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Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

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ICON , a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. Indeed, the agency has explicitly stated that one of the goals of its ambitious Artemis lunar program is to establish a long-term human presence on the moon.

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

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Investors include CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, GGV Capital and real-time communication solution provider Agora, a long-time partner of Cocos. Cocos is best known for its cross-platform, open source engine for 2D mobile games, but many have argued it has fallen behind in the 3D era.

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Your Digital Pinball Machine

Coding Horror

This is not strictly required, as I found the 750 Ti an excellent performer even at the higher resolution, but I plan to play only fully 3D pinball sims and the 1050 Ti gets excellent reviews for $140, so I went for it. I prefer Pinball Arcade in DirectX 11 mode, which is downright beautiful , easily (and legally!)

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Top 10 AR Trends That Will Shape The Future Of Augmented Reality

Openxcell

With AR, you can construct a 3D representation of the world by using visual information. Using the real world as a source environment, AI programs can design objects in 3D space. AR on mobile devices takes advantage of widely available hardware, such as smartphones and tablets.

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51 Latest Seminar Topics for Computer Science Engineering (CSE)

The Crazy Programmer

It is an academic program that encompasses broad topics related to computer application and computer science. . A CSE curriculum comprises many computational subjects, including various programming languages, algorithms, cryptography, computer applications, software designing, etc. . Parasitic Computing. IT in Space.

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PassiveLogic, which creates digital twins of building systems, raises $15M

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PassiveLogic hosts a software environment, Autonomy Studio, where customers can create building system models from CAD or 3D models. Applications written in Quantum can be deployed within PassiveLogic’s control hardware — the aforementioned Hive. Another potential pitfall is the proprietary nature of digital twin platforms.

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Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing $22M

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Wingtra drones are used by surveyors in a wide range of industries, including construction, mining, environmental monitoring, agriculture, urban planning and land management. They got accepted into the Wyss Zurich accelerator program, an incubator for commercializing scientific breakthroughs from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich.

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