Day: July 8, 2021

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Space Force

The Space Force Has its First Marines — and Soldiers and Sailors | Military.com

The United States Space Force unveiled that it has chosen the first-ever small group of soldiers, sailors, and Marines to move permanently to the sixth military branch as part of a bigger attempt to concentrate space operations and related activities under the new branch. The Space Force will add 50 active-duty volunteers to its ranks this month, according to a press release from the military. According to the statement, more than 3,700 officers and enlisted members from those services filed for the position of guardian earlier this year. The initial 50 members will be used as a test group for transferring members from other services to the Space Force.  

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/02/space-force-has-its-first-marines-and-soldiers-and-sailors.html  

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Robots

This French robotics start-up may have the solution for the aging population crisis | Euronews

Declining birth rates and rising life expectancy throughout Europe are reshaping the region’s age demography. A start-up in France at the VivaTech convention in Paris, Kompa Robotics unveiled its latest technology: a robot created exclusively for healthcare professionals. Their newest model is meant for in home use and includes auto-navigation, which allows the robot to perform ‘surveillance sweeps’ and transmit an image to alert a support person if anything goes wrong.  

Source: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/07/05/this-french-robotics-start-up-may-have-the-solution-for-the-aging-population-crisis  

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Machine Learning

Microsoft’s Project Alexandria parses documents using unsupervised learning | Venture Beat

Microsoft began Project Alexandria in 2014, a research project under its Cambridge research group aimed at identifying things — information subjects — and their attributes. The goal of Alexandria was to dynamically develop a whole knowledge base from a number of data. Alexandria technology is used to run Microsoft Viva Topics, which integrates vast quantities of knowledge and expertise in an organization automatically. The Alexandria team is in charge of discovering subjects and metadata, as well as using artificial intelligence to interpret the content of documents in databases.  

Source: https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/05/microsofts-project-alexandria-parses-documents-using-unsupervised-learning/  

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Information Warfare

Intel agencies, armed services push for more data and capability sharing to win future fights | C4ISRNET

Senior military experts expect that the United States will face capable competitors in the developing information realm and future operating environment and that quick incorporation, as well as data and capabilities sharing, will be critical. With this, the military and intelligence services are cooperating more tightly to exchange information and resources to keep ahead of potential attacks, but there is still work to be done. The collaboration comes as the Pentagon develops a new unified model for warfighting called Joint All Domain Command and Control, which aims to more seamlessly connect sensor data to shooters for speedier decision-making.  

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/2021/06/30/intel-agencies-armed-services-push-for-more-data-and-capability-sharing-to-win-future-fights/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=07.01.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief  

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Gaming

BMW’s new gaming chair concept is halfway to a car | PC Gamer

BMW engineers have devoted some of their attention to the world of gaming as they develop the Rival Rig gaming chair. The Rival Rig is as intense as you’d anticipate being a chair designed by a race car manufacturer. It has a “Microclimate Control System” and “Adaptive Seating,” which are both operated by an AI-controlled network of sensors, pneumatic air pads, and electromechanical actuators. It is geared towards the wellness of players, with a primary goal of providing a comfortable, performance-driven style for optimum esports gaming.  

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/bmw-rivalworks-the-rival-rig-gaming-chair/