Archive for the ‘habitats’ category: Page 106
Feb 23, 2018
This robot can lay up to 400 bricks per hour
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: habitats, robotics/AI
Feb 22, 2018
Bigelow Aerospaceâs new company will find customers for its space habitats
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, habitats, space
Bigelow Aerospace â the Las Vegas-based company manufacturing space habitats â is starting a spinoff venture aimed at managing any modules that the company deploys into space. Called Bigelow Space Operations (BSO), the new company will be responsible for selling Bigelowâs habitats to customers, such as NASA, foreign countries, and other private companies. But first, BSO will try to figure out what kind of business exists exactly in lower Earth orbit, the area of space where the ISS currently resides.
Bigelow makes habitats designed to expand. The densely packed modules launch on a rocket and then inflate once in space, providing more overall volume for astronauts to roam around. The company already has one of its prototype habitats in orbit right now: the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, which has been attached to the International Space Station since 2016. The BEAM has proven that Bigelowâs expandable habitat technology not only works, but also holds up well against the space environment.
Feb 17, 2018
3D printing construction
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, habitats
Feb 12, 2018
The high-tech cities of the future
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: climatology, habitats, sustainability
New cities are currently being planned to ease the strain on existing ones. In an ideal world, they should provide work and housing, and be sustainable and climate-neutral at the same time. Is this a realistic objective?
Feb 4, 2018
Tesla is installing Powerwalls and solar power on 50,000 homes to create biggest virtual power plant in the world
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, habitats, sustainability
Tesla has been making big moves on the energy storage market in Australia, but they are now all being dwarfed by this new project that will see them install solar arrays and Powerwalls on 50,000 homes to create the biggest virtual power plant in the world. The companyâs main project has been the 100MW/ 129MWh Powerpack project in South Australia, the largest in the world for now. But now instead of being a large centralized battery system using Teslaâs Powerpacks, the new project announced today is using Teslaâs residential battery system, the Powerwall, to create decentralized energy storaâŠ
Jan 29, 2018
âRobotic Habitatsâ imagines a self-sustaining AI ecosystem
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: habitats, robotics/AI, space
As artificial intelligence advances at an unprecedented pace, we tend to see its arrival in emotional terms â usually, either excitement or fear. But Noumena, a collective of designers, engineers and architects, is looking at AI and robots more practically. What form will they take, how will they survive and develop, and where will they live? It aims to explore those idea with an exhibition entitled âRobotic Habitats.â
Noumenaâs project assumes that deep learning systems will grow out of their narrow Go-playing abilities and soon match humans at many, if not most, tasks. While that would put them on par with us, it doesnât mean they would live the same way, though. âSociety will need to develop a framework for both to thrive,â explains Neumena on its website. âA new form of artificial life will emerge, finding space at the peripheries of humanity in order to not compete for human-dominated resources.â
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Jan 27, 2018
Tesla Powerwalls will power 50 homes in a community, âitâs like putting around $50,000 in your pocketâ, says contractor
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, habitats, sustainability
Home builders are starting to see the advantage of incorporating solar and energy storage products directly as part of their offerings. One home builder in Australia decided to make solar arrays and Tesla Powerwalls standard in 50 âknockdown rebuild homesâ and claims that âitâs like putting around $50,000 in your pocketâ. Earlier this week, we reported on how Teslaâs giant Powerpack system in Australia made around $1 million in just a few days through the countryâs wholesale electricity market. Homeowners can do the same on a smaller scale if they have a home solar array and a Powerwall, TeâŠ
Jan 25, 2018
Noumenaâs Robotic Habitats Questions The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: habitats, mapping, robotics/AI, space
for the 2017 tallinn architecture biennale, noumena has presented its installation based on the future of robots and its adaptability with the environment. deep learning has paved the way for machines to expand beyond narrow capabilities to soon achieving human-level performance on intellectual tasks. however, as artificial intelligence â A.I. â establishes its place within humans, society will need to develop a framework for both to thrive. a new form of artificial life will emerge, finding space at the peripheries of humanity in order to not compete for human-dominated resources. A.I. will attempt to improve its operating surroundings to not just survive but be self-sustaining, forming the basis of a civilization constrained at the intersection of nature and technology.
image © tÔnu tunnel.
barcelonian based practice noumena has developed a framework to build this narrative based on the cross disciplinary intersection of computational design, mechanical and electronic design, rapid prototyping interaction and mapping. nowadays, computing tools as well as rapid prototyping machines allow to have a quick practical feedback on design solutions and to iterate experimenting different possibility at the same time giving the chance to choose and custom a functional part.
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Jan 11, 2018
Tougher WiFi security will keep you safe at the coffee shop
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: encryption, habitats, internet, security, wearables
WiFi security hasnât changed much since WPA2 came to be in 2004, and thatâs becoming increasingly apparent when public hotspots are frequently risky and glaring exploits are all too common. Itâs about to get a long-due upgrade, though: the Wi-Fi Alliance plans to roll out a WPA3 standard that addresses a number of weak points. For many, the highlight will be individualized data encryption. Even if youâre on an open public network, you wonât have to worry quite so much about someone snooping on your data.
Youâll also see safeguards even when people have terrible passwords, and a simplified security process for devices that have either a tiny display or none at all (say, wearable devices or smart home gadgets). And companies or governments that need stricter security will have access to a 192-bit security suite.
WPA3 should arrive sometime in 2018, and comes on the back of other improvements like more thorough testing to catch potential vulnerabilities before they require emergency patches. These initiatives arenât going to guarantee airtight security when youâre at the coffee shop, but they could at least eliminate some of WiFiâs more worrying flaws.
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