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From a single ELGi portable screw air compressor to powering one of India’s largest refinery projects, this is a story of growth built on reliability. In Gujarat’s fast-growing industrial landscape, compressed air is the backbone of progress. For ESVER Enterprise, what began nearly two decades ago with a single machine has today grown into a large-scale equipment hiring operation, supporting major infrastructure and refinery projects in Jamnagar. From the very beginning, ELGi has been part of that journey. Today, ESVER’s fleet includes a wide range of ELGi portable compressors, supporting critical site operations in demanding, high-corrosion coastal environments. Where pressure drops once brought work to a halt, ELGi’s machines now ensure consistent performance, reliable uptime, and uninterrupted operations. The impact goes beyond performance: • Up to 20% savings on electricity and diesel • Stable pressure across applications • Responsive service support, both on-site and remote • Confidence to scale operations, even in the most challenging conditions As Manoj Dave, owner of ESVER Enterprise, shares, “ELGi doesn’t just sell a compressor. ELGi builds a relationship. Their reliability and service have helped us grow with confidence.” A powerful reminder that when equipment performs consistently and service stands strong, businesses don’t just run—they grow. Watch the full customer story in the video.
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From a single ELGi portable screw air compressor to powering one of India’s largest refinery projects, this is a story of growth built on reliability. In Gujarat’s fast-growing industrial landscape, compressed air is the backbone of progress. For ESVER Enterprise, what began nearly two decades ago with a single machine has today grown into a large-scale equipment hiring operation, supporting major infrastructure and refinery projects in Jamnagar. From the very beginning, ELGi has been part of that journey. Today, ESVER’s fleet includes a wide range of ELGi portable compressors, supporting critical site operations in demanding, high-corrosion coastal environments. Where pressure drops once brought work to a halt, ELGi’s machines now ensure consistent performance, reliable uptime, and uninterrupted operations. The impact goes beyond performance: • Up to 20% savings on electricity and diesel • Stable pressure across applications • Responsive service support, both on-site and remote • Confidence to scale operations, even in the most challenging conditions As Manoj Dave, owner of ESVER Enterprise, shares, “ELGi doesn’t just sell a compressor. ELGi builds a relationship. Their reliability and service have helped us grow with confidence.” A powerful reminder that when equipment performs consistently and service stands strong, businesses don’t just run—they grow. Watch the full customer story in the video.

Elgi Equipments Limited

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The SR-71 Blackbird converts supersonic air to subsonic speeds using a movable, conical "spike" in the engine inlet that generates a series of shock waves, slowing air from over Mach 3 to roughly Mach 0.4 before it reaches the compressor. This process, crucial for the J58 engine, transforms high-speed, low-pressure air into high-pressure air at a manageable speed, generating a majority of the total thrust. Mechanism for Slowing Air •Inlet Spike Position: The sharp, cone-shaped spike moves up to 26 inches backward as the aircraft accelerates, optimizing shock wave alignment. •Oblique Shock Waves: At supersonic speeds, the spike produces a series of angled oblique shock waves that slow and compress the air. •Normal Shock Wave: A terminal shock wave forms at the inlet mouth, effectively slowing the air to subsonic velocity. •Variable Geometry: The inlet computer automatically manages the spike position and bypass doors to prevent "inlet unstart"—an immediate loss of thrust caused by shock wave misalignment.  Benefits and Components •Pressure Conversion: The inlet acts like a "garden hose in reverse," where the reduction in speed is converted into massive pressure increase. •Subsonic Compression: The engine itself is a turbojet, which can only function on subsonic air. •Bypass Air: Excess air is bled off and reintroduced at the exhaust, adding more efficiency and thrust.  •YouTube : How the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird works by Amimagraffs

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Life AI is validating our Biohub infrastructure through real-world deployments that test whether preventive healthcare can operate sustainably at scale. 1. National-scale operation The nationwide deployment of the PREVANA subnet across Thailand is Life AI’s first national-scale operating environment. This deployment allows Biohub to be evaluated across real geographic, demographic, and economic conditions, validating operational performance, human integration, and system sustainability beyond controlled pilots. 2. Research efficiency Using the Biohub platform, the largest genetic study on autism in Southeast Asia was conducted at a cost of approximately $10,000, compared to traditional estimates exceeding $1 million. This demonstrates how infrastructure-level coordination can significantly reduce research cost while maintaining population-scale scope. 3. Product deployment efficiency In a separate deployment, Life AI supported Kalbe Farma, Southeast Asia’s largest pharmaceutical company, in launching a personalized stroke prevention product in six weeks, compared to an originally planned 24-month development timeline. Taken together, these deployments show how AI-native infrastructure can reduce cost and time-to-impact across national operations, research, and product development, supporting the economic sustainability required for global expansion.

