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Tesla Optimus Talk

Konstantinos Laskaris, Tesla Lead Director of Optimus, at the ETH Robotics Club INSPIRE Talk in Switzerland. Konstantinos presented Optimus 2.5 and the work behind it and its predecessors. Here are some highlights from the talk. The sim-to-real gap is propaganda. “It’s not a gap if you haven’t tried to model your robot properly.” Hardware matters ... Read more
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Blue Origin New Glenn Targets April Launch of AST Space Mobile Satellite

The next-generation AST Space Mobile Block 2 BlueBirds are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the first generation BlueBird satellites. They are needed for the goal of 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage. The service will target approximately 100% U.S. nationwide coverage from space with over 5,600 coverage cells, with ... Read more

SpaceX Discusses Over $2 Trillion IPO Valuation

Bloomberg reports SpaceX boosted its target IPO valuation above $2 trillion. According to people familiar with the matter, SpaceX and its advisers are already floating this figure to prospective investors. Testing-the-waters briefings (where they share more supporting details) are scheduled to begin in the coming week. Breaking: SpaceX boosted its target IPO valuation above $2 ... Read more

NASA Successfully Launches Artemis 2 and Completes Translunar Injection Burn

Thursday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for five minutes and 50 seconds beginning at 7:49 p.m. EDT, to successfully complete the translunar injection (TLI) burn, sending the crew in Orion out of Earth orbit and on a trajectory toward the Moon. Congratulations to NASA for what has been a broadly successful mission so ... Read more

Beating the Financial Consensus With Prediction Markets

Nicole Kagan, Head of Research at Kalshi, with hosts Nick and Sam) sees Kalshi’s CFTC-regulated prediction markets as emerging financial instruments that can revolutionize risk hedging across finance, insurance, and beyond. Event contracts (binary Yes/No payouts on real-world outcomes) are tools to financialize uncertainty and turn discrete risks like macroeconomic data releases, policy changes, cultural ... Read more

Heat Radiators for AI Data Centers in Space Will Be a Huge Advantage and Not a Huge Problem

There were many complaints that radiating heat from AI Data Centers in space would be a huge problem but in fact they will be a huge advantage. On Earth, cooling an AI data center is an active, energy-hungry process. Chillers, fans, pumps, water loops, and heat exchangers devour power simply to stop silicon from melting ... Read more

Exodus Propulsion and the Exodus Force aka Electrostatic Pressure Force

NASA’s Lead Electrostatics Scientist, Dr Charles Buhler, claims he’s discovered a “new force” that counteracts gravity with no fuel necessary. Dr. Charles Buhler has run 2,000 vacuum chamber experiments showing a propellantless thrust force that persists after the power is switched off, and cannot be explained by ion wind, magnetic effects, or classical energy conservation. ... Read more