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the only downside is that you have to launch it before it can run... :)

Hmm.. but how would you make it such that it can stand up? Maybe launch it somehow forward?

I can imagine a system with 2 retractable support legs to stand it up and raise it a bit above the floor. Then make it run and retract the legs abruptly.

Our mission is very simple. We are working towards launching a human being into space. 

Nicholas this is project I mentioned while G&T-ing in Madrid.

any idea if what the canadians claim to sell is closer to a quantum computer than what they did 2011? (I remember Luzi's comment back then that this had nothing to do with a quantum computer) Canada being member state of ESA ... should we start getting interested?

space-related kickstarters moving from cubesats to space telescopes. This funding campaign was launched today, and will last for 32 days. They are asking for 1M USD.

"Since the formation of Planetary Resources, our primary goal has been to build technology enabling us to prospect and mine asteroids. We've spent the last year making great leaps in the development of these technologies." - Damn we need to get in touch with these people..!

The French Space Agency (CNES) commissioned Damien Labrousse to recreate the Jupiter Mission Control Room in Lego for display at the Kourou spaceport. The impressive build features 6,000 bricks, 80 minifigs, a working video screen that shows the rocket launch sequence and a sound system, displaying launch countdown.

For those who still believe in Apple (or perhaps rather for those who don't?) :-)

Now I need to buy one of the these ....

Maybe they should innovate by hiring not only designers but also some linguists ...

Memristor-Based Artificial Neural Networks, huge potential for true, high-power AI

Memristors (for memory purposes - RRAM type) on the pipeline to be launched in orbit on a cubesat http://thewhitonline.com/2016/03/news/nasa-initiative-chooses-rowan-to-launch-satellite/

The Goat has spoken... The report they've released has a nice overview of the context, feasibility and prospects for eLISA being launched as soon as 2029.

Interesting mater thesis that lead to the just announced new launcher ! Remember our discussion after the advanced concepts workshop!?!?!

do you know about this? https://www.qb50.eu/launch.php

I knew about the project only, but not about this very interesting missile ... "The launcher has a remarkable track record of several hundred successful launches and only 1 failure. Shtil is marketed by the State Rocket Center Makeyev."

Sante, Andreas, Luzi, Pacome ... we need you: "But recently White calculated what would happen if the shape of the ring encircling the spacecraft was adjusted into more of a rounded donut, as opposed to a flat ring. He found in that case, the warp drive could be powered by a mass about the size of a spacecraft like the Voyager 1 probe NASA launched in 1977.

Furthermore, if the intensity of the space warps can be oscillated over time, the energy required is reduced even more, White found.

"The findings I presented today change it from impractical to plausible and worth further investigation," White told SPACE.com. "The additional energy reduction realized by oscillating the bubble intensity is an interesting conjecture that we will enjoy looking at in the lab.""

To me, this looks a little bit like the claim "infinity minus one is a little bit less than infinity"...

Luzi I miss you ...

Demand for drones is exploding! Dupin wants to aggregate aerial imagery from around the globle at Dronestagr.am. In the near future we could experience something close to google maps, made with aerial pictures.

Remember that drones have top-view camera and front-view camera which gives more possibilities in terms of what you can do with collected data. With such a huge database and a little bit of 3D geometry we could get e.g. a 3D map of the world... I guess google can derive something like that already from their streetview images however obviously street view covers some relatively small part of the globe and also can not access places that UAV can.

Here there's an example of a 3D picture of Tokyo (in high resolution). It is not made by drones, but I think it is something we can use them for. http://360gigapixels.com/tokyo-tower-panorama-photo/

Did they see the video below? The drone can then dive into the water, turn into a submarine and launch amphibious vehicles or, who knows, other drones?

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spacecraft Ikaros now represents the first solar sail to have harnessed sunlight for both attitude control and propulsion, after it first launched May 21 alongside the Venus-bound orbiter Akatsuki.

with a link to the very cute web page for kids (might be interesting for some of you when your daughters are a little older ;) )

another hill to climb (in reference to a metaphor of a recent post)