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SpaceX unveils backpack-sized ‘Starlink Mini’ satellite internet antenna for $599
Starlink Mini promotional image. SpaceX customer email sent June 19, 2024. SpaceX is rolling out a compact version of its Starlink antennas called “Mini,” which the company is advertising as a mobile option for its satellite internet customers. “Starlink Mini is a compact, portable kit that can easily fit in a backpack, designed to provide […]
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Inside Paradromics, the Neuralink competitor hoping to commercialize brain implants before the end of the decade
The following is a transcript of the video. Matt Angle: The brain is a super fascinating organ. We have about 85 billion neurons and every neuron is a million times slower than a computer chip. And yet, the brain does incredible things. But what that means is that if you want to get data in […]
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Boeing and NASA delay Starliner astronaut return to June 22, nearly doubling mission length to test spacecraft
A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Boeing‘s Starliner capsule “Calypso” will stay at the International Space Station twice as long as the mission originally planned, NASA announced Friday. This developmental nature of the mission, known as Boeing’s […]
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Bezos’ Blue Origin joins SpaceX, ULA in winning bids for $5.6 billion Pentagon rocket program
A mass simulator version of a New Glenn rocket is moved for testing in November 2021. Blue Origin The Pentagon announced the first winning bidders in its rocket launch contract sweepstakes on Thursday, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin grabbing a spot for the first time. Blue Origin’s winning bid came as part of contracts awarded […]
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Brain science start-up Neuroelectrics uses electricity and a headcap to reduce seizures in patients with epilepsy. Now it needs FDA approval
High up in the hills of Barcelona, brain science start-up Neuroelectrics is developing therapies that it says will improve the lives of people living with brain disease. The group manufactures around 400 devices, which it ships to 75 different countries worldwide each year. Its main product is a headcap, which monitors the brain’s electrical activity […]
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Inside Neuroelectrics, the brain science start-up hoping to curb epilepsy and depression
The following is a transcript of the video. High up in the hills of the Catalan capital, Neuroelectrics is developing therapies that it says will improve the lives of people living with brain disease. The group manufactures around 400 devices which it ships to 75 different countries worldwide each year. Everything from research to production […]
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Boeing Starliner docks with ISS, delivering its first NASA crew to space station
Boeing’s Starliner capsule is seen while approaching the International Space Station with two NASA astronauts on board on June 6, 2024. NASA TV Fixing the propulsion problem NASA flight controllers called off a previously scheduled approach to resolve issues with Starliner’s propulsion system. Starliner has 28 jets, known as its reaction control system, or RCS, […]
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes test flight for the first time, successfully splashes down
SpaceX’s Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. , in this handout picture obtained on June 6, 2024. Spacex | Via Reuters SpaceX completed a test flight of its Starship rocket for the first time on […]
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Scientists develop ultra-thin battery for smart contact lenses that could be charged by tears
Scientist Lee Seok Woo said a scene from a “Mission Impossible” movie inspired his latest invention: batteries for smart contact lenses. In the fourth film of the series, an agent wears contact lenses capable of facial recognition and eye tracking. Lee wanted to make that lens a reality. “I was thinking, ‘How can I work […]
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Boeing Starliner launches for the first time carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS
Boeing launched its first Starliner flight with astronauts on Wednesday, beginning a crucial final flight test of the long-delayed spacecraft. The launch took off at 10:52 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with two NASA astronauts aboard. Starliner is carried by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and is bound for the International Space […]
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