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Mar 27, 2021

UAE explained: How Abu Dhabi’s new quantum computer could help solve the mysteries of science

Posted by in categories: business, computing, quantum physics, science

Once particularly useful future application, according to Harvard Business Review, will be the potential development of new drugs, a task it is “uniquely suited for” because it would operate on the same laws of quantum physics as the molecules it is simulating.

And so, Abu Dhabi has joined the community of nations endeavouring to accomplish this next step in human history.

The Advanced Technology Research Council is building the computer at its Quantum Research Centre labs in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Barcelona-based Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech.

Mar 27, 2021

Amazon Prime Max Van Imagined with Its Own Fleet of Drones and Robots

Posted by in categories: business, drones, robotics/AI

It may sound like the result of a crossbreed between Amazon Prime and HBO Max, but this thing here is not a streaming service. It is, in fact, an imagined vehicle destined to help the online giant better handle the massive, headache-causing part of its business that is called delivery.

Mar 25, 2021

Need a GeForce RTX 3000 GPU? GameStop Can Hook You Up

Posted by in categories: business, computing

GameStop has started selling GPUs and other hardware.


Well-known video game retailer GameStop ventures into the computer hardware business.

Mar 25, 2021

Robotic Assistance Devices to Integrate EAGL Gunshot Detection Technology into All Security Devices

Posted by in categories: business, law enforcement, robotics/AI, security, weapons

HENDERSON, Nev.—()—Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (OTCPK: AITX), today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD) has entered into an agreement with EAGL Technology, Inc. to offer EAGL’s Gunshot Detection System (GDS) in all present and foreseeable future RAD devices.

“We have been receiving repeated requests that gunshot detection capabilities be built into RAD devices from industries as varied as transit operators, retail property managers, and law enforcement. Integrating EAGL’s technology into RAD’s autonomous response solutions should be well received by all of the markets we serve” Tweet this

EAGL Technology was established in 2015 after acquiring gunshot ballistic science developed by the Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). EAGL has advanced this technology by creating a state-of-the-art security system. The EAGL product offering utilizes the company’s patented FireFly® Ballistic Sensor technology which RAD will offer, as an integrated option, on all mobile and stationary security solutions. EAGL clients include Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Siemens and many more.

Mar 25, 2021

Space Robotics with International Business Law & Space CEO Malak Trabelsi

Posted by in categories: business, law, robotics/AI, space

We invite you to join us for our talk with International Business Law & Space CEO Malak Trabelsi and Everette Philips.

Mar 24, 2021

Intel Spending Billions to Revive Manufacturing, Chase TSMC

Posted by in categories: business, computing

Gelsinger will spend an initial $20 billion on two new plants in Arizona to support Intel’s attempt to break into the foundry business. Intel plans even more factories in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere, with the CEO pledging that the majority of the company’s chips will be manufactured in-house.


Intel Corp. unveiled an ambitious bid to regain its manufacturing lead by spending billions of dollars on new factories and creating a foundry business that will make chips for other companies. The stock jumped about 5%.

Mar 23, 2021

China encourages its universities to take science and tech initiative

Posted by in categories: business, education, science

Science and technology parks affiliated with universities are also a renewed focus for helping to commercialise this intellectual property, according to the plan, while elite universities will be paired up with champion businesses to seek R&D breakthroughs in key technologies.


Ministry of Education says it aims this year to forge the country’s colleges into a national strategic innovation force.

Mar 23, 2021

TAFFD’s AFRICA VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, education, life extension, lifeboat, neuroscience

Join the Transdisciplinary Agora for Future Discussions, Inc. — TAFFD’s.

A bi-weekly virtual town hall-like show presenting in-depth discussions on issues connected to African advancement in the 21st century ranging from science, technology, … See More.

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Mar 22, 2021

Yoav Landsman, Co-Founder, Moonscape — Sustainable And Responsible Lunar Services And Transportation

Posted by in categories: business, education, engineering, satellites, sustainability

Sustainable and responsible lunar services and transportation — yoav landsman, co-founder, moonscape.


Yoav Landsman is the Co-founder of Moonscape (https://www.moonscape.space/), a lunar services and payload transportation company, that is focused on providing necessary services like communication relay and cutting-edge imaging, while delivering payloads to the Moon.

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Mar 21, 2021

Texas Roadhouse CEO ‘took his own life’ amid ‘unbearable’ COVID-19-related symptoms, family says

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business

Kent Taylor, the co-founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse Inc., has died from suicide, his family said, after suffering “unbearable” COVID-19-related symptoms.

Taylor’s family and the restaurant chain said in a statement to The Hill on Sunday that the business executive “took his own life this week” after “a battle with post-Covid related symptoms, including severe tinnitus.”

“Kent battled and fought hard like the former track champion that he was, but the suffering that greatly intensified in recent days became unbearable,” the statement read.