LIFE AI

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NEWS: Figure has unveiling its 3rd generation humanoid robot. • Features a completely redesigned sensory suite and hand system. Wireless charging in feet. • Next-generation vision system engineered for high-frequency visuomotor control. Its new camera architecture delivers twice the frame rate, one-quarter the latency, and a 60% wider field of view per camera within a more compact form factor • Soft goods, wireless charging, improved audio system for voice reasoning, and battery safety advancements • "Engineered from the ground-up for high-volume manufacturing. In order to scale, we established a new supply chain and entirely new process for manufacturing humanoid robots at BotQ." • Lower manufacturing cost • Softer, more adaptive fingertips increase surface contact area, enabling more stable grasps across objects of varied shapes and sizes. Each fingertip sensor can detect forces as small as three grams of pressure - sensitive enough to register the weight of a paperclip resting on your finger. • Multi-density foam to protect against pinch points, and is covered in soft textiles rather than hard machined parts. 9% less mass and less volume than Figure 02 • 10 Gbps mmWave data offload capability, allowing the entire fleet to upload terabytes of data • Upgraded audio hardware system for better real time speech-to-speech. Its speaker is twice the size and nearly four times more powerful, while the microphone has been repositioned for improved performance and clarity. • Charging coils in the robot’s feet allow it to simply step onto a wireless stand and charge at 2 kW Figure: "BotQ is Figure’s dedicated manufacturing facility designed to scale robot production. BotQ’s first-generation manufacturing line will initially be capable of producing up to 12,000 humanoid robots per year, with the goal of producing a total of 100,000 robots over the next four years. Instead of relying on contract manufacturers, Figure brought production of its most critical systems in-house to maintain tight control over quality, iteration, and speed."
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Sawyer Merritt

140,241 views • 9 months ago

Double trouble: ‘World’s first’ laser-armed tank jams and fries drones mid-air | Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering The ALKA DEWS is a hybrid air defense system made for close-range combat. Turkey has introduced the ALKA-KAPLAN, a hybrid tracked vehicle that has a directed energy weapon system to fight drone threats on the battlefield. This is the first system of its kind and will be officially shown at IDEF 2025, highlighting Ankara’s effort to use modern technologies in its armored vehicles and to deal with the rise of unmanned aerial systems. Zapping drones with lasers after jamming them Developed through a collaboration between FNSS and ROKETSAN, the ALKA-KAPLAN combines the KAPLAN HYBRID tracked platform with the ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System (DEWS). The integration responds to a key need in modern military forces: mobile, armored platforms that can fight against drones while working alongside tanks and infantry vehicles in challenging environments. The ALKA-KAPLAN represents a major change in Turkey’s defense approach. Instead of traditional air defense systems, this approach uses electromagnetic jamming and strong lasers to target drones, helicopters, and other flying weapons. The ALKA DEWS is a hybrid air defense system made for close-range combat. It uses an electromagnetic jamming system to interfere with enemy actions and a high-energy laser to destroy targets. This combination enables ALKA to neutralize a wide spectrum of asymmetric aerial threats, including fixed-wing and rotary-wing mini/micro UAVs and loitering munitions, before they can damage frontline assets. The ALKA DEWS architecture includes artificial intelligence-assisted tracking and threat identification, allowing rapid detection and elimination of UAVs and improvised explosive devices. The system can be set up in different ways: fixed, mobile, or portable. This allows it to protect urban areas, open land, or convoys. The KAPLAN HYBRID Powerpack powers this system, which was first shown as a concept in 2023. Hybrid powerpack FNSS designed the high-kilowatt generator to drive the vehicle and provide sufficient energy to power high-consumption systems like ALKA. This eliminates the need for auxiliary power units and enables extended silent operation, which is vital for stealth and reconnaissance missions. ALKA-KAPLAN’s powerpack design was entirely developed by FNSS engineers using a combination of indigenously produced and locally sourced subsystems. The hybrid propulsion architecture improves fuel efficiency, reduces thermal signature, and increases the vehicle’s operational range by over 10% when the generator operates in standby. The ALKA system can disrupt UAVs that use advanced guidance technologies, including GPS-denied navigation and image-assisted targeting. ROKETSAN has emphasized that ALKA’s layered defense, combining electronic warfare and directed energy, offers a cost-effective and scalable response to drone saturation attacks. ALKA can help neutralize threats from the air, roadside bombs, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded bombs in combat zones. This project is part of Turkey’s larger plan to rely less on foreign defense technologies, especially high-energy weapons and vehicle drivetrains. FNSS’s development of a locally produced cross-drive gearbox, a critical component often sourced from a handful of global suppliers, positions the firm among a select few with end-to-end capability for tracked vehicle systems. The ALKA-KAPLAN is designed for up to 20 tons of platforms and can be adapted for future tracked vehicle programs or modernization projects. Read more:
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Double trouble: ‘World’s first’ laser-armed tank jams and fries drones mid-air | Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering The ALKA DEWS is a hybrid air defense system made for close-range combat. Turkey has introduced the ALKA-KAPLAN, a hybrid tracked vehicle that has a directed energy weapon system to fight drone threats on the battlefield. This is the first system of its kind and will be officially shown at IDEF 2025, highlighting Ankara’s effort to use modern technologies in its armored vehicles and to deal with the rise of unmanned aerial systems. Zapping drones with lasers after jamming them Developed through a collaboration between FNSS and ROKETSAN, the ALKA-KAPLAN combines the KAPLAN HYBRID tracked platform with the ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System (DEWS). The integration responds to a key need in modern military forces: mobile, armored platforms that can fight against drones while working alongside tanks and infantry vehicles in challenging environments. The ALKA-KAPLAN represents a major change in Turkey’s defense approach. Instead of traditional air defense systems, this approach uses electromagnetic jamming and strong lasers to target drones, helicopters, and other flying weapons. The ALKA DEWS is a hybrid air defense system made for close-range combat. It uses an electromagnetic jamming system to interfere with enemy actions and a high-energy laser to destroy targets. This combination enables ALKA to neutralize a wide spectrum of asymmetric aerial threats, including fixed-wing and rotary-wing mini/micro UAVs and loitering munitions, before they can damage frontline assets. The ALKA DEWS architecture includes artificial intelligence-assisted tracking and threat identification, allowing rapid detection and elimination of UAVs and improvised explosive devices. The system can be set up in different ways: fixed, mobile, or portable. This allows it to protect urban areas, open land, or convoys. The KAPLAN HYBRID Powerpack powers this system, which was first shown as a concept in 2023. Hybrid powerpack FNSS designed the high-kilowatt generator to drive the vehicle and provide sufficient energy to power high-consumption systems like ALKA. This eliminates the need for auxiliary power units and enables extended silent operation, which is vital for stealth and reconnaissance missions. ALKA-KAPLAN’s powerpack design was entirely developed by FNSS engineers using a combination of indigenously produced and locally sourced subsystems. The hybrid propulsion architecture improves fuel efficiency, reduces thermal signature, and increases the vehicle’s operational range by over 10% when the generator operates in standby. The ALKA system can disrupt UAVs that use advanced guidance technologies, including GPS-denied navigation and image-assisted targeting. ROKETSAN has emphasized that ALKA’s layered defense, combining electronic warfare and directed energy, offers a cost-effective and scalable response to drone saturation attacks. ALKA can help neutralize threats from the air, roadside bombs, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded bombs in combat zones. This project is part of Turkey’s larger plan to rely less on foreign defense technologies, especially high-energy weapons and vehicle drivetrains. FNSS’s development of a locally produced cross-drive gearbox, a critical component often sourced from a handful of global suppliers, positions the firm among a select few with end-to-end capability for tracked vehicle systems. The ALKA-KAPLAN is designed for up to 20 tons of platforms and can be adapted for future tracked vehicle programs or modernization projects. Read more:

