First Light Fusion is developing an inertial fusion with a pulsed process. They fire physical projectiles at high speeds like 40 kilometers per second to generate fusion OR they may use high-power lasers to generate the fusion. They are working on methods with the targets and other systems to amplify the pressures generated and increase …
Tesla is unveiling the Robotax on August 8, 2024 there is an ongoing ramp of the FSD (full self driving) software. What do we no know and not know about this rapidly changing situation? This is all happening as Tesla’s sales growth is “between two growth waves”. Tesla has cut over 10% of its staff …
The direct Iranian missile attack did not do direct damage to Israel. However, it has opened the door to direct military action between Iran and Israel. Iran and Israel are 620 miles apart. Iran is almost 2.4 times the land area of Texas. It is slightly larger than the state of Alaska. Iran’s dimensions are …
Elon Musk sent out a memo to all Tesla staff last night. Over the years, we have grown rapidly with multiple factories scaling around the globe. With this rapid growth there has been duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas. As we prepare the company for our next phase of growth, it is …
Would everyone switch to electric cars if good cars with good range could be made for much less than $10,000? What technology could enable those prices?
RocketStar has announced the first successful demonstration of their nuclear fusion-enhanced pulsed plasma FireStar™ Drive. They have enhanced electric drive space propulsion. Electric propulsion drives create small amounts of thrust but are significantly more fuel-efficient than conventional chemical rockets. Electric propulsion are ion and hall effect drives. They are like the tortoise to the chemical …
Microsoft is doing very well by buying OpenAI. OpenAI is making money now. AI Models are becoming commoditized. In the long run, there seems to be a race to the bottom on pricing. Open Source AI models like Meta could be used to become the Platform. All of the development happens on your platform. If …
There is radar tracking all of the airplane, drone and missile activity over the middle east. This is related to airplanes, drones and missiles from Iran to Israel. There is also US and Israel military plane activity.
Iran claims to have launched a wave of missiles against Israel and the above is a photo taken which shows a missile flying over Iraq to Israel. There are reports on Telegram and X of a plan by Iran’s QUD (foreign militia’s in Syria, Lebanon – Hezbollah) and Iraq to attack in waves.
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Grok-1.5V is XAI’s first-generation multimodal model. In addition to its strong text capabilities, Grok can now process a wide variety of visual information, including documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots, and photographs. Grok-1.5V will be available soon to our early testers and existing Grok users. Capabilities Grok-1.5V is competitive with existing frontier multimodal models in a number …