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Neuralink competitor Precision Neuroscience buys factory to build its brain implants
Employees working in Precision’s manufacturing facility Courtesy: Precision Neuroscience Neurotech startup Precision Neuroscience announced Thursday it has acquired a factory in Dallas, where it will build the key component of its brain implant, the Layer 7 Cortical Interface. The facility will help the company speed up development and move closer to the regulatory approval it […]
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This AI enterprise wishes to help you command your desires with a new headset
Prophetic AI Courtesy: Prophetic AI When Eric Wollberg and Wesley Berry achieved in March, Wollberg was chasing the thought of using lucid desires to check out consciousness and Berry was working with the musician Grimes on translating neural alerts into art. Both have been fascinated by how brain imaging instruments could assist paint a picture of […]
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Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine moves to final stage trial after positive data
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Moderna on Wednesday said its combination vaccine targeting Covid and the flu will move to a final stage trial in adults ages 50 and above this year after showing positive results in an early to mid-stage study. The biotech company hopes its shot, mRNA-1083, can win approval from […]
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FDA approves updated Novavax Covid vaccine as Pfizer, Moderna shots roll out in U.S.
A vial labelled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Novavax‘s updated Covid vaccine under emergency use, putting the shot on track to roll out weeks after new jabs from Pfizer and Moderna reached Americans. Novavax’s new […]
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Blue Origin, Sierra Space weigh future of Orbital Reef space station as partnership turns rocky
A rendering of the “Orbital Reef” space station in orbit. Blue Origin The Orbital Reef space station partnership between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Sierra Space is on rocky footing, CNBC has learned. The companies announced Orbital Reef as a co-led project in 2021, but updates about the project dried up in the past year. […]
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SpaceX wins first Pentagon contract for Starshield, its satellite network for military use
An uncaptioned image posted on the company’s website appears to show Starshield technology in orbit. SpaceX The Pentagon has awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX its first confirmed contract for the Starshield network it’s developing, a military-specific version of the company’s Starlink satellite internet system, the defense agency said Wednesday. A Space Force spokesperson confirmed that SpaceX […]
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FAA closes investigation into Blue Origin rocket failure, requires 21 ‘corrective actions’
The moment of the anomaly during the New Shepard cargo mission NS-23, in which the booster’s engine failed. Blue Origin The Federal Aviation Administration closed its investigation into last year’s failed flight of a cargo mission by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the regulator announced Wednesday. Blue Origin is required by the FAA to “implement 21 […]
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Underground climate change: How heat is trapped under the surface, threatening buildings
Cloud Gate, known as The Bean, is seen at AT-and-T Plaza at Millennium Park in Chicago, United States, on October 14, 2022. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images On a recent tour underneath Chicago’s iconic skyline, Alessandro Rotta Loria, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University, pointed out one of […]
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to replace CEO Bob Smith with outgoing Amazon exec Dave Limp
Bob Smith, chief executive officer of Blue Origin LLC, (L), and Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services for Amazon.com Inc. Getty Images Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will replace CEO Bob Smith with outgoing Amazon executive Dave Limp, CNBC has learned. Smith is retiring effective Dec. 4 and will remain with the company […]
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Sierra Space raising nearly $300 million from Japanese consortium at $5 billion valuation
Artist’s rendering of Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane in this undated handout obtained March 25, 2022. Sierra Space | via Reuters Sierra Space, the subsidiary of private aerospace contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation, is finalizing a raise of nearly $300 million, CNBC has learned. The round values the space company at about $5 billion, according to […]
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