Tag: space
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Machine Learning – Explanation & Applications
The general meaning of machine learning is: learning without being specifically programmed to do so. Also, don’t get machine learning confused with Artificial Intelligence (AI). These are two, entirely different, kettles of fish.
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Star Citizen adds Pubs in Social Module
As a backer of Star Citizen (although I have only played it for about an hour) I hope that their plan for the various modules to one day merge into a huge interconnected world full of spaceships, planets, stations and destruction come true. That’s the plan at the very least, but as with any great […]
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Ion, From the Creator of Dayz; I have no idea what this game is
The creator of DayZ, Dean Hall aka “Rocket”, appeared on stage today to announce his next project. Named Ion, it will be available first through Xbox’s newly announced early access program called Game Preview, which basically means early access on Xbox. Dean Hall has now left Dayz production to run his own studio and create […]
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NASA Says We’ll Find Alien Life Very Soon
Space exploration and an expansion of mankind’s influence into the stars is an extraordinarily prevalent idea in our modern society. Movies, TV shows, video games, indeed all forms of media are saturated with the idea of life beyond earth – and now NASA’s chief scientist has said that he is confident that we’ll be making […]
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Star Citizen’s FPS Module Release
Star Citizen, the space sim that has to date raised $74 837 559 or just shy of $75 million USD is soon to get its newest module. The Star citizen development process results in them releasing segments of the game bit by bit until they have enough to combine them into one mega game, and […]
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SpaceX Launches DSCOVR Successfuly
Elon Musk’ s SpaceX have successfully delivered a new satellite into orbit around earth. The DSCOVR satellite has been lying in storage gathering dust for over ten years, but with new funding for a launch found by USAF in 2013, SpaceX managed to get it into orbit using their Dragon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral […]
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Elite: Dangerous first proper update planned for February
Elite: Dangerous is one of many additions to the space sim world lately, a market that has suddenly been flooded in 2014. It is in my opinion at this current stage the best one out there, but I haven’t played all of them so ignore me completely. Even being the best there is, it’s only […]
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NASA Joins Nissan For New Self Driving cars
Nissan, the famous car maker, has made friends with NASA, the famous space agency, in order to manufacture and design special vehicles used for driving around on other planets. The two have partnered up as part of a project to bring autonomous self driving cars to the roads of Earth as well as the barren […]
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New Reusable SpaceX Rocket To Use Fins
Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to announce a new set of innovations by his company SpaceX which will help their reusable rockets navigate safely to their targets on the ground after delivering their payloads into orbit. The new systems include special ‘x-wing’ flight fins to stabilise and control the descent of the SpaceX Falcon […]
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London Debuts New Driverless Tube Trains
Transport For London’s new driverless tube trains are causing a bit of a stir, not just with tube drivers either. The trains not only threaten the jobs of drivers of current model trains, but also have been turning heads due to their sheer fanciness. Apparently the extra roomy carriages will be a welcome change from […]
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Virgin Galactic Flights Given Green Light
If you’re familiar with how houses and large buildings are built, you’ll know how tricky it is to secure planning permission to make your dream project come true. That’s just what Virgin Galactic, the first commercial space flight airline, have accomplished just recently, securing the rights to plan the world’s first space tourism flights. The […]
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Prince Harry Spotted Wearing Angry Birds Hat – Revelling Royal Reps Rovio!
Having been trained in aerial combat by the army , it comes as no surprise the Prince of Windsor is a fan of this popular app game!