#University of #Washington researchers develop smaller, cheaper form of #LiDAR #technology – #GeekWire https://www.geekwire.com/2023/university-of-washington-researchers-develop-smaller-cheaper-form-of-lidar-technology/

"Can climate change be funny? #BillNye gets laughs in a show about humankind’s existential threat" by Lisa Stiffler for #GeekWire: https://www.geekwire.com/2023/can-climate-change-be-funny-bill-nye-gets-laughs-in-a-show-about-humankinds-existential-threat/

I've been producing the GeekWire podcast for three years now, but this is one of the wildest and most interesting episodes yet. We had an AI system clone the voices of our two hosts, Todd Bishop and John Cook, and then we let the clones introduce the show. GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser is also on this podcast. His reaction: "I hate those guys!" Check out the clones and see what you think.

#GeekWire #AI #seattle #seattletech #chatbot #chatbots #geekwirepodcast

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/we-had-our-ai-voice-clones-read-an-ai-generated-geekwire-podcast-script-listen-to-the-result/

Winning team at UW pitch competition wants to disperse fertilizer on farms via autonomous planes

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/winning-team-at-uw-pitch-competition-wants-to-disperse-fertilizer-on-farms-via-autonomous-planes/?utm_source=GeekWire+Newsletters&utm_campaign=4d82ce766a-daily-digest-email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4e93fc7dfd-4d82ce766a-235317266&mc_cid=4d82ce766a&mc_eid=0881967f86

#geekwire #technology #drone #farming

‘Redmond Space District’ celebrates the Northwest’s hotspot for satellite industry

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/redmond-space-district-celebrates-the-northwests-hotspot-for-satellite-industry/

#space #redmond #geekwire #satellite #technology

Great article from #geekwire on the research I did with #foundry10 in partnership with #GameToGrow!

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/can-dungeons-dragons-and-other-tabletop-games-help-youth-build-social-skills/

Great timing with the #DnDMovie!

We explored how #SEL (#socialemotionallearning) can be supported by #TTRPG / #DnD / #DungeonsandDragons using skilled facilitation and the ludic space.

#InformalEd #informalLearning #education #EduTooters #RPG #gametogrow #Seattle

Congratulations GhostwriterAI, Taqtile, OctoML for the nominations.

The #GeekWire Awards celebrate the top #innovators, #entrepreneurs and #technologyleaders in the #PacificNorthwest:

#startups #seattle #chatgpt #Azure #Microsoft #msft4startups https://lnkd.in/gXv_RF-6

Discussion from Friday March 10th about implications of the #svb collapse for the PNW venture capital/tech startup scene. Getting paid this week being the most important issue for employees of companies affected. Candid discussion revealing that it's a house of cards and as of last week #svb had a buy rating for its stock. From the podcast, "Nobody knows what's going on!"

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/silicon-valley-banks-collapse-is-an-absolute-meltdown-of-unprecedented-scale-for-many-in-tech/

#geekwire #svb

Washington state’s quantum industry gets a roadmap
A newly issued report says Washington state provides one of America’s best settings for expanding the frontiers of quantum information science — but those frontiers are so strange and new that it’s hard to get a handle on their potential.

The technology landscape report, titled “Quantum Informa
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/01/24/washington-states-quantum-industry-gets-a-roadmap/
#GeekWire #ComputerScience #QuantumComputing #Technology

First Mode goes all in on clean energy for heavy industry
Seattle-based First Mode and Anglo American have closed a complicated $1.5 billion transaction that will remake First Mode as a clean-energy company for heavy industry — and shift its headquarters to London.

