The evening of Aug. 1 felt a lot like a birthday to NASA planetary scientist Justin Simon. On that night, Simon attended a virtual watch party for researchers preparing to use NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to conduct the first detailed study of a candidate rock target for drilling and collecting a sample. Ready to unwrap presents, Simon and his fellow researchers anxiously refreshed their…
NASA’s Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt
November 16, 2022
In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect the first of many rock core samples that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study.
This week, a tool on the rover’s 7-foot-long…
One Year Out: NASA’s Psyche Mission Moves Closer to Launch
November 16, 2022
With NASA’s Psyche mission now less than a year from launch, anticipation is building. By next spring, the fully assembled spacecraft will ship from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a launch…
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Polycade has made a new kind of arcade machine you can hang on a wall and it has teamed up with Atari to launch a Web3 art collaboration dubbed Polycade Limiteds.
Portland, Oregon-based Polycade is creating a cultural crossover collaboration…
Epic Games launches Unreal Engine 5.1
November 16, 2022
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Epic Games is releasing Unreal Engine 5.1 today as an update to the game engine that it hopes will be used to build…
Images reveal MagSafe ‘Magic Charger’ for iPhone that Apple (thankfully) hasn’t released
November 16, 2022
MagSafe came to the iPhone back in 2020 with the introduction of the iPhone 12. Thus far, Apple itself hasn’t really expanded its lineup of accessories that tap into MagSafe technology, outside of the polarizing MagSafe Battery Pack.
New images posted to Twitter claim to…
Competition in the robot dog market is getting ugly. As The Robot Report explains, Boston Dynamics is suing Ghost Robotics for allegedly infringing seven patents linked to its Spot quadruped. The Spirit 40 and Vision 60 (shown above) purportedly borrow key technologies from Spot, including systems for self-righting and climbing stairs.
Boston Dynamics says it asked Ghost Robotics to review…
Art project translates music from Teenage Engineering's OP-Z synth into AI-generated imagery
November 16, 2022
AI-generated art is a new frontier rife with potential. But for every thorny question about copyright and the potential for widespread manipulation, generated art can also inspire wonder and awe. For example, look no further than this AI-powered experiment that creates…
How NASA’s Deep Space Network Supports the Agency’s Missions
November 16, 2022
The DSN will enable NASA to track and communicate with Artemis I while working to provide coverage across dozens of other missions throughout the solar system.
Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world’s imagination and inspired generations with the Apollo 11 Moon…
NASA Study: Rising Sea Level Could Exceed Estimates for U.S. Coasts
November 16, 2022
New results show average sea level rise approaching the 1-foot mark for most coastlines of the contiguous U.S. by 2050. The Gulf Coast and Southeast will see the most change.
By 2050, sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) above today’s waterline, according to researchers who analyzed nearly three decades of satellite observations. The…
