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Virtual, Augmented Reality Tech Transforming Training TRAINING AND SIMULATION 2/17/2021 Air Force photo by William Graver Augmented and virtual reality technology as well as artificial intelligence are disrupting military training as the landscape of warfare shifts. The United States is facing advanced adversaries which requires the Pentagon to better prepare for a high-end fight. To do so, the Defense Department is leveraging game-based training systems, augmented/mixed reality and other cutting-edge tools. A number of new transformative technologies have ...

Six dairy farms needed for new NI technology network 7 January 2021 | The aim of the network is to encourage technology adoption on Northern Irish farms Six dairy farms are needed to encourage a greater rate of technology adoption within the industry as part of a new network of demonstration farms in Northern Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is currently establishing Technology Demonstration Farms. The aim is to encourage technology adoption on farms, as research shows that early adopters play an important role in convincing their peers to take mo...

2021 Defense Act signals turning point for Congress and PNT Senate poised to join House this week and override Trump’s veto The U. S. Congress, especially the Armed Services Committees, have long been concerned about GPS and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) issues. Over the last two decades Congressional hearings, demands for reports, and investigations have dealt with acquisition, contingency plans for when space is not available, deliberate interference, and a host of other issues. While these all evidenced Congress’ interest and concern, they were relatively passive measures. ...

Not an x prize. tell me the difference and tell me what you have to do to win this money. >> sure, good to see you again, ali. as you well know, our x prize is $10 million or larger purses. this is an x challenge, which is really focused on a technology demonstration that takes place in a one-year period of time. our benefactor, wendy schmidt has put up $1.4 million of prize money. you go to our website or go to the website and you can register to compete your team and you're going to be in a head to head competition with other technologies to see who can most efficiently get the most flow thr...

And kate, i understand you're the first person to sequence dna in space. can you tell us about that? >> yeah, so that was actually just this last summer, and it's a real example of what we can do with technology and innovation. we've gotten a sequencer down to the size of your cell phone, and we were actually able to fly that on board the space station and sequence dna. it's not just the technology demonstration, but we can actually use that to do things like detect microbes on the space station, look at astronaut health. we can easily use that in earth-based settings, too, to look for disease...