An astrophotographer used a telescope to capture a giant sunspot. This region was responsible for creating the geomagnetic storms that recently created historic Northern Lights on Earth.
VCs and the military are fueling self-driving startups that don’t need roads
A new crop of early-stage startups — along with some recent VC investments — illustrates a niche emerging in the autonomous vehicle technology sector. Unlike the companies bringing […]
Why Earthlings are safe when huge solar storms strike our planet
When solar storms and coronal mass ejections hit Earth and create the Northern Lights, people are physically protected from radiation by Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere.
Orchard vision system turns farm equipment into AI-powered data collectors
Agricultural robotics are not a new phenomenon. We’ve seen systems that pick apples and berries, kill weeds, plant trees, transport produce and more. But while these functions are […]
Lordstown Motors comes out of bankruptcy with a new name to fight Foxconn
Lordstown Motors has emerged from bankruptcy with a new name and a nearly-singular focus: continuing its lawsuit against iPhone-maker Foxconn for allegedly “destroying the business of an American […]
Someone’s Playing Doom On A Spectrogram
Welcome to another installment of “What Weird Thing Has Someone Ported Doom To This Week?” This time, it’s a user on Reddit who has translated the game into an audio signal that can be displayed by a spectrogram.
Doom Kinda Runs On Human Bacteria Now, If You’ve Got 599 Years
The determination to run 1993’s seminal shooter Doom on absolutely everything is one of humanity’s finest features. From tractors to pregnancy tests, if the technology exists, someone’s trying to install Doom on it. And you know what else is technically technology? Living organisms. Yes, as prophesied in the Holy…
Bluewhite rakes in $39M for robots-as-a-service that can be retrofitted to drive any tractor
Agriculture has a long heritage of being constantly disrupted by technology, an evolution that has continued to play out until today. In one of the latest developments, an […]