Owen Gregorian

33,151 views • 1 year ago

Today, Russia attempted to overload our air defense systems, as they always do during such massive attacks. This time, they deliberately waited for freezing weather to strike, aiming to make life even harder for people. The attack coincided with a cold snap—a deliberate, cynical act of terror against people. Every missile was directed at energy infrastructure, but thanks to the accuracy of our defenders and the reliability of our air defense systems, many lives were saved. Each time Russia launches new strikes against our country, it underscores an objective need: steps that show Putin his terror will not succeed. Instead of seeking ways to end the war, he uses missiles. It is war and intimidation that keep the Russian “throne” under this person. However, our partners should not be concerned with how to ensure the stability of such figures in Moscow. Instead, they should focus on guaranteeing stability for themselves and the world—stability and security that are only possible through peace. I am deeply grateful to everyone who helps us bring peace closer.
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Today, Russia attempted to overload our air defense systems, as they always do during such massive attacks. This time, they deliberately waited for freezing weather to strike, aiming to make life even harder for people. The attack coincided with a cold snap—a deliberate, cynical act of terror against people. Every missile was directed at energy infrastructure, but thanks to the accuracy of our defenders and the reliability of our air defense systems, many lives were saved. Each time Russia launches new strikes against our country, it underscores an objective need: steps that show Putin his terror will not succeed. Instead of seeking ways to end the war, he uses missiles. It is war and intimidation that keep the Russian “throne” under this person. However, our partners should not be concerned with how to ensure the stability of such figures in Moscow. Instead, they should focus on guaranteeing stability for themselves and the world—stability and security that are only possible through peace. I am deeply grateful to everyone who helps us bring peace closer.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

