Saturday, December 23, 2017

Apogee Industries Holiday Special 2017

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Week of 12/23/2017 - Holiday Special
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Segment I

Industry News


SpaceX launches Iridium-4 mission last night
  • SpaceX successfully launched and deployed 10 Iridium satellites for the Iridium 4 mission last night
  • The mission launched from SLC-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the coast of California
  • The Falcon 9 first stage was an expendable core
    • The rocket had no landing legs and there was no drone ship waiting to catch it
    • The first stage was a reused stage
    • The interstage was still grey from its last flight and did have grid fins on it
  • The second stage carried the payload up to altitude in a polar orbit crossing over the south pole and coasted around the planet before doing a final orbital insertion burn just south of Madagascar.
  • All 10 Iridium spacecraft were deployed successfully
  • The spacecraft launched just after sundown and flew up into the sunlight making for an interesting display


UPS orders a bunch of Tesla semi trucks
  • UPS will be buying 125 Tesla electric semi trucks, the largest order so far
  • The Tesla truck is expected to go into production in 2019, and will cost about $200k each
  • Other orders have come in from Walmart, J.B. Hunt, and PepsiCo
  • With the inclusion of Tesla semis, UPS will be expanding its alternative-fuel fleet, which already includes electric and natural gas vehicles


Google Chrome is available to download on Windows Store
  • Google has added Google Chrome to the windows store in an interesting way
  • It is a packaged app for Windows 10 that opens itself up to the Chrome download page
  • This is funny because
    1. Edge sucks
    2. Google would never make a Chrome App for windows 10
  • This is because windows apps that use the internet have to use specific HTML and JavaScript codes for Windows 10 (which are basically codes that tell the browser how to make stuff look)
  • Chrome uses its own HTML and Java codes and for an app to be possible they would have to completely rebuild Chrome which would kinda be a pain in the ass


Disney to acquire 21st Century
  • The Walt Disney Company has reached a deal to buy most of 21st Century Fox’s properties, giving them the muscle to challenge Netflix, Apple, and Amazon
    • Not included in the acquisition: Fox News, the Fox broadcast network and the FS1 sports cable channel
  • Disney has already announced an ambitious plan to introduce two streaming services by 2019.
    • ESPN Plus, will arrive in the spring.
    • A second offering built around the Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar brands, will roll out late next year.
    • Disney will now also own a majority stake in Hulu, an established service that focuses on older viewers with programming that includes ABC shows.
      • Disney previously owned 3%. Comcast and Time Warner also have stakes
  • “This will allow us to greatly accelerate our direct-to-consumer strategy, which is our highest priority.”
  • Goodbye Cable TV: To augment ESPN Plus, Disney is adding 21st Century Fox’s chain of 22 regional cable networks dedicated to sports, including the YES Network, which carries New York Yankees games.
  • Disney is buying the Fox television studio, which has 36 series in production, including
    • “The Simpsons,”
    • “Homeland,”
    • “This Is Us”
    • “Modern Family.”

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Apogee Industries Holiday Special (definitely better than the Star Wars one)
  • We will take 2-3 calls at a time, so be patient

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING CALLS:
  • Callers can either use Discord  OR James’ phone number (which I will NOT give out on stream, they have to have it already)
  • For Discord: potential callers need to join the fan chat channel, then Jonah will move you onto the stream channel and make sure your question/comment is good, then we will join the stream channel and you can ask us your question
  • For phone line: just call James’ cell, Jonah will answer and make sure your question/comment is good, then we will receive your call on the show and you can ask us your question
  • Discord callers get priority - so if you want to make sure you get on the air (and if you want to have better sound quality) use Discord
  • questions /comments cannot be stuff like “is the Earth flat”, or overly personal/political in nature

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  • Ok now for our actual sponsors:
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    • Thanks to all our supporters & fans!

Segment II

Extra Stuff

Stuff we Didn’t Talk About

Apple admits to slowing down old iPhones, says it helps batteries

Links

Music

Too High - WRWLF
(NOTICE) - This song is part of an unreleased EP. We do have permission to use it for the stream, however the link to this song cannot be shared.
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Saturday, August 12, 2017

SpaceCast Notes 8/12/2017

SpaceCast - 8/12/2017
Links:


SpaceX to launch supercomputer to ISS
  • SpaceX will be delivering an HP Enterprise supercomputer to the international space station aboard the CRS 12 launch on August 14th
  • HPE is teaming with NASA and SpaceX to test how commercially available computers will work in space
  • This is important to ensure supercomputers can be operated in space for long periods of time such as on a mission to Mars
  • These tests will make sure the computer won't be affected by things like radiation, solar flares, unstable power supply, sub atomic particles, etc.
  • It is important that long duration/distance crews will be able to take this kind of equipment with them because of communication delays with earth
    • The idea is that mission critical calculations could be performed in real time on the ship rather than having something go wrong because the calculations couldn't be made on earth and sent back in time


Semi-Official: Here’s what the iPhone 8 looks like
  • The first dummy units of the iPhone 8 have been delivered
  • The display is nearly bezeless on all sides, but but does NOT have curved edges like the Samsung Galazy S8
  • The screen's clean look is disrupted by 'bezel island' where the camera, speaker, and other sensors are
  • it looks like elements from the phone's title bar will be placed in the nooks on either side of bezel island.
  • It has a glass back to support wireless charging. The sides are still metal in order to maintain a premium feel
  • It still has a camera bump on the back
Notes Source: https://goo.gl/2EmWCY



