The 91-year-old woman has a heart condition and family did not want to distress her by informing her about the death of her son.
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🔗 https://ie.social/Ng8Jk
Interesting Engineering
Son deepfakes dead father to save grandmother from grief
The grandson had to look through numerous photographs of his deceased father to create a deepfake film that would persuade his grandmother that her son was still alive.
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Climate tech is designated the harbinger of new hope, as innovations in the industry aim to mitigate disasters.
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🔗 https://ie.social/VJgn9
Interesting Engineering
Why climate tech is the industry to watch in 2024
Climate tech is designated the harbinger of new hope, as innovations in the industry aim to mitigate disasters.
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The LunA-10 project’s particular roles are shrouded in mystery. While DARPA assembled a formidable team of 14 businesses, including industry titans such as SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the specifics of each contribution were kept strictly under wraps.
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🔗 https://ie.social/4LLm9
Interesting Engineering
Boots to tracks: Northrop Grumman to develop railroad concept for Moon
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked defense and aerospace technology group Northrop Grumman to deliver a railroad concept for the Moon.
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US Air Force successfully test launches hypersonic missile in a major development for the hypersonic arms race.
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🔗 https://ie.social/eqMl0
Interesting Engineering
US Air Force conducts test launch of ARRW hypersonic missile - Interesting Engineering
Through this, the Air Force has validated and improved their test and evaluation capabilities for continued development of advanced hypersonic systems.
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The new lithium-cooled reactor is designed to expand from a container-sized volume into a structure as large as a 20-story building to power a spaceship.
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🔗 https://ie.social/V9n6x
Interesting Engineering
China tests nuclear-powered 'shrinkable' engine for Mars spaceship - Interesting Engineering
Chinese scientists have allegedly made key technological breakthroughs that could help China build a nuclear-powered spaceship for Mars and beyond.
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⚙️ Which letter will be hit when the system comes to life? Make your best guess and explain why.🧐 #iequiz
The quiz results will be featured in the upcoming issue of the Blueprint newsletter tomorrow : https://ie.social/VMKXJ
The quiz results will be featured in the upcoming issue of the Blueprint newsletter tomorrow : https://ie.social/VMKXJ
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Explore the strength within! 🏗🚚 This visual explains how steel reinforcement supports concrete structures. Can you see the difference?
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#Engineering
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UN documented that 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 upped by 82% since 2010 would be sufficient to fill roughly 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks forming a continuous line of trucks around the equator.
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🔗 https://ie.social/N3K1a
Interesting Engineering
UN: Planet facing rapid e-waste rise, only 22% collected, recycled
UN reports e-waste could reach 82 million tonnes by 2030, an additional 33% rise from the 2022 increase to 2.6 million tonnes.
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HIV in cell culture can be completely eliminated using CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology, increasing hopes of cure.
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🔗 https://ie.social/NKrJa
Interesting Engineering
Breakthrough: Scientists remove AIDS-causing virus from infected cells - Interesting Engineering
Thanks to Nobel-awarded genetic scissors the scientists cut out HIV from cells and gave hope for the future.
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Could Europa harbor alien life? A new study could help future missions search for extarterrestrial life.
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🔗 https://ie.social/Vb67L
Interesting Engineering
Alien life on Europa? Scientists are one step closer to finding out
Scientists used simulations to estimate the thickness of Europa’s icy shell. It could help future missions search for alien life.
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Using some of its profits from the diabetes drug Ozempic, Novo Nordisk is partly funding a the new supercomputer for drug research in Denmark.
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🔗 https://ie.social/NEyEP
Interesting Engineering
Denmark to get new NVIDIA-powered AI supercomputer thanks to Ozempic
Novo Nordisk Foundation announces plans for a groundbreaking AI supercomputer in Denmark for drug research and development.
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‘Unified control framework’ uses AI to train newly developed robotic exoskeleton wear-and-go device aiming to help people with underlying physiological conditions and aid stroke patients.
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🔗 https://ie.social/NYMZ8
Interesting Engineering
Researcher devise AI robotic exoskeleton requiring no training - Interesting Engineering
The exoskeleton demonstrated seamless functioning that supports users in walking, standing, and climbing stairs or ramps.
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Bringing light to darkness 🌟: Neuralink's latest innovation seeks to restore vision to the blind. What a bright future ahead!🔬 #Neuralink
Find out more at https://ie.social/V9nWR 🚀
Find out more at https://ie.social/V9nWR 🚀
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Could a common yeast be the key to breaking down stubborn plastics? New research offers hope for a greener future.
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🔗 https://ie.social/VlRJo
Interesting Engineering
New yeast could help recycle common plastics
Scientists have discovered that a yeast species called Yarrowia lipolytica can use the hydrocarbons found in polyolefin plastics as a food source.
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Icon's Phoenix robot advances 3D printing construction tech with its ability to construct multi-story buildings.
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🔗 https://ie.social/V5kP5
Interesting Engineering
Massive robotic arm 3D prints 27-ft-high two-story house in a first
Icon's Phoenix robotic construction tech can erect multi-story buildings using printed foundations and roof components.
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Leap to the answer! 🐸 How many days will it take for the frog to escape the hole?🧐 Comment with your calculations! #iequiz
The quiz results will be featured in the upcoming issue of the Blueprint newsletter tomorrow : https://ie.social/VMKXJ
The quiz results will be featured in the upcoming issue of the Blueprint newsletter tomorrow : https://ie.social/VMKXJ
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as the event only occurs roughly every 80 years.
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🔗 https://ie.social/VJgJM
Interesting Engineering
Nova outburst to make 3,000 light-years away star visible to naked eye - Interesting Engineering
The nova outburst that occurs once every 80 years will reoccur soon but this time it will be bigger and visible to the unaided eye.
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The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters gives the Abel Prize, named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel – partly to compensate for the lack of a Nobel Prize for Mathematics.
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🔗 https://ie.social/4LL3X
Interesting Engineering
Making sense of randomness gets Michel Talagrand Abel Prize - Interesting Engineering
Michel Talagrand has been announced as the winner of Abel Prize 2024 for his work in understanding random phenomena.
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