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NASA's New Horizons Awakens to Return Clues from the Outer Solar System
space1 day ago

NASA's New Horizons Awakens to Return Clues from the Outer Solar System

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has awakened from a 321-day hibernation about six billion miles from Earth, with all systems reporting green health status throughout. The probe will downlink its health data and begin transmitting science data from instruments like the Venetia Burney dust counter, Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer, and Solar Wind at Pluto, with the ultraviolet Alice spectrograph set to map hydrogen in the outer heliosphere in coming weeks. Launched in 2006 and famous for Pluto flybys in 2015, it is expected to continue its mission toward the Kuiper Belt through the decade.

via The Independent|
#data#nasa#new-horizons
Tasmania to Host a 52-Foot Monolith That Records Humanity’s Downfall
climate-change22 days ago

Tasmania to Host a 52-Foot Monolith That Records Humanity’s Downfall

Australian nonprofit Rouser Lab is building Earth’s Black Box, a 52-foot monolith designed to continuously log data on planetary health from space agencies, weather services, and universities and store it as Earth’s Vital Index. Planned for installation at a remote Tasmanian airfield by December, the device aims to provide an objective real-time archive of events leading to environmental collapse to spur accountability and action, though critics note the abundance of open climate data and question its practical usefulness. The project also includes the Climate S.O.S. techno-obelisk concept that would transmit a distress call into space in hopes of attracting help from alien civilizations.

via Gizmodo|
#archives#climate-change#data
Your Car Is Watching You: The Hidden Data Highway Inside Modern Vehicles
technology1 month ago

Your Car Is Watching You: The Hidden Data Highway Inside Modern Vehicles

Modern connected cars act as rolling data centers, collecting location histories, who’s in the car, what you listen to, and even biometrics like weight or facial expressions, often with little protection for consumers. Insurance companies and data brokers buy and sell this information, potentially raising rates or enabling targeted marketing. A Mozilla review found major car brands failing basic privacy standards, and GM faced FTC action over selling location data. With new U.S. rules pushing advanced impaired‑driving tech that could widen data collection—and uneven protections in the U.S. and Europe—consumers are advised to opt out of telematics, request and delete collected data, and adjust privacy settings, though comprehensive data ownership and consent safeguards are far from guaranteed.

via BBC|
#cars#data#insurance
Adaptive AI Robots Poised to Redefine Modern Industry
technology5 months ago

Adaptive AI Robots Poised to Redefine Modern Industry

Physical AI blends autonomous hardware with AI to enable learning, adaptation and collaboration in varied environments, expanding robotics from assembly lines to healthcare, logistics and beyond. Success depends on high-quality data (often synthetic), advanced simulation and models, and redesigned workflows, with pilots from Amazon, Siemens, Foxconn and others signaling a broad shift toward flexible, human–robot collaboration.

via Financial Times|
#artificial-intelligence#data#digital-twins