Tag Archives: first

Vernor Vinge, Author Who Popularized AI Singularity, Dies at 79 – TheWrap

Posted: Published on March 23rd, 2024

Vernor Vinge, science-fiction author and professor who popularized the idea of an artificial intelligence singularity and the term cyberspace, has died at 79. Hes best known for his works True Names, A Fire Upon the Deep, The Coming Technological Singularity and Fast Times at Fairmont High. Continue reading

Posted in Singularity | Comments Off on Vernor Vinge, Author Who Popularized AI Singularity, Dies at 79 – TheWrap

The Father Of The Singularity Dead At 79 | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT – Giant Freakin Robot

Posted: Published on March 23rd, 2024

By Britta DeVore | Published 25 seconds ago The world has lost one of the biggest names and brains in technology and sci-fi as Vernor Vinge reportedly died on March 20, 2024, at the age of 79. The news came from fellow author, David Brin, who was not just a fan of Vinges work but also a contemporary and a fellow Hugo Award winner Continue reading

Posted in Singularity | Comments Off on The Father Of The Singularity Dead At 79 | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT – Giant Freakin Robot

Froede-Larkin Traumatic Brain Injury Reform Initiative – Connecting Vets

Posted: Published on March 23rd, 2024

This year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is going to include important reforms in how military service members are treated for Traumatic Brain Injuries, including the scarring created on the human brain when exposed to improvised explosive devices, explosive breaching techniques, or from firing mortars, artillery, and high caliber weapons. The new verbiage in the NDAA this year will be due to the advocacy of several families whose service member took their own life after suffering from TBI. "Frank Larkin and I are a part of this club that nobody wants to belong to where we had service members from Special Operations die by suicide after their histories of traumatic brain injury and blast exposures, Dr. Continue reading

Posted in Brain Injury Treatment | Comments Off on Froede-Larkin Traumatic Brain Injury Reform Initiative – Connecting Vets

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station – NASA

Posted: Published on March 7th, 2024

Editors note: This release was updated March 4, 2024, to correct the audio only link and change the image. An international crew of four reached orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 10:53 p.m Continue reading

Posted in Spacex | Comments Off on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station – NASA

Aria CV Announces First Patient Successfully Implanted with Second-Generation Pulmonary Hypertension System – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Posted: Published on February 28th, 2024

February 27, 2024 Aria CV, Inc, a developer of medical devices treating pulmonary hypertension, today announced the first patient was implanted with theGen 2 Aria CVPulmonary Hypertension System as part of theASPIRE PHclinical trial at Ascension St. VincentCardiovascular Research Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana Continue reading

Posted in Hypertension | Comments Off on Aria CV Announces First Patient Successfully Implanted with Second-Generation Pulmonary Hypertension System – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

SpaceX launches private ‘Odysseus’ lander on pioneering moon mission by Intuitive Machines (video) – Space.com

Posted: Published on February 20th, 2024

A potentially history-making private moon mission is underway. Odysseus, a robotic lunar lander built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida early this morning (Feb Continue reading

Posted in Spacex | Comments Off on SpaceX launches private ‘Odysseus’ lander on pioneering moon mission by Intuitive Machines (video) – Space.com

SpaceX adds to thousands of satellites in space – UPI News

Posted: Published on February 20th, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 56 "Starlink" satellites into cloudy skies at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in June, 2023. It launched 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force base in California Thursday afternoon. Continue reading

Posted in Spacex | Comments Off on SpaceX adds to thousands of satellites in space – UPI News

SpaceX delays launch of private Intuitive Machines moon lander due to methane fuel issue – Space.com

Posted: Published on February 20th, 2024

SpaceX postponed the launch of a private moon lander built by Intuitive Machines late Tuesday (Feb. 13) due to a temperature issue with the spacecraft's liquid methane fuel. The Odysseus moon lander was originally scheduled to launch toward the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the early-morning hours Wednesday (Feb Continue reading

Posted in Spacex | Comments Off on SpaceX delays launch of private Intuitive Machines moon lander due to methane fuel issue – Space.com

Launch Imminent: SpaceX Mission to the Moon Will Have Embry-Riddle Payload Onboard – ERAU News

Posted: Published on February 20th, 2024

*Update (Feb. 14): After this story's original publication, the SpaceX launch was rescheduled to 1:05 a.m. Thursday, Feb. Continue reading

Posted in Spacex | Comments Off on Launch Imminent: SpaceX Mission to the Moon Will Have Embry-Riddle Payload Onboard – ERAU News

Why the only way to ride the company AI wave is experimentation – Big Think

Posted: Published on February 20th, 2024

Sometimes I think back to what life was like BC, before ChatGPT. Continue reading

Posted in Ai | Comments Off on Why the only way to ride the company AI wave is experimentation – Big Think