21st century

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Transistors on the IBM "nanosheet" it uses for the new tech https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57009930

I'm pretty sure we had a topic on this already, but it has gone MIA. https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-crown-princes-vision-for-neom-a-desert-city-state-tests-his-builders-11619870401 A story on it from 2019 (the project was first unveiled in 2017)...

According to Wikipedia there was an attempt to revive the project in the late 2000s (from 2006 onwards, and possibly into the early 2010s) in co-operation with the Russians. Initially at least this version of the plan included an air launch element. It appears to have been at this time when the...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coffee-trade-reeling-virus-faces-180243966.html Oh joy. That's all we need right now, a global outbreak of Coffee Zombies on top of everything else. Fortunately, us tea drinkers tend to keep more of a stiff upper lip (and our sanity).

https://gcaptain.com/grounded-mega-ship-blocking-suez-canal-in-both-directions/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XffkqfymSXc

The Armidale-class should never have been built in the first place IMO. The Fremantle-class patrol boats should have been replaced by a Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) as was appreciated by the RAN - period! Regards Pioneer...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210308-rubber-the-wonder-material-we-are-running-out-of

I`ve bumped into some interesting article and I wanna share it with you and hear your thoughts about that project. The world`s first space hotel is slated to open in 2027 . Orbital Assembly Corporation, the group behind Voyager Station, has announced plans to begin building the hotel in low...

In a way, a cousin to DARPA's Upward Falling Payload.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxaJgxXavc Note that this video was made before the current Covid-19 related model making renaissance had really gotten underway.

https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cospas https://cospas-sarsat.int/en/ https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/space/galileo/sar_en

https://www.ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/future-of-mobility/future-flight-challenge/ https://www.aero-mag.com/gkn-aerospace-to-accelerate-sustainable-technologies-in-future-flight-challenge/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF9XPuz1Spo http://btvt.info/7english/t-55-64.htm (STEEL AND FIRE: MODERN AND PERSPECTIVE TANKS [btvt.info])

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56011594

Surprised that this wasn't being discussed or have its own thread but it regards militarization, icebreaker projects, living in cold conditions, transporting fuel, possibly another area of conflict later. Examples of starting off thread to get the general idea...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55933958 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Kilometre_Array https://www.skatelescope.org/

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKIFPHA5EK4&t=2m6s The above video from last December includes a brief clip on Undefined Technologies' drone prototype. (h/t edwest)

http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=45038 https://www.tor.com/2020/11/30/legendary-science-fiction-author-ben-bova-has-passed-at-the-age-of-88/ The hits still just keep coming as 2020 draws to a close. Rest In Peace. :(

2020, the year that just keeps giving: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/11/25/diego-maradona-dead-aged-60-according-reports-argentina/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/25/diego-maradona-one-greatest-footballers-game-has-ever-seen/...