Google has enlisted NASA to help it prove quantum supremacy within months, Technology Review “Quantum supremacy is the idea, so far undemonstrated, that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer will be able to complete certain mathematical calculations that classical supercomputers cannot. Proving it would be a big deal because it could kick-start a market for devices that might one day crack previously unbreakable codes, boost AI, improve weather forecasts, or model […]
With Secret Airship, Sergey Brin Also Wants to Fly, Bloomberg “Larry Page has his flying cars. Sergey Brin shall have an airship. Brin, the Google co-founder, has secretly been building a massive airship inside of Hangar 2 at the NASA Ames Research Center, according to four people with knowledge of the project. It’s unclear whether the craft, which looks like a zeppelin, is a hobby or something Brin hopes to […]
Why Google’s new quantum computer could launch an artificial intelligence arms race, Washington Post “Ever since the 1980s, researchers have been working on the development of a quantum computer that would be exponentially more powerful than any of the digital computers that exist today. And now Google, in collaboration with NASA, says it has a quantum computer the D-Wave 2X that actually works. Google claims the D-Wave 2X is 100 […]
Google Creative Lab and ISEE-3 Reboot Team Announce New Citizen Science Website “We are excited to let all of you know about the newly announced collaboration between the ISEE-3 Reboot Project and Google. The main feature of this is a new website developed by Google Creative Lab in collaboration with the ISEE-3 Reboot Project team that features a history of the ISEE-3 mission as well as a presentation of data […]
Will Google Build a Satellite Constellation?, SpaceRef Business “For months now there have been rumours that Google would be building a constellation of “hundreds” of satellites. To this day we’ve yet to hear from Google which should tell you something.”
Skybox Imaging Close to Being Sold to Google, SpaceRef Business “According to Techcrunch Google is close to buying Skybox Imaging for over $1 billion. Skybox has plans for a constellation of 24 satellites of which the first, SkySat-1, went operational November 2013. Skybox released its first HD video last December.”
Review of Allegations of Improper Leasing and Provision of Aircraft Fuel at Moffett Federal Airfield “The OIG found that consistent with NASA policy Ames based the price of its lease with H211 on the fair market value of comparable hangar space and that, as required, the lease and companion Space Act Agreement supported NASA’s mission. Specifically, since 2009 H211 has flown more than 200 flights to collect climate data at […]
$10 million Genomics X Prize canceled: ‘Outpaced by innovation’, NBC “For the first time in its 18-year history, the X Prize Foundation is canceling one of its $10 million competitions for technological innovation: the Archon Genomics X Prize, which was designed to reward quick and accurate whole-genome sequencing. … In her report on the prize program’s cancellation, PHG Foundation’s Phillippa Brice said the decision was bad news for the entrants, […]
NASA Collaborates with Google and USRA for Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, SpaceRef “Quantum computing may be the key to solving some of the most challenging computer science problems. This is why Google in collaboration with NASA and the Universities Space Research Association today announced that they will launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab.”
Sen. Grassley wants answers on Google execs’ air fleet leasing at NASA field, The Hill “Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to know if Google is getting a sweetheart deal from its lease of a California airfield operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In a letter to NASA administrator Charles Bolden, Grassley inquires as to “troubling allegations” regarding the fleet of aircraft owned by Google executives at California’s Moffett […]
