Director James Gray also shares how the movie tackled moon myths and Trump’s Space Command. …read more Source:: CNet

[Ben Katz] posted about bringing the Mini Cheetah (center, above) robot to the 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) held in Montréal, where it shared the floor with others for a workshop focusing on real-world deployment of legged robots. Those of you who haven’t been keeping up with legged robots may find yourselves…

McGruber summarizes an article in the New York Times: A small committee of Boeing’s board is expected to call for several meaningful changes to the way the company is structured. The commitee may recommend that Boeing change aspects of its organizational structure, call for the creation of new groups focused on safety and encourage the…

pgmrdlm quotes a report from SBS: The world’s ozone layer is on track to be completely healed by the 2060s, according to modelling by the UN’s environmental agency (UNEP). In the past 19-years, parts of the ozone layer have recovered at a rate of one to three per cent every ten years, UNEP has found….

Applehu Akbar writes: CNN reports this week on a paper describing a hypothesis that the breakup of a large asteroid 466 million years ago generated enough dust in Earth’s orbit to substantially change the terrestrial climate for an extended period. This would have triggered an ‘Ordovician icehouse’ climate event, with major effects on biology. “The…

Scientists sound the alarm ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit. …read more Source:: CNet

BeagleBoard often gets eclipsed by Raspberry Pi. Where the Pi focuses on ease-of-use, the BeagleBone generally has more power for hardcore applications. With machine learning AI all the rage now, BeagleBoard now has the BeagleBone AI, a board with specific features aimed at machine learning. A recent video (see below) shows a demo of using…

“Debian Project Leader Sam Hartman has shared his August 2019 notes where he outlines the frustrations and issues that have come up as a result of init system diversity with some developers still aiming to viably support systemd alternatives within Debian,” reports Phoronix: Stemming from elogind being blocked from transitioning to testing and the lack…

Will Game of Thrones be crowned the best TV show? Will Netflix beat HBO? The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards air tonight and cord cutters don’t have to miss any of the action. …read more Source:: CNet

The online retailer will hold a product launch Wednesday, with Alexa expected to go into earbuds and maybe even a robot. …read more Source:: CNet