Growth in Artificial Intelligence

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Before synthetic dyes were created, artists had to look to nature to add color to their work. Here I talk about some of the pigment powders used to decorate the salvaged Swedish warship, the Vasa. (Photo Credit: Dr Suze Kundu)

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Tesla’s Autopilot may have contributed to the death of one of the company’s biggest fans yesterday. But that shouldn’t signal a death-knell for robotic cars, rather it should be a reminder that pushing the envelope can be dangerous — especially when the prize being sought is so potentially valuable.

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Chinese officials announced a carrier rocket launch on Saturday and hailed a breakthrough in space technology when its reentry module was found on land a day later. China launches things with enough regularity that its space program doesn’t turn eyeballs toward the skies as it did decades ago. But from a public relations standpoint, the program sits cloaked in darkness. The civilian and military departments in charge let on few details about the long-term mission yet indicate with every new move that the program is developing.

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Stratospheric “space” balloons are expected to revolutionize the current satellite industry via an innovative cocktail of low-cost, rapid deployability, and ‘persistent’ geospatial coverage. And all in a way that will enable an ever-growing list of new applications. Or so says World View, an Arizona-based newspace company that is aiming to park what it terms ‘stratollites’ — balloon-borne stratospheric satellites at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere for mission lengths of days, weeks, even months at a time.

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If you want the fastest possible mobile Internet speeds, it’s best if you are in downtown London.

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The Vasa warship that sank in Stockholm harbor in the 1600s spent 333 years on the sea bed. When the ship was raised, it soon became apparent that a little chemistry would be necessary to save the Vasa from deterioration.

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