941,022 views • 1 year ago

Video: World’s first humanoid robot labor that swaps its own batteries to work endlessly | Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering Walker S2 uses dual-battery balancing and standardized modules to boost efficiency and ensure uninterrupted, optimized performance. In a leap for robotics, China’s UBTech has unveiled the Walker S2, the world’s first humanoid robot capable of fully autonomous battery swapping. Designed for non-stop industrial operations, the Walker S2 can replace its own power pack in just three minutes—no human intervention required. Equipped with advanced anthropomorphic bipedal locomotion and a hot-swappable battery system, Walker S2 is built to operate 24/7 across dynamic industrial environments. According to UBTech, the next-generation humanoid robot marks a major milestone in automation, bringing continuous, hands-free performance to the factory floor. In May 2025, UBTech Robotics and Huawei Technologies inked a significant partnership to accelerate the adoption of humanoid robots across China’s factories and households. Uninterrupted robot operations A video posted by the robotics firm opens with the sleek UBTech Walker S2 humanoid robot working in an industrial setting. The highlight, however, is its autonomous battery swap. Walker S2 approaches the charging station, carefully detaches its depleted power pack, and seamlessly installs a fresh one—all within about three minutes—without any human assistance, according to CGTN. The camera captures close-ups of the robot’s articulated limbs and the intelligent battery-handling mechanism, conveying precision and reliability. As the swap completes, Walker S2 resumes its duties, reinforcing the promise of uninterrupted, 24/7 operations in dynamic factory environments. UBTech’s Walker S2 humanoid robot is equipped with advanced dual-battery power balancing technology and uses standardized battery modules to optimize performance, reports CNEVPOST. This dual-battery system allows the robot to automatically switch to a backup battery in case of a main battery failure, ensuring that critical tasks are carried out without interruption. In addition to battery swapping, the robot can intelligently choose between charging and swapping based on task urgency, allowing it to manage energy dynamically and adapt to real-time operational demands. UBTech highlights these features as a step forward in deploying humanoid robots for industrial and domestic applications, combining flexibility, reliability, and autonomy in one intelligent platform. Factory intelligence upgrade Earlier in the year, UBTech unveiled a major advancement in humanoid robot collaboration, claiming the world’s first deployment of multiple humanoids working together across varied industrial tasks. Demonstrated at Zeekr’s 5G-enabled smart factory, the breakthrough centers on UBTech’s “BrainNet” framework, which orchestrates cooperative behavior through a cloud-device intelligence system. BrainNet integrates a “super brain” for high-level decision-making with an “intelligent sub-brain” for distributed multi-robot control. The super brain, powered by a proprietary large-scale multimodal reasoning model, handles complex production-line scheduling and decision-making. Meanwhile, the sub-brain coordinates real-time tasks using cross-field perception and Transformer-based control for dynamic adaptability. Together, they enable the Walker S1 humanoid robots to move beyond isolated operations and perform coordinated tasks with high precision and speed. The system is built on DeepSeek-R1 reasoning technology and trained on real-world data from automotive factory settings. Leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), the model adapts to specific job functions and improves scalability across workstations. At Zeekr’s facility, dozens of Walker S1s now collaborate on tasks like assembly, inspection, and part handling. Using semantic VSLAM and shared mapping, they coordinate seamlessly via vision-based navigation and agile manipulation. UBTech says this marks a transition to “Practical Training 2.0,” where humanoid robots operate as a swarm, maximizing efficiency and setting the stage for next-generation intelligent manufacturing.
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Video: World’s first humanoid robot labor that swaps its own batteries to work endlessly | Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering Walker S2 uses dual-battery balancing and standardized modules to boost efficiency and ensure uninterrupted, optimized performance. In a leap for robotics, China’s UBTech has unveiled the Walker S2, the world’s first humanoid robot capable of fully autonomous battery swapping. Designed for non-stop industrial operations, the Walker S2 can replace its own power pack in just three minutes—no human intervention required. Equipped with advanced anthropomorphic bipedal locomotion and a hot-swappable battery system, Walker S2 is built to operate 24/7 across dynamic industrial environments. According to UBTech, the next-generation humanoid robot marks a major milestone in automation, bringing continuous, hands-free performance to the factory floor. In May 2025, UBTech Robotics and Huawei Technologies inked a significant partnership to accelerate the adoption of humanoid robots across China’s factories and households. Uninterrupted robot operations A video posted by the robotics firm opens with the sleek UBTech Walker S2 humanoid robot working in an industrial setting. The highlight, however, is its autonomous battery swap. Walker S2 approaches the charging station, carefully detaches its depleted power pack, and seamlessly installs a fresh one—all within about three minutes—without any human assistance, according to CGTN. The camera captures close-ups of the robot’s articulated limbs and the intelligent battery-handling mechanism, conveying precision and reliability. As the swap completes, Walker S2 resumes its duties, reinforcing the promise of uninterrupted, 24/7 operations in dynamic factory environments. UBTech’s Walker S2 humanoid robot is equipped with advanced dual-battery power balancing technology and uses standardized battery modules to optimize performance, reports CNEVPOST. This dual-battery system allows the robot to automatically switch to a backup battery in case of a main battery failure, ensuring that critical tasks are carried out without interruption. In addition to battery swapping, the robot can intelligently choose between charging and swapping based on task urgency, allowing it to manage energy dynamically and adapt to real-time operational demands. UBTech highlights these features as a step forward in deploying humanoid robots for industrial and domestic applications, combining flexibility, reliability, and autonomy in one intelligent platform. Factory intelligence upgrade Earlier in the year, UBTech unveiled a major advancement in humanoid robot collaboration, claiming the world’s first deployment of multiple humanoids working together across varied industrial tasks. Demonstrated at Zeekr’s 5G-enabled smart factory, the breakthrough centers on UBTech’s “BrainNet” framework, which orchestrates cooperative behavior through a cloud-device intelligence system. BrainNet integrates a “super brain” for high-level decision-making with an “intelligent sub-brain” for distributed multi-robot control. The super brain, powered by a proprietary large-scale multimodal reasoning model, handles complex production-line scheduling and decision-making. Meanwhile, the sub-brain coordinates real-time tasks using cross-field perception and Transformer-based control for dynamic adaptability. Together, they enable the Walker S1 humanoid robots to move beyond isolated operations and perform coordinated tasks with high precision and speed. The system is built on DeepSeek-R1 reasoning technology and trained on real-world data from automotive factory settings. Leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), the model adapts to specific job functions and improves scalability across workstations. At Zeekr’s facility, dozens of Walker S1s now collaborate on tasks like assembly, inspection, and part handling. Using semantic VSLAM and shared mapping, they coordinate seamlessly via vision-based navigation and agile manipulation. UBTech says this marks a transition to “Practical Training 2.0,” where humanoid robots operate as a swarm, maximizing efficiency and setting the stage for next-generation intelligent manufacturing.

