Absurdly deep tech.
we have a winner for the most absurd AI startup ever
this Peter Thiel backed company uses AI robots to stab fish in the brain so they taste better and last up to 3x longer
it's called Shinkei and it modernizes a centuries-old Japanese technique
dozens of Michelin-star lining up to buy the fish
here's how it works:
> the problem is when a fish gets caught, it usually just suffocates on the boat
> that stress floods the meat with hormones and lactic acid, which hurts the flavor and texture
> the old Japanese fix for this was spiking the fish through the brain right after the catch, which stops all that
> but doing it by hand is impractical for most American fishing crews
> so Shinkei built a fridge-sized robot that sits right on the boat's deck
> the crew feeds in a fish and AI identifies the exact species, so it knows exactly where the brain and gills are
> the robot then drives the spike through the brain and cuts near the gills in about 7 seconds
> the fish goes into an ice slurry so the blood drains out
> so the fish doesn't sit there stressing out, and that tasty flavor and texture is preserved
example number 5,392,417 of how AI can be applied to literally anything
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Most impressive of the 6 is Shiyan-25
It has held at ~270 km for more than 3 years
And during VLEO’s harshest years (solar max)
It has held at ~270 km for more than 3 years
And during VLEO’s harshest years (solar max)
VLEO starts below 300 km
LEO today — 15,000+ satellites
VLEO today — 6 satellites
Those 6 — Shiyan-25, Qiankun-1, and Cosmos 2591-2594
Nice graphic from DIA's Challenges to Security in Space released yesterday
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Seeing this is best way to confirm that W-8 is, indeed, back on Earth.
📸Will Godward
📸Will Godward
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At 5:10am PST today, W-8 performed its final deorbit burn and is reentering Earth's atmosphere. This means recoverable data of the hypersonic environment for our government customer payloads onboard.
Here's how Varda brings a capsule home.
Here's how Varda brings a capsule home.
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The Varda team is lightning in a bottle.
We got a whole fleet in space! One’s making drugs today, another is advancing national security systems.
What should we do tomorrow @VardaSpace ?
We got a whole fleet in space! One’s making drugs today, another is advancing national security systems.
What should we do tomorrow @VardaSpace ?
We are literally COOKING DRUGS IN SPACE RIGHT NOW
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There's more medicine made in space right now than there was when you started reading this sentence.
Varda's W-7 spacecraft is growing PROTAC drug crystals in orbit right now and will fly them back to Earth in a few weeks.
Manufacturing is ascending off our home planet.
Varda's W-7 spacecraft is growing PROTAC drug crystals in orbit right now and will fly them back to Earth in a few weeks.
Manufacturing is ascending off our home planet.
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Few understand this about Gundo
Blue Ocean Materials founder @lucasme_12 explains why El Segundo feels like Silicon Valley in the ’80s:
"You’re seeing these founders tackling these very hard problems where we have no playbook. El Segundo feels like what I imagine was Silicon Valley in the ’80s."
"There’s no mimic? How do you create a Valar Atomics? How do you make it rain like Rainmaker? It’s just a bunch of mavericks trying to solve these problems."
@BOMaterials
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Supersonic travel will change this. @AstroMechanica
International travel is biological wreckage. It's not my intent to rain on your parade or suggest you not travel.
I learned first hand from measuring my biomarkers traveling to China, India and Australia. Sharing to be useful in your life decision making.
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Woke up to @noxmetals in Times Square!
We're honored to share that we've been named to the #Disruptors60 Class of 2026, curated by @GreenfieldVC at @TechCrunch Disrupt, alongside teams advancing AI... where it matters the most!
Both the infrastructure powering tomorrow's ions reshaping critical industries.
We're honored to share that we've been named to the #Disruptors60 Class of 2026, curated by @GreenfieldVC at @TechCrunch Disrupt, alongside teams advancing AI... where it matters the most!
Both the infrastructure powering tomorrow's ions reshaping critical industries.
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Chicago.
Best city 10 years in a row.
Chicago is great for housing affordability and Manufacturing, Nuclear (Chicago pile), Aerospace (Boeing HQ)
Startups can afford it, and thrive here - winters give even more time to be heads down on projects. Summers are unbeatable.
Best city 10 years in a row.
Chicago is great for housing affordability and Manufacturing, Nuclear (Chicago pile), Aerospace (Boeing HQ)
Startups can afford it, and thrive here - winters give even more time to be heads down on projects. Summers are unbeatable.
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On the same day that space X flew 3 rockets and made history
@VardaSpace successfully launched two zero G drug manufacturing satellites at the same time and made history.
The only company to ever do so, and also the only other company w licensed re-entry after SpaceX
@VardaSpace successfully launched two zero G drug manufacturing satellites at the same time and made history.
The only company to ever do so, and also the only other company w licensed re-entry after SpaceX
🚀 🚀 🚀 SpaceX just successfully launched three orbital rockets in one day, the only company to do so.
It started with four astronauts in Dragon to the ISS (this photo). Then 130 satellites lofted on one Falcon 9 from Vandy. Then the Falcon Heavy in the foreground for NROL.
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Congrats @VardaSpace @CowboySpaceCorp and all the others on T18
Up next, Falcon 9 will launch 130 payloads to orbit from California aboard the Transporter-18 mission. Liftoff is targeted for 11:22 a.m. PT → spacex.com/launches/trans…
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It’s a double feature! Watch W-8 and W-9 deploy together with @SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission:
spacex.com/launches/trans…
spacex.com/launches/trans…
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