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Baidu is the sixth company approved to test fully driverless cars in California

Baidu has gotten the green light to test fully autonomous vehicles on public roads in California. The Chinese search giant is the sixth company to receive a fully autonomous testing permit from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (the others being Cruise, Waymo, Nuro, Zoox, and AutoX). Currently, 60 companies have an active permit to… Read more

Space travel: aim high in 2021

Nothing went as planned in the space sector either 2019. Like almost all sectors, space activities have been hit hard by the pandemic. Observers were particularly looking forward to the start of seven planned space missions, some things went great: SpaceX sent astronauts into space, China brought moon rocks back to Earth. But many other… Read more

In the NASA Artemis II mission there will be a Canadian astronaut

During the NASA Artemis II mission, the first manned to arrive in orbit around the moon after the Apollo missions, there will be at least one Canadian astronaut and not just a crew of Americans. by Mattia Speroni published 18 December 2020 , at 13: 15 in the Science and Technology channel NASA We recently… Read more

Lunar probe Chang'e 5 with lunar rocks back on Earth

As the third space travel nation after the USA and the Soviet Union, China brought moon rocks to earth for the first time. After the unmanned lunar mission, the capsule of the spaceship “Chang’e 5” landed in the early hours of the night on Thursday, local time, with around 2 kg of lunar samples in… Read more

Chang'e-5 has landed: Luna's champions are back on Earth!

Yesterday we wrote about the imminent arrival on Earth of the capsule of the Chinese mission Chang’e- 5 containing the samples of rocks and sand collected on the Moon a few days ago. As expected, the maneuvers to deflect the trajectory were successful thanks to the Earth’s atmosphere and the capsule landed as planned in… Read more

The Hawk Supercomputer Will Get a GPU Injection

Home News (Image credit: High-Performance Computing Center in Stuttgart ) Wide adoption of high-performance computing (HPC) for scientific research in recent years has enabled scientific progress at a pace never seen before. Supercomputers can simulate various processes much faster than scientists can experiment in real life or replicate processes that are impossible to experiment with…. Read more

The Chinese mission Chang'e-5 is about to return to Earth with samples from the Moon

The Chang’e-5 mission is about to come to an end with the scheduled landing for tomorrow of the capsule that will bring back the Moon samples to Earth (the last time was with the Apollo missions). The return should take place in the evening, Italian time. by Mattia Speroni published 15 December 2020 , at… Read more

China's flight to the moon: “A real dream destination” for geologists

China has already made many trips to the moon. Nevertheless, the Chang’e 5 launched this week is something very special. The space probe named after the Chinese moon goddess is not only supposed to drop a rover on the surface, as in previous missions, but also return to earth with rock samples. Landing already at… Read more

Best hi-fi and AV racks 2020: budget and premium

Home Best-buys Best hi-fi and AV racks Buying Guide: welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s guide to the best hi-fi and AV racks you can buy in 2020. There are some people who don’t believe racks make much difference to the performance of a sound system. We disagree. Hi-fi or home cinema electronics need support and isolation… Read more

China's moon flight Chang'e 5 takes off successfully

China has successfully put an unmanned spaceship on its way to the moon. The spaceship, named after the Chinese moon goddess “Chang’e 5”, is supposed to land on the earth’s satellite and bring rock samples back to earth for the first time in 44 years. Researchers are waiting with great curiosity for the lunar rock,… Read more

China launches the Chang'e-5 moon mission with champions returning to Earth

China launched tonight ( Italian time) the new Chang’e-5 lunar mission! This is a critical step as it will bring rock samples back to Earth from the Moon and serve as a base for future manned missions. by Mattia Speroni published 23 November 2020 , at 21: 41 in the Science and Technology channel NASA… Read more

Review: Panasonic TX55HXW944

Be at the top of the offer only OLED models with Panasonic. This HXW 944 leads the list of LCD models. It is a well-equipped TV that is in the upper middle class. Multiple choice installation In its design, Panasonic predominantly uses Japanese influences, and the emphasis is often on simplicity and elegance. However, that… Read more

China starts unmanned moon landing – rock collection planned

China is starting an unmanned lunar mission with which rock will be retrieved from the earth’s satellite for the first time in more than four decades. At the Wenchang spaceport on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, a “Long March 5” rocket was refueled on Monday, which should bring the spaceship “Chang’e 5” on its… Read more

“The forgotten third astronaut”: Lunar Landing driver Michael Collins turns 90

Michael Collins has been asked the same question over and over for decades. Hadn’t he been terribly lonely when he landed on the moon? Because Collins turned on 20. July 1963 in the command capsule “Columbia” loops around the moon and was in the dead zone on the back of the celestial body when his… Read more

L-Acoustics Creations’ 10-driver Contour XO earbuds promise ‘live music’ sound

Home News (Image credit: L-Acoustics) L-Acoustics Creations – a division of L-Acoustics (the French firm behind what we called the “futuristic and fantastic” 24-channel ‘Island’ sound system) – has released a pair of in-ear monitors with no fewer than 10 drivers and a price tag starting at €1350. Some creations, indeed. The new Contour XO… Read more