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$70,000 in prize money: NASA needs help simulating astronaut missions to Mars

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The American Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA has launched a new MarsXR 2 project, in which ordinary users can take part and help prepare astronauts for life on the Red Planet.

$70,000 in prize money: NASA needs help simulating astronaut missions to Mars

Illustration: HeroX

The project was created in collaboration with the HeroX platform, as well as with Epic Games and the Buendea simulator team. The help of users is required to create a virtual reality environment and “replicate the experiences and situations that astronauts may encounter on Mars.”

The press release notes:

Mars is a complex environment compared to Earth, so NASA needs software to simulate various aspects of the Red Planet’s mission. For example, Martian gravity is only 40% of Earth’s, and weather conditions are dusty and windy. Even daylight is strange: “orange shades of the day fade to blue at night.

Approximately $70,000 of the prize pool can be divided among 15 participants who will go through two stages: the first is the creation of a general concept, and the second is the creation of a virtual reality environment that shows how life on Mars can flow.

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13.2″ screen, 16 GB RAM, 128 GB flash, Snapdragon 8155, 180 HP New details about the youth crossover Geely Atlas L Cool

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132 screen 16 GB RAM 128 GB flash Snapdragon 8155

New details about the Geely Atlas L Cool crossover, a shortened version of the regular Atlas L aimed at young people, have appeared on the Web.

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This time, details about the hardware platform of the infotainment system have emerged. It will include a vertical screen with a diagonal of 13.2 inches and a resolution of 1440 x 1920 pixels, and the basis of the hardware platform will be SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155, supplemented by 16 GB of RAM and 128 GB of flash memory. Vehicle firmware will be updated over the air.

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Also promised is a large panoramic roof with an area of ​​1.12 m2 and atmospheric lighting with 72 colors. The crossover will receive a Bosch 9.3 ESP system and 13 driver assistance systems, including adaptive cruise control and an auto-braking system in front of a pedestrian.

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The car will be able to start on its own after scanning the face of the driver entered in the memory. Also, after scanning, predefined settings will be automatically set: seat position, climate control settings, etc.

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The dimensions of the Geely Atlas L Cool are 4510 x 1865 x 1650 mm, the wheelbase is 2701 mm long. Inside there will be 39 compartments for storing small items, and the trunk volume is 571 liters.

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1.5-liter engine with 180 hp joint development of Geely and Volvo will work with a 7-speed “robot” and will provide good dynamics – 7.9 s to 100 km / h.

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Micron calls Crucial T700 world’s fastest SSD

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Micron calls Crucial T700 worlds fastest SSD

Promotional materials for the Crucial T700 solid-state drive have been published on the Web. In them, Micron lists all the characteristics of the device and notes that the T700 is the fastest SSD on the planet.

Micron calls Crucial T700 world's fastest SSD

Claimed sequential read and write speeds are 12,400 and 11,800 MB/s, respectively. The creators talk about two times the superiority of PCIe 4 SSDs and 22 times the superiority of SSDs with SATA interfaces.

Micron calls Crucial T700 world's fastest SSD

Micron calls Crucial T700 world's fastest SSD
Micron calls Crucial T700 world's fastest SSD

The device uses 232-layer Micron memory and a Phison controller. Retail options will come with 1, 2 and 4 TB of flash memory. Interestingly, the T700 will have both a version with a heatsink (with advanced fins and no noisy fan) and a regular version without any cooling. One of the materials demonstrates very well what a cooling system is.

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Does the Nokia brand justify this price? Nokia C12 Plus unveiled with very old platform, 2GB RAM and $100 price tag

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The Nokia C12 line of smartphones has expanded with another model. Previously, the C12 and C12 Pro were already presented, now the C12 Plus has joined them.

Does the Nokia brand justify this price?  Nokia C12 Plus unveiled with very old platform, 2GB RAM and $100 price tag

If the C12 Pro only had a larger battery compared to the C12, then the C12 Plus is the C12 Pro, but with a different memory configuration: only 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash memory. That being said, the C12 Plus has a microSD slot that the C12 Pro doesn’t have. Why so many very similar models in one segment is unclear.

In any case, all other parameters have not changed, that is, the smartphone received a 6.3-inch HD + screen, a very weak and old 28-nanometer Unisoc 9863A1 SoC and a main camera with a resolution of only 8 megapixels. In India, they charge $100 for a novelty.

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