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Scotland's Orkney Islands to trial electric hydrofoil ferries [video]

September 12, 2023
Scotland’s Orkney Islands will pilot two electric hydrofoil ferries that will commute between its outer islands in a three-year trial. The Orkneys are launching their electric ferry pilot with Belfast-based Artemis Technologies after being awarded £15.5 million in funding from the British government. The Orkney Islands are 10 miles off the northern tip of Scotland, and 20 of the 70 islands…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Unistellar’s AI telescope lets you view galaxies in the night sky from the city

September 12, 2023
It’s getting a lot easier to be a backyard astronomer. Citizen science has come to telescopes, and Unistellar enables us to look at the night sky with a powerful telescope and see galaxies, clusters of stars and nebulae even with tons of light pollution from the city. And machine learning and AI come in very handy in removing the light pollution from images so that you don’t have to go to a…
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CryptoNews

Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Below $1,600 Ahead of Key US Economic Releases – Market Updates Bitcoin News

September 12, 2023
Ethereum has started the week below $1,600, as markets appeared to be awaiting the release of several key data points from the United States. After a quiet week, the coming days will see the latest inflation, retail sales, and consumer sentiment figures released. Bitcoin remained lower on Monday. Bitcoin Bitcoin started yet another week trading under the $26,000 level, as traders began to prepare…
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DefenseNews

Poland to buy 486 HIMARS launchers from Lockheed Martin

September 11, 2023
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Monday approved a framework deal to buy 486 launcher-loader module kits for its M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems. “In line with the adopted schedule, deliveries are expected to begin in 2025,”…
DefenseNews

Air Force to fall nearly 150 pilots short of annual training goal

September 11, 2023
The Air Force will fall short of its fiscal 2023 pilot training goal by about 120 airmen, missing its annual target of around 1,500 new aviators for the eighth consecutive year, the service confirmed Sept. 8. A slew of maintenance woes, staffing issues and other unexpected setbacks led the Air Force to pin wings on around 1,350 airmen rather than its aspirational goal of 1,470. The shortfall makes…
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