Owen Gregorian

35,637 views • 1 year ago

After over a decade of evading air defenses over the skies of Syria during a campaign against Iran's supply of weapons to Hezbollah, the Israeli Air Force says it has achieved total air superiority in the area. An Israeli bombing campaign earlier this week across Syria, aimed at taking out advanced weaponry that could fall into the hands of hostile elements following the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime, also destroyed the vast majority of the air defenses in the country. According to the military, the IAF destroyed 86% of the former Assad regime's air defense systems across Syria, totaling 107 separate air defense components and another 47 radars. The numbers include 80% of the short-to medium-range SA-22, also known as the Pantsir-S1; and 90% of the Russian SA-17 medium-range air defense system, also known as the Buk. Both Russian-made systems had posed challenges to the IAF during its so-called campaign between campaigns — or Mabam, as it's known by its Hebrew acronym — aimed at countering Iranian weapon deliveries to Hezbollah in Lebanon and attempts by Iran-backed groups to gain a foothold in the country, which began in 2013. Only a handful of air defense systems now remain in Syria, and they are not considered a major threat to the IAF, which says it can operate freely across the country's skies. "The Syrian air defense array is one of the strongest in the Middle East and the blow caused to it is a significant achievement for the Air Force's superiority in the region," the IDF says. The new freedom of aerial action also brings the IAF new opportunities. If in the past, the IAF would not fly directly over Damascus when carrying out strikes on Iran-linked targets in the capital, it now can. The IAF can also send surveillance drones over the Syrian capital without the fear of them being shot down by the advanced Russian-made air defense systems. While the Iran-backed Assad regime has fallen, Israel still will operate over Syria to ensure that advanced weapons from the former government's army do not reach Hezbollah in Lebanon or any other group hostile to Israel in the region. The bombing campaign on Sunday and Monday, which began hours after Assad's regime fell, also hit Syrian airbases, weapon depots, weapon production sites, and chemical weapons sites, in addition to the air defense systems. The strikes destroyed hundreds of missiles and related systems, 27 fighter jets, 24 helicopters, and more. A total of 1,800 munitions were used in the strikes, taking out nearly every site of "strategic military capabilities" that Israel was aware of. The IDF assesses that it did not destroy all of the Assad regime's military capabilities, and Hezbollah will most certainly try to get its hands on advanced weapons that were so far spared. The chances of weapons from Syria finding their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon are considered to be high, according to the IDF's assessments. To prevent weapons from reaching Hezbollah, the IAF has bombed all of the border crossings between Syria and Lebanon, leaving just one of them, Masnaa, open for pedestrian traffic. The IAF says it is constantly monitoring the crossings to ensure that Hezbollah does not return to use them for weapon deliveries. At the same time, the military also believes it has dealt a major blow to the weapon manufacturing capabilities of the entire Iran-led axis, in Lebanon, Syria, and in Iran itself with October's strike in response to Tehran's ballistic missile attack.
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After over a decade of evading air defenses over the skies of Syria during a campaign against Iran's supply of weapons to Hezbollah, the Israeli Air Force says it has achieved total air superiority in the area. An Israeli bombing campaign earlier this week across Syria, aimed at taking out advanced weaponry that could fall into the hands of hostile elements following the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime, also destroyed the vast majority of the air defenses in the country. According to the military, the IAF destroyed 86% of the former Assad regime's air defense systems across Syria, totaling 107 separate air defense components and another 47 radars. The numbers include 80% of the short-to medium-range SA-22, also known as the Pantsir-S1; and 90% of the Russian SA-17 medium-range air defense system, also known as the Buk. Both Russian-made systems had posed challenges to the IAF during its so-called campaign between campaigns — or Mabam, as it's known by its Hebrew acronym — aimed at countering Iranian weapon deliveries to Hezbollah in Lebanon and attempts by Iran-backed groups to gain a foothold in the country, which began in 2013. Only a handful of air defense systems now remain in Syria, and they are not considered a major threat to the IAF, which says it can operate freely across the country's skies. "The Syrian air defense array is one of the strongest in the Middle East and the blow caused to it is a significant achievement for the Air Force's superiority in the region," the IDF says. The new freedom of aerial action also brings the IAF new opportunities. If in the past, the IAF would not fly directly over Damascus when carrying out strikes on Iran-linked targets in the capital, it now can. The IAF can also send surveillance drones over the Syrian capital without the fear of them being shot down by the advanced Russian-made air defense systems. While the Iran-backed Assad regime has fallen, Israel still will operate over Syria to ensure that advanced weapons from the former government's army do not reach Hezbollah in Lebanon or any other group hostile to Israel in the region. The bombing campaign on Sunday and Monday, which began hours after Assad's regime fell, also hit Syrian airbases, weapon depots, weapon production sites, and chemical weapons sites, in addition to the air defense systems. The strikes destroyed hundreds of missiles and related systems, 27 fighter jets, 24 helicopters, and more. A total of 1,800 munitions were used in the strikes, taking out nearly every site of "strategic military capabilities" that Israel was aware of. The IDF assesses that it did not destroy all of the Assad regime's military capabilities, and Hezbollah will most certainly try to get its hands on advanced weapons that were so far spared. The chances of weapons from Syria finding their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon are considered to be high, according to the IDF's assessments. To prevent weapons from reaching Hezbollah, the IAF has bombed all of the border crossings between Syria and Lebanon, leaving just one of them, Masnaa, open for pedestrian traffic. The IAF says it is constantly monitoring the crossings to ensure that Hezbollah does not return to use them for weapon deliveries. At the same time, the military also believes it has dealt a major blow to the weapon manufacturing capabilities of the entire Iran-led axis, in Lebanon, Syria, and in Iran itself with October's strike in response to Tehran's ballistic missile attack.

