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Mars Perseverance rover uses 'same processor' as original iMac

3 March 2021, 13:11

The RAD750 SBC is a radiation / temperature hardened device using a PowerPC 750 CPU.

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NASA releases footage of the Perseverance Rover Mars landing

23 February 2021, 12:11

The rover has a drone called Ingenuity which will help map and analyse the Mars.

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Nvidia releases Lunar Landing RTX real-time raytracing demo

15 October 2018, 10:11

A Turing-powered follow-up for its Maxwell-powered conspiracy busting release.

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Google's quantum computer test shows 100-million-fold speed-up

11 December 2015, 11:01

Appears to prove the potential value of the controversial D-Wave 2X quantum computer.

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NASA and Google extend contract with D-Wave Quantum Computing

29 September 2015, 15:26

They sign up to another seven years of updates from the pioneering Canadian firm.

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Scientists design Wi-Fi chip that uses 1,000 times less power

27 July 2015, 15:36

It works on the principle of reflection rather than being an active transmitter / receiver.

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NASA and Cambridgeshire Police testing Microsoft Hololens

26 June 2015, 11:26

These are two separate projects, there won't be any UK VR Bobbies in space.

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NASA scientists have created 460GHz vacuum tubes

25 June 2014, 14:15

Because solid state transistors seem to be reaching their limits.

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NASA invests in ‘food replicator’ using 3D print technology

23 May 2013, 12:30

Aiming to print pizzas in space, using 30-year shelf stable foodstuffs.

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Telescopes at the ready, NASA's about to bomb the moon

9 October 2009, 11:26

In an effort to detect the presence of ice and water, NASA will today crash a 2.2tonne rocket into the surface of the moon.

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NASA mulls nuclear Moon reactor

12 September 2008, 15:24

The Moon is terrific as far as desolate orbiting rocks go, but by all accounts, it's rather lacking in the nuclear power generator department.

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