Discord announces video chat and screensharing
  • Now friends on Discord can watch each other play their favorite games while talking face-to-face
  • “This is the most requested feature on Discord probably a year running,” says CMO Eros Resmini. “A lot of infrastructure had to be built up for this launch,”
  • The video features run at a smooth and crisp 720p at 30 frames per second. Skype runs at half that FPS
  • Only 5% of users will get video today, and it will only work with groups of up to 10 people
  • BUT one big thing that’s lacking at the moment is sound from screenshares
Notes Source: https://goo.gl/2EmWCY
Scientists encode malware in DNA
  • A group of researchers from the University of Washington have demonstrated the possibility of encoding malicious software onto physical DNA
  • When gene-sequencing software analyses the data, it becomes a program that corrupts the software and takes control of the entire computer
  • At the moment, the attack is impractical for any spy or criminal, but it could become more common in the future as DNA sequencing continues to drop in price
  • Gene sequencing is often handled by university labs with potentially sensitive intellectual property on their networks
  • Hackers could infiltrate these networks, with possible applications including damaging criminal DNA testing or GMO products



AfterParty 8/12/2017 - Real Talk
*Please feel free to add to this section as you see fit.

  1. The (near) future of Apogee Industries
    1. Wtf is happening with this rocket project
      • As of now, we are not cleared for launch to 10,000 feet
      • Fuel and motor development is still in early phases
      • We are behind
    2. Will there be a launch soon
    3. Full scale launch delayed to NET October 2017
      • Launch will be planned for Q4 - Exact launch date TBD
      • If launch is pushed to 2018, project will have to be completely restructured (< this is bad)
    4. What to expect
      • More large scale motor tests
      • Small scale rocket test launches (below 2,500 feet)
      • No guests will likely be allowed on test site until full scale test (if at all)
      • Testing will (hopefully) be publicized more starting Q3
  2. Financial Situation
    1. Fundraising Q3 2017
      • Delayed launch means we can/should extend our budget
      • Expect more fundraising starting Q3
      • Pls give us muny
  3. Merchandise
    1. Sales summary
      • Apogee Teespring store is doing very very well
      • Sales numbers were much higher than projected
    2. Where to go from here
      • High profit allows us to expand merchandise options
      • Rumored introduction of hoodies confirmed for Q3 2017
      • Some things might be removed from store depending on demand
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Saturday, June 17, 2017

SpaceCast Notes 6/17/2017

SpaceCast - 6/10/2017

Links

Upgrade planned to Svalbard seed vault (related to the last topic we did on the vault)
  • In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Global Seed Vault on the island of Svalbard stores seeds for thousands of food and other crops to maintain biodiversity in the event of an environmental disaster
  • Recently, extreme warm weather resulted in permafrost melt which flooded the access tunnel (see the cast from a few weeks ago)
  • Now, a group is investigating potential solutions to counter warming climates
    • One option is to rebuild the access tunnel so it slopes up instead of down - $1.6 million will be spent investigating how to improve the tunnel in 2018
    • Other improvements include moving a heat-producing transformer station, digging drainage systems into the mountainside, and constructing a waterproof wall inside the access tunnel
  • The vault is intended to be self-sufficient, meaning the tunnel will have to be revamped to prevent buildup of water which would prevent future access to the seed vault


New evidence points to all stars being born in pairs
  • New analysis from physicists at UC Berkeley & Harvard indicate that all sunlike stars were born as twins
  • Many stars are in binary or trinary groupings (e.g. the Alpha Centauri system), and astronomers have even searched for the sun’s possible twin (dubbed ‘Nemesis’ as it may have produced the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs)
  • The new theory is based on radio data from a giant molecular cloud in Perseus (a stellar nursery) and a mathematical model which can explain the radio observations only if all sunlike stars are born as twins
    • The model predicts that all stars form in wide binaries (separated by 500+ AU), and the systems then either shrink or break apart within 1 million years (relatively short time)
    • Under this model, Nemesis likely escaped to mix with other stars in our region of the galaxy
  • Obviously, the model will need to be checked in other star-forming regions and molecular clouds to fully validate it


Scientific Targets of the James Webb Space Telescope
  • NASA recently announced a handful of the first targets of the James Webb Space Telescope
  • The massive satellite will launch aboard an ESA Ariane 5 rocket to the L2 point between the Earth and the Sun
  • The list was announced under NASA’s Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) program
    • This program allows scientists involved in the JWST’s development to select some of the initial targets


Machine-learning algorithm could combat identity theft
  • Identity theft often involves multiple steps to acquire someone’s personal info - in the 2015 data breach of the IRS, this involved thwarting security questions
  • Recent research demonstrated a system that could identify when responses were fake
    • Some respondents were asked to answer personal security questions truthfully, but some were given fake identities which they had to memorize and use
    • The last question on the quiz was designed to throw the fakers off, leading to uncertainty in responses
  • Researchers then took mouse movement data from all respondents and fed it into a machine-learning algorithm
    • The AI was able to identify the fake responses 95% of the time, confirming that unexpected questions can  be useful to combat identity theft


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