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

427,335 views • 1 year ago

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing | Peter Dizikes, MIT News The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors. MIT today launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job creation. The initiative will encompass advanced research, innovative education programs, and partnership with companies across many sectors, in a bid to help transform manufacturing and elevate its impact. “We want to work with firms big and small, in cities, small towns and everywhere in between, to help them adopt new approaches for increased productivity,” MIT President Sally A. Kornbluth wrote in a letter to the Institute community this morning. “We want to deliberately design high-quality, human-centered manufacturing jobs that bring new life to communities across the country.” Kornbluth added: “Helping America build a future of new manufacturing is a perfect job for MIT — and I’m convinced that there is no more important work we can do to meet the moment and serve the nation now.” The Initiative for New Manufacturing also announced its first six founding industry consortium members: Amgen, Flex, GE Vernova, PTC, Sanofi, and Siemens. Participants in the INM Industry Consortium will support seed projects proposed by MIT researchers, initially in the area of artificial intelligence for manufacturing. INM joins the ranks of MIT’s other presidential initiatives — including The Climate Project at MIT; MITHIC, which supports the human-centered disciplines; MIT HEALS, centered on the life sciences and health; and MGAIC, the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium. “There is tremendous opportunity to bring together a vibrant community working across every scale — from nanotechnology to large-scale manufacturing — and across a wide-range of applications including semiconductors, medical devices, automotive, energy systems, and biotechnology,” says Anantha Chandrakasan, MIT’s chief innovation and strategy officer and dean of engineering, who is part of the initiative’s leadership team. “MIT is uniquely positioned to harness the transformative power of digital tools and AI to shape future of manufacturing. I’m truly excited about what we can build together and the synergies this creates with other cross-cutting initiatives across the Institute.” The initiative is just the latest MIT-centered effort in recent decades aiming to expand American manufacturing. A faculty research group wrote the 1989 bestseller “Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge,” advocating for a renewal of manufacturing; another MIT project, called Production in the Innovation Economy, called for expanded manufacturing in the early 2010s. In 2016, MIT also founded The Engine, a venture fund investing in hardware-based “tough tech” start-ups including many with potential to became substantial manufacturing firms. As developed, the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing is based around four major themes: - Reimagining manufacturing technologies and systems: realizing breakthrough technologies and system-level approaches to advance energy production, health care, computing, transportation, consumer products, and more; - Elevating the productivity and experience of manufacturing: developing and deploying new digitally driven methods and tools to amplify productivity and improve the human experience of manufacturing; - Scaling new manufacturing: accelerating the scaling of manufacturing companies and transforming supply chains to maximize efficiency and resilience, fostering product innovation and business growth; and - Transforming the manufacturing base: driving the deployment of a sustainable global manufacturing ecosystem that provides compelling opportunities to workers, with major efforts focused on the U.S. The initiative has mapped out many concrete activities and programs, which will include an Institute-wide research program on emerging technologies and other major topics; workforce and education programs; and industry engagement and participation. INM also aims to establish new labs for developing manufacturing tools and techniques; a “factory observatory” program which immerses students in manufacturing through visits to production sites; and key “pillars” focusing on areas from semiconductors and biomanufacturing to defense and aviation. The workforce and education element of INM will include TechAMP, an MIT-created program that works with community colleges to bridge the gap between technicians and engineers; AI-driven teaching tools; professional education; and an effort to expand manufacturing education on campus in collaboration with MIT departments and degree programs. INM’s leadership team has three faculty co-directors: John Hart, the Class of 1922 Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Suzanne Berger, Institute Professor at MIT and a political scientist who has conducted influential empirical studies of manufacturing; and Chris Love, the Raymond A. and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering. The initiative’s executive director is Julie Diop. The initiative is in the process of forming a faculty steering committee with representation from across the Institute, as well as an external advisory board. INM stems partly from the work of the Manufacturing@MIT working group, formed in 2022 to assess many of these issues. The launch of the new initiative was previewed at a daylong MIT symposium on May 7, titled “A Vision for New Manufacturing.” The event, held before a capacity audience in MIT’s Wong Auditorium, featured over 30 speakers from a wide range of manufacturing sectors. “The rationale for growing and transforming U.S. manufacturing has never been more urgent than it is today,” Berger said at the event. “What we are trying to build at MIT now is not just another research project. … Together, with people in this room and outside this room, we’re trying to change what’s happening in our country.” “We need to think about the importance of manufacturing again, because it is what brings product ideas to people,” Love told MIT News. “For instance, in biotechnology, new life-saving medicines can’t reach patients without manufacturing. There is a real urgency about this issue for both economic prosperity and creating jobs. We have seen the impact for our country when we have lost our lead in manufacturing in some sectors. Biotechnology, where the U.S. has been the global leader for more than 40 years, offers the potential to promote new robust economies here, but we need to advance our capabilities in biomanufacturing to maintain our advantage in this area.” Hart adds: “While manufacturing feels very timely today, it is of enduring importance. Manufactured products enable our daily lives and manufacturing is critical to advancing the frontiers of technology and society. Our efforts leading up to launch of the initiative revealed great excitement about manufacturing across MIT, especially from students. Working with industry — from small to large companies, and from young startups to industrial giants — will be instrumental to creating impact and realizing the vision for new manufacturing.” In her letter to the MIT community today, Kornbluth stressed that the initiative’s goal is to drive transformation by making manufacturing more productive, resilient, and sustainable. “We want to reimagine manufacturing technologies and systems to advance fields like energy production, health care, computing, transportation, consumer products, and more,” she wrote. “And we want to reach well beyond the shop floor to tackle challenges like how to make supply chains more resilient, and how to inform public policy to foster a broad, healthy manufacturing ecosystem that can drive decades of innovation and growth.”
