Elon Musk Takes Over Bill Gates as World's Second Richest Man
Thanks to the stock market success of Tesla, its founder - billionaire Elon Musk - earned as much as $100.3 billion this year. Thanks to that he overtook Bill Gates in the ranking of the richest people in the world.
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Bart Swiatek
November 24, 2020
6G Already in the Orbit
At the beginning of November, China launched a rocket, which brought 13 satellites into the orbit. One of them is to be the „first 6G satellite”. Nobody is exactly sure what exactly this technology will be, but it can offer a data transfer rate of more than 100 Gb/s.
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Konrad Sarzynski
November 23, 2020
EVE Online Players Against COVID-19
CCP Games boasted the results of the third edition of Project Discovery in EVE Online. As part of it, players performed 47 million coronavirus-related tasks, thus helping scientists in their research on COVID-19.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 9, 2020
In 2030 Every Fourth British Soldier Could be a Robot
The commander of the British army predicts that in 2030 every fourth soldier may not be human. While presenting in an interview a vision of the future of the armed forces, he suggested that up to 30,000 robots could be „drafted” within the next 10 years.
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Konrad Sarzynski
November 9, 2020
Researchers: You Wanna Lock Young People at Home? Give Them Free Games
British scientists point out that in order to encourage young people to stay at home, various awards should be offered. These include free video games.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 9, 2020
Gabe Newell Will Send Half-Life 2 Gnome Into Space
Valve's CEO Gabe Newell plans to send a replica of Gnome Chompsky from Half-Life 2: Episode Two into space. The launch of the rocket will be a charity event aimed at raising money for one of the hospitals in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Bart Swiatek
November 3, 2020
Confirmed Water on The Moon May Help Expeditions to Mars
Recent NASA studies have shown that the surface of the moon may contain large deposits of ice water. Will it be possible to use it for space exploration?
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Bartlomiej Sagan
October 27, 2020
Nokia Will Create 4G Network on the Moon for NASA
Nokia has signed an agreement with the NASA. The company is to develop a technology to enable the use of LTE networks on the Moon.
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Bart Swiatek
October 19, 2020
Elon Musk Plans to Send a Rocket to Mars in a Few Years
Billionaire Elon Musk informed that in four years his company, SpaceX, is planning to send an unmanned mission to the Red Planet.
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Bart Swiatek
October 19, 2020
Elon Musk Develops Supply Rocket for US Army
Elon Musk's SpaceX has signed several contracts with the US Army. The company is to create a super-fast supply rocket, among other things, for the Pentagon.
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Bart Swiatek
October 12, 2020
Elon Musk Won't Take Covid-19 Vaccine, Calls Gates a Knucklehead
Elon Musk made another controversial press statement. This time he said that neither he nor his family are going to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The billionaire responded to Bill Gates' criticism, calling the founder of Microsoft a knucklehead.
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Bart Swiatek
September 30, 2020
Yokohama Gundam Shows Off New Moves
The Japanese robot created by Gundam Yokohama Factory can no longer only move its limbs, but also use its body to perform more complex tasks.
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Karol Laska
September 23, 2020
Robo-dogs Patrolling a US Military Base Are Real
The U.S. Army recently conducted another demonstration of Advanced Battle Management System, a network for collecting and processing information on the battlefield. One of the elements of the presentation were four-legged robots called Vision 60.
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Bart Swiatek
September 8, 2020
Elon Musk Believes Colonists Will Die on Mars
Elon Musk announced that most likely the first Martian colonists will die on this planet. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. He and his team will make sure that it will be a natural death, preceded with a long life dedicated to the exploration of the planet.
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Aleksandra Dziwinska
September 5, 2020
Elon Musk Explains Neuralink - Connection Between Brain and Computer
Elon Musk recently presented a device which is an interface between the brain and a computer. Let's see how Neuralink works, how it is implanted and whether it can be removed safely.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
September 1, 2020
„Don't Launch Them” - Starlink Satellites are Bothering Astronomers
SpaceX continues the Starlink program. There are already over 600 satellites in orbit. Meanwhile, many astronomers are voicing their concerns. They claim that the Elon Musk's project may make it harder to explore the space.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
August 27, 2020
Smartphone Will Check Whether We're Drunk?
Researchers from Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh are working on a technology to detect the state of alcoholic intoxication by analyzing the way a smartphone user moves.
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Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
SpaceX Manufactures 120 Starlink Satellites per Month
SpaceX continues the Starlink project to provide Internet access in every corner of the Earth. Currently, as many as 120 satellites per month are produced, an unprecedented result in this industry sector.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
August 11, 2020
Excel Causes Problems for Science; Gene Names Need to be Changed
Microsoft Excel did not correctly recognize a number of symbols indicating genes and substances. Researchers decided to adapt to the capabilities of the program by changing some of the names.
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Karol Laska
August 6, 2020
Star Wars Inspires Scientists to Create Artificial Skin
Singaporean scientists are working on touch-responsive artificial skin. They admit that one of the inspirations was a scene from Star Wars.
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Karol Laska
August 4, 2020