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Commercial Space Stations Approach Launch Phase

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The initiative is backed by NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program, through which the agency is providing funding to incentivize the private sector to build space habitats. NASA may also be the main client starting out, although the wider goal is to foster a sustainable commercial presence in LEO.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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Deforestation has caused the Amazon rainforest and similar areas to lose their ability to recover from disturbances such as drought, wildfires, and human development, according to a recent article published in Scientific American. The loss of the Amazon rainforest would cause large-scale drying across the region.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Such services can increase utilization since members can use one-way car sharing for shorter, spur of the moment trips. In the U.S.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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For a recent recap, have a look at this post-cave pre-final article that includes an interview with SubT Program Manager Tim Chung , but if you don't have time for that, the TLDR is that this week we're looking at both a Virtual Track as well as a Systems Track with physical robots on a real course. University of Colorado, Denver.

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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Moving the task of sorting further downstream led to the building of sorting facilities. Here, a tandem robot system operates at a Waste Connections recycling facility [top], and a single robot arm [bottom] recovers a piece of corrugated cardboard. This article appears in the July 2022 print issue as “AI Takes a Dumpster Dive.”.

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Subspace Rebuilt the Internet for Real-Time Applications

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More than 20 percent of Internet-connected devices experienced performance issues at any given time, and 80 percent had major disruptions several times a day. For instance, high-latency connections limit the speed of "matchmaking," or the process of connecting players to one another, by restricting the pool of players who can join quickly.

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