Though the narrator makes some gestures to the human toll and tragedy attendant to the war in the air, the downward spiral precipitated by the first battles is holistically depicted with a kind of solemn glee
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Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202610.17
Call for commercial space stations, opportunistic heat shield testing, Vulcan return to flight, garlic-power sensors, no more hypernovae, and improved alloys from contaminated metal recycling stocks
Not All That’s Forgotten is Lost
Strategic employment of the writing tool does not just mean intelligently selecting what is written down, although that might be the most important consideration. It also encompasses the format in which the information is captured, the organization of that information, the medium in which the information is stored, and even the location of the information storage.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202610.10
Model of haze in Venus atmosphere, a planet rising from the ashes of its predecessors, a brain-computer interface that works through hair, quantum entanglement to increase stability of quantum effects, a material that is also a robot, AI helps improve battery chemistry, a 3D printed microplastic filter, and Artemis II data is now available.
Job Review
The framing story in Job asks this question; Job’s resultant suffering is meant to test his righteousness in the absence of reward – that is, will he continue to be selfless if the selfish reasons for doing so are removed?
Some Background on RSGS
This essay will address the notable payload technologies involved in RSGS, but it will mostly focus on its twin robotic arms, the NRL-developed FREND Mk IIs.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202610.03
Highly accurate Lu+ timekeeping, Starship's Raptor engine over time and in orbit, and NASA's additional investment in Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule.
Mazirian the Magician Review
With its variety of the vignettes, Mazirian the Magician still tells a cohesive story for the reader, just not in the way we normally understand the idea. It's a bit like how a collection of fables can give an overall consistent sense of a culture.
Designs and Means
Sometimes a notion gets lodged in my brain which I just can’t shake, for something that seems like it should be easy, obvious, such that a solution should already exist…but I can’t seem to find one that does just what I’m looking to do.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.26
Induced side-channel leakage, social proximity affects homeostasis, improved plywood adhesive formulation, octopus-inspired high-DOF actuator, and a sugar-alcohol thermal battery
