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
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.
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.
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
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.19
Clues on 3I/Atlas's formation environment, Rocket Lab challenges Blue Origin for Mars infrastructure, science says reading is good for you, special spin feature, taking T. Rex's temperature, and 3D printing with sound
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.12
Mathematics of percolation, experiments in quantum gravity, lunar surface technology call for proposals, a singularity in Navier-Stokes, variations on triboelectricity, drugs as the catalyst for civilization, and textured electrodes for better batteries.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.05
Roman Space Telescope launch, Martian asymmetry explained, a possible dark matter particle detection, and NASA selects Blue Origin for Martian telecommunication.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202608.29
Nuclear fusion updates, ancient Egyptian pigments, and photonic crystals for computer networking.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202608.22
Chinese rocket reuse, SWIFT rescue fails, indigo light effects on myopia, irregular CME geometry modeling, a TENG pacemaker, and hot hydrogen damage to Ni alloys.
