This week, a German company deployed 3D printing technology to construct a new residential block, which is set to become the largest printed apartment building in Europe.
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Is this a case where money falls from the heavens!
This may start a craze where people chase after meteors! đ
A rock from outer space landing on your property and resulting in millions in your bank account sounds more unlikely that a lottery win, but one lucky man has found himself in the fortunate position.
Josua Hutagalung is a 33-year-old coffin maker based in Kolang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, who has become a millionaire overnight. A meteorite came crashing into his garden at the beginning of August and he later had to dig it out as it had been lodged in 5.9 inches.
Hutagalung was clearly lucky that his house wasnât hit by this incredibly fast-moving rock. However, his luck continued when the meteorite was valued.
Amazon is entering the pharmacy business with a new offering called Amazon Pharmacy, allowing customers in the United States to order prescription medications for home delivery, including free delivery for Amazon Prime members.
Amazon has been quietly building out its pharmacy offering for several years after ramping up internal discussions in 2017 and acquiring PillPack in 2018. The pharmacy space is notoriously complex and competitive in the U.S., and Amazon Pharmacy is built in part on PillPackâs infrastructure, including its pharmacy software, fulfillment centers and relationships with health plans.
Amazon Pharmacy, announced Tuesday, is the companyâs biggest push yet into $300 billion market, and threatens the dominance of traditional pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens, as well as other large retailers that offer pharmacy services, including Walmart.
The idea of terraforming Mars is a fascinating idea. ⊠But just how long would such an endeavor take, what would it cost us, and is it really an effective use of our time and energy?
Ultimately, Yakovlev thinks that space biospheres could also be accomplished within a reasonable timeframe â i.e. between 2030 and 2050 â which is simply not possible with terraforming. Citing the growing presence and power of the commercial space sector, Yakovlev also believed a lot of the infrastructure that is necessary is already in place (or under development).
âAfter we overcome the inertia of thinking +20 years, the experimental biosphere (like the settlement in Antarctica with watches), in 50 years the first generation of children born in the Cosmos will grow and the Earth will decrease, because it will enter the legends as a whole⊠As a result, terraforming will be canceled. And the subsequent conference will open the way for real exploration of the Cosmos. Iâm proud to be on the same planet as Elon Reeve Musk. His missiles will be useful to lift designs for the first biosphere from the lunar factories. This is a close and direct way to conquer the Cosmos.â
With NASA scientists and entrepreneurs like Elon Musk looking to colonize Mars in the near future, and other commercial aerospace companies developing LEO, the size and shape of humanityâs future in space is difficult to predict. Perhaps we will jointly decide on a path that takes us to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Perhaps we will see our best efforts directed into near-Earth space.
Australian researchers have identified two new mammals in the Land Down Under â both cousins of the doe-eyed flying marsupials known as greater gliders, according to a report.
A study published in Natureâs Scientific Reports journal found two new distinct and smaller species of gliders in northern and central Australia, outside of the marsupialâs known habitat in the countryâs southern end, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
âAustraliaâs biodiversity just got a lot richer,â Andrew Krockenberger, a professor at James Cook University and a co-author of the study, told the outlet. âItâs not every day that new mammals are confirmed, let alone two new mammals.â
If Facebookâs AI research objectives are successful, it may not be long before home assistants take on a whole new range of capabilities. Last week the company announced new work focused on advancing what it calls âembodied AIâ: basically, a smart robot that will be able to move around your house to help you remember things, find things, and maybe even do things.
Robots That Hear, Home Assistants That See
In Facebookâs blog post about audio-visual navigation for embodied AI, the authors point out that most of todayâs robots are âdeafâ; they move through spaces based purely on visual perception. The companyâs new research aims to train AI using both visual and audio data, letting smart robots detect and follow objects that make noise as well as use sounds to understand a physical space.
ISS: 20 years looking over Earth
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To mark the 20th anniversary of continuous habitation of the International Space Station, ESA commissioned two graphic artists to illustrate the Station from two perspectives. We spoke to the artists and asked them how they approached this challenge.
The International Space Station celebrates a huge milestone on 2 November 2020. For two decades, it has continuously hosted humans in space. Eighteen ESA astronauts have flown to the Station. Altogether, more than 240 crew members and visitors from 19 countries have visited the station and made it their temporary home.
A collaboration between five space agencies, the station has become a symbol of peaceful international cooperation. It represents the best of our space engineering capabilities as well as humankindâs pursuit of scientific knowledge and exploration.
âOn Mars, it would occupy one of the maze of lava tubes which run beneath the Martian surface,â the architects explained.
Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ are creating Martian House, an inflatable building in Bristol, England, that will explore what an extraterrestrial house for life on Mars could look like.
The house, a collaboration with local artists as part of the ongoing art project Building a Martian House, is set over two levels, with the lower level designed to be built below the ground of the red planet.
The upper level will be made from a gold inflatable formwork, which is being developed by specialists Inflate.
There are many options for living on Mars. 3D-printed ice habitats around the poles, building underground, etc. The technology is finally here.
This is part of the reason why the surface is so cold, ranging from −143 in the polar regions during winter and 35 °C (−226 to 95 °F) near the equator during midday in the summer. But because the air is so thin, a person standing on Mars (in the summer and at noon) would experience extreme cold anywhere above their ankles.
And then thereâs the radiation, which is roughly 40 times higher than what humans are regularly exposed to here on Earth (worse, when a solar event occurs). There are also massive dust storms that can envelop the entire planet and block out all sunlight. Last, thereâs Martian gravity, which is about 37% of what we experience here on Earth.
In short, Mars is cold, dry, irradiated, and the air is thin and unbreathable. But with the right kind of living strategies and technology, living on Mars could be possible. In particular, life on Mars will rely heavily on 3D printing, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), renewable energy, radiation shielding, and lots of recycling and compost systems.
Space â The final frontier, and for Soviet cosmonaut, Sergei Krikalev, it nearly was his final frontier! Check out todayâs new video where a soviet astronaut was on a space mission, meanwhile the USSR crumbled,⊠More making him the last citizen of the Soviet Union. How did Sergei finally get home, and what home would he be coming back to? Check out this epic new space story to find out!