Anglo American, a global mining company, is now Firs
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/01/24/first-mode-goes-all-in-on-clean-energy-for-heavy-industry/
#GeekWire #AngloAmerican #Environment #FirstMode #Hydrogen #Mining #Technology

The year in aerospace: Why 2022 could be Year One
A few years from now, we just might look back at 2022 as Year One for a new age in aerospace: It was the year when NASA’s next-generation space telescope delivered the goods, when NASA’s moon rocket aced its first flight test, and when an
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/30/the-year-in-aerospace-why-2022-could-be-year-one/
#GeekWire #747 #Aerospace #Artemis #Aviation #Boeing #DART #Eviation #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASA #Space #YearinReview

Microsoft and Viasat boost satellite internet links
Over the past five years, Microsoft’s Airband Initiative has helped bring internet access to more than 51 million people in rural America and around the world — and now a new partnership with Viasat aims to kick Airband into overdrive.

The partnership, announced today in conjunc
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/14/microsoft-and-viasat-boost-satellite-internet-links/
#GeekWire #Africa #Broadband #Microsoft #Satellites #Technology #Viasat

Air New Zealand makes plans for electric planes
Air New Zealand has signed a letter of intent to order up to 23 all-electric Alice aircraft from Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation as part of its Mission NextGen Aircraft program to accelerate the switch to zero-emission flights. The deal makes Air New Zealand the first national flag carri
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/13/air-new-zealand-makes-plans-for-electric-planes/
#GeekWire #Aviation #Electricpropulsion #Eviation #NewZealand #Technology

Splashdown ends Orion’s round-the-moon odyssey
NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule passed its final exam today, surviving a fiery atmospheric re-entry and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of a round-the-moon test flight.

The 25.5-day Artemis 1 mission set the stage for future moon trips with astronauts aboard, 50 years after the last Apollo moon missio
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/11/splashdown-ends-orions-round-the-moon-odyssey/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Moon #NASA #Orion #Space

Scientist’s tangle over the speed of a dinosaur’s tail
The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus could certainly do a lot of damage with its long tail — but just how fast could that tail whip?

Years ago, a team of researchers — including Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft executive who’s now the CEO of Bellevue, Wash.-based Intellectual Ventures — b
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/10/scientists-tangle-over-the-speed-of-a-dinosaurs-tail/
#GeekWire #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science

AI matches an average programmer’s prowess
Artificial intelligence software programs are becoming shockingly adept at carrying on conversations, winning board games and generating artwork — but what about creating software programs? In a newly published paper, researchers at Google DeepMind say their AlphaCode program can keep up with the
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/08/ai-matches-an-average-programmers-prowess/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #ComputerScience #DeepMind #Technology

First Mode’s zero-emission ambitions get a $200M boost
Seattle-based First Mode and the Anglo American mining company have signed a binding agreement to combine First Mode with Anglo American’s nuGen effort to develop a zero-emission system for hauling ore. The transaction, which is expected to close next month, values the newly combined business at around $1.5 billion and includes a $200
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/07/first-modes-zero-emission-ambitions-get-a-200m-boost/
#GeekWire

Boeing’s last 747 has left the building
Nearly 55 years after Boeing started production of its jumbo 747 jet, the last model of the iconic airplane left the company’s factory in Everett, Wash., closing a chapter in aviation history.

“For more than half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have designed and built this magnificent airplane that ha
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/07/boeings-last-747-has-left-the-building/
#GeekWire #747 #Aviation #Boeing #Technology

Orion spacecraft takes its last close look at the moon
NASA’s Orion capsule fired its main engine for three and a half minutes today during a close approach to the moon, executing a maneuver that’s meant to put the spacecraft on course for a splashdown in six days.

Orion came within 80 miles to the lunar surface during what’s expected to be the final la
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/05/orion-spacecraft-takes-its-last-close-look-at-the-moon/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Moon #NASA #Orion #Space

"Robots are coming for my job": Taylor Soper sizes up ChatGPT's AI writing skill - and the controversy it's causing - for #GeekWire: https://www.geekwire.com/2022/openais-chatgpt-bot-sparks-excitement-and-concern-from-investors-entrepreneurs-researchers/ #ChatGPT #AI