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MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing | Peter Dizikes, MIT News The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors. MIT today launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job creation. The initiative will encompass advanced research, innovative education programs, and partnership with companies across many sectors, in a bid to help transform manufacturing and elevate its impact. “We want to work with firms big and small, in cities, small towns and everywhere in between, to help them adopt new approaches for increased productivity,” MIT President Sally A. Kornbluth wrote in a letter to the Institute community this morning. “We want to deliberately design high-quality, human-centered manufacturing jobs that bring new life to communities across the country.” Kornbluth added: “Helping America build a future of new manufacturing is a perfect job for MIT — and I’m convinced that there is no more important work we can do to meet the moment and serve the nation now.” The Initiative for New Manufacturing also announced its first six founding industry consortium members: Amgen, Flex, GE Vernova, PTC, Sanofi, and Siemens. Participants in the INM Industry Consortium will support seed projects proposed by MIT researchers, initially in the area of artificial intelligence for manufacturing. INM joins the ranks of MIT’s other presidential initiatives — including The Climate Project at MIT; MITHIC, which supports the human-centered disciplines; MIT HEALS, centered on the life sciences and health; and MGAIC, the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium. “There is tremendous opportunity to bring together a vibrant community working across every scale — from nanotechnology to large-scale manufacturing — and across a wide-range of applications including semiconductors, medical devices, automotive, energy systems, and biotechnology,” says Anantha Chandrakasan, MIT’s chief innovation and strategy officer and dean of engineering, who is part of the initiative’s leadership team. “MIT is uniquely positioned to harness the transformative power of digital tools and AI to shape future of manufacturing. I’m truly excited about what we can build together and the synergies this creates with other cross-cutting initiatives across the Institute.” The initiative is just the latest MIT-centered effort in recent decades aiming to expand American manufacturing. A faculty research group wrote the 1989 bestseller “Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge,” advocating for a renewal of manufacturing; another MIT project, called Production in the Innovation Economy, called for expanded manufacturing in the early 2010s. In 2016, MIT also founded The Engine, a venture fund investing in hardware-based “tough tech” start-ups including many with potential to became substantial manufacturing firms. As developed, the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing is based around four major themes: - Reimagining manufacturing technologies and systems: realizing breakthrough technologies and system-level approaches to advance energy production, health care, computing, transportation, consumer products, and more; - Elevating the productivity and experience of manufacturing: developing and deploying new digitally driven methods and tools to amplify productivity and improve the human experience of manufacturing; - Scaling new manufacturing: accelerating the scaling of manufacturing companies and transforming supply chains to maximize efficiency and resilience, fostering product innovation and business growth; and - Transforming the manufacturing base: driving the deployment of a sustainable global manufacturing ecosystem that provides compelling opportunities to workers, with major efforts focused on the U.S. The initiative has mapped out many concrete activities and programs, which will include an Institute-wide research program on emerging technologies and other major topics; workforce and education programs; and industry engagement and participation. INM also aims to establish new labs for developing manufacturing tools and techniques; a “factory observatory” program which immerses students in manufacturing through visits to production sites; and key “pillars” focusing on areas from semiconductors and biomanufacturing to defense and aviation. The workforce and education element of INM will include TechAMP, an MIT-created program that works with community colleges to bridge the gap between technicians and engineers; AI-driven teaching tools; professional education; and an effort to expand manufacturing education on campus in collaboration with MIT departments and degree programs. INM’s leadership team has three faculty co-directors: John Hart, the Class of 1922 Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Suzanne Berger, Institute Professor at MIT and a political scientist who has conducted influential empirical studies of manufacturing; and Chris Love, the Raymond A. and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering. The initiative’s executive director is Julie Diop. The initiative is in the process of forming a faculty steering committee with representation from across the Institute, as well as an external advisory board. INM stems partly from the work of the Manufacturing@MIT working group, formed in 2022 to assess many of these issues. The launch of the new initiative was previewed at a daylong MIT symposium on May 7, titled “A Vision for New Manufacturing.” The event, held before a capacity audience in MIT’s Wong Auditorium, featured over 30 speakers from a wide range of manufacturing sectors. “The rationale for growing and transforming U.S. manufacturing has never been more urgent than it is today,” Berger said at the event. “What we are trying to build at MIT now is not just another research project. … Together, with people in this room and outside this room, we’re trying to change what’s happening in our country.” “We need to think about the importance of manufacturing again, because it is what brings product ideas to people,” Love told MIT News. “For instance, in biotechnology, new life-saving medicines can’t reach patients without manufacturing. There is a real urgency about this issue for both economic prosperity and creating jobs. We have seen the impact for our country when we have lost our lead in manufacturing in some sectors. Biotechnology, where the U.S. has been the global leader for more than 40 years, offers the potential to promote new robust economies here, but we need to advance our capabilities in biomanufacturing to maintain our advantage in this area.” Hart adds: “While manufacturing feels very timely today, it is of enduring importance. Manufactured products enable our daily lives and manufacturing is critical to advancing the frontiers of technology and society. Our efforts leading up to launch of the initiative revealed great excitement about manufacturing across MIT, especially from students. Working with industry — from small to large companies, and from young startups to industrial giants — will be instrumental to creating impact and realizing the vision for new manufacturing.” In her letter to the MIT community today, Kornbluth stressed that the initiative’s goal is to drive transformation by making manufacturing more productive, resilient, and sustainable. “We want to reimagine manufacturing technologies and systems to advance fields like energy production, health care, computing, transportation, consumer products, and more,” she wrote. “And we want to reach well beyond the shop floor to tackle challenges like how to make supply chains more resilient, and how to inform public policy to foster a broad, healthy manufacturing ecosystem that can drive decades of innovation and growth.”

Owen Gregorian

77,197 views • 1 year ago

New Model 3 Performance launching today 🏎️ → 0-60 mph in 2.9 510 hp / 741 Nm 163 mph top speed — Performance-tuned chassis Same quiet & comfortable cabin plus bespoke chassis hardware for improved stiffness and higher performance baseline. More power, lower energy consumption New Performance 4th gen drive unit can deliver: +22% continuous power +32% peak power +16% peak torque compared to previous Model 3 Performance. All with lower total energy consumption! Forged & staggered 20" wheels + Pirelli P Zero 4 tires Better traction out of corners while limiting traction control interventions. Also, better comfort, lower rolling resistance & increased range. Better Track Mode Track Mode V3 now integrates motor controls, suspension controls, powertrain cooling, & our Vehicle Dynamics Controller (VDC) under a single, unified system. This gives you a more predictable, stable & consistent experience in various track environments. New Adaptive Damping system Adjusts to driver & road inputs in real time to optimize ride & handling, while also improving ride comfort. Controlled via in-house software, which means it keeps improving via future over-the-air software updates. More aerodynamic exterior design 5% reduced drag, 36% lift reduction & 55% improvement in front-to-rear lift balance compared to previous Model 3 Performance. New Sports Seats Same functionality & comfort as before, but with much better lateral support for cornering & dynamic driving
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New Model 3 Performance launching today 🏎️ → 0-60 mph in 2.9 510 hp / 741 Nm 163 mph top speed — Performance-tuned chassis Same quiet & comfortable cabin plus bespoke chassis hardware for improved stiffness and higher performance baseline. More power, lower energy consumption New Performance 4th gen drive unit can deliver: +22% continuous power +32% peak power +16% peak torque compared to previous Model 3 Performance. All with lower total energy consumption! Forged & staggered 20" wheels + Pirelli P Zero 4 tires Better traction out of corners while limiting traction control interventions. Also, better comfort, lower rolling resistance & increased range. Better Track Mode Track Mode V3 now integrates motor controls, suspension controls, powertrain cooling, & our Vehicle Dynamics Controller (VDC) under a single, unified system. This gives you a more predictable, stable & consistent experience in various track environments. New Adaptive Damping system Adjusts to driver & road inputs in real time to optimize ride & handling, while also improving ride comfort. Controlled via in-house software, which means it keeps improving via future over-the-air software updates. More aerodynamic exterior design 5% reduced drag, 36% lift reduction & 55% improvement in front-to-rear lift balance compared to previous Model 3 Performance. New Sports Seats Same functionality & comfort as before, but with much better lateral support for cornering & dynamic driving

Tesla

34,248,242 views • 2 years ago

Solar supply is no longer a constraint. Around 600 GW were installed globally in 2024 and global capacity is now over a terawatt per year; total capacity of all sources installed in the US is about 1.2 terawatts. Modules are cheap, abundant, and getting installed almost everywhere, including places that previously didn't have much, if any, electricity. If we get to 1 TW of PV modules shipped every year, that would be like "multiple single digits percent of total electricity demand every year being added from just solar electrons." Key question though: how much demand will there be? And how much induced demand? Solar in many parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America is not displacing existing generation, it's bringing generation where there wasn't any. Meanwhile, the bigger questions are around how you configure a system around very, very low cost but variable power: ⚡ How quickly does storage scale? ⚡ Can you move demand around to match supply? ⚡ How do energy systems in places that aren't electrified get designed to account for variability? "Flexibility on the demand side is the more interesting question for the future than how much solar are we going to manufacture." 👉 Full conversation with Nat Bullard in the reply.
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Solar supply is no longer a constraint. Around 600 GW were installed globally in 2024 and global capacity is now over a terawatt per year; total capacity of all sources installed in the US is about 1.2 terawatts. Modules are cheap, abundant, and getting installed almost everywhere, including places that previously didn't have much, if any, electricity. If we get to 1 TW of PV modules shipped every year, that would be like "multiple single digits percent of total electricity demand every year being added from just solar electrons." Key question though: how much demand will there be? And how much induced demand? Solar in many parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America is not displacing existing generation, it's bringing generation where there wasn't any. Meanwhile, the bigger questions are around how you configure a system around very, very low cost but variable power: ⚡ How quickly does storage scale? ⚡ Can you move demand around to match supply? ⚡ How do energy systems in places that aren't electrified get designed to account for variability? "Flexibility on the demand side is the more interesting question for the future than how much solar are we going to manufacture." 👉 Full conversation with Nat Bullard in the reply.

Doug Lewin

14,782 views • 8 months ago

Losses of expensive equipment for the IDF are becoming routine. In the Shomera area, a Hezbollah FPV drone struck at least the third Iron Dome air defense system launcher in a month. The video was filmed on May 18, but published today. Based on the footage, the drone hit the containers with air defense missiles directly again: if they're not empty, this usually leads to detonation and destruction. Notably, all the launchers struck by Hezbollah were deployed near the Lebanese border. The IDF is trying to protect border settlements this way: with air defense positioned further away, it simply doesn't have time to react to a launch. 🖍Overall, this is another illustration of how, amid the "drone revolution," traditional air defense systems increasingly turn from hunter into prey. Moreover, Hezbollah uses the most ordinary FPV drones without Starlink and auto-guidance modules. ❗️For now, the IDF appears to be at the very beginning of realizing that the realities have changed, and an entire Iron Dome battery can be destroyed by drones for a thousand dollars. In time, this will sink in, and the launchers will acquire protective measures. The question is how many more Israeli air defense systems Hezbollah will be able to strike by then.
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Losses of expensive equipment for the IDF are becoming routine. In the Shomera