "debug" every pixel it produces.

Overall, it's not so sweet seeing 𝖠𝖨 behaving whimsically, and capriciously - but then again it was anticipated that it's so hard to teach artificial intelligence notions like common sense.
The importance of knowing what goals 𝖠𝖨 should have is imperative, whether they are local (small) or global (cumulative set of local goals). For me, it's frustrating, as an artificial intelligence enthusiast, to see challenges like global hunger, diseases, and the Millennium Prize Problems won't go away just now, but maybe sometime soon.

20 May, 2019

My View on the Vertical Farming

Zero Hunger is a part of the Sustainable Development Goals and projections of population growth predict that the human population will reach 9 billion in 2050. Vertical farming should not be considered as a joke and laughing stock anymore, but be careful which farm you’re buying. In order to make your calculation faultless, you should know all the facts. I like vertical farming because there is no use of pesticides, I urge you to enable plants circadian rhythm.

Vertical Farming by Numbers

28 April, 2019

My Example of How Prejudicial Thinking Can Lead to Dangerous Indoctrination

𝖭𝖠𝖲𝖠's InSight Mars Lander is equipped with a seismometer to measure all possible marsquakes, but I'm more interested in moonquakes. It's important to say about this particular subject that moonquakes (the lunar equivalents of earthquakes) were heavily studied in the 1970s. A moonquake can shake the ground for hours. Man often says "The first footprints put on the Moon will probably stay as long as the Moon itself lasts", implying the Space Age has started recently, for the first time.

For all we know, considering mankind exists 200,000 years, and the Moon's surface entropy, it's possible we've been there before. Thinking that the Space Age began recently may be wrong thinking, that kind of prejudice can lead to dangerous indoctrination.

I hope my generation will make some positive mark in mankind that will truly be memorable, something more than Moon/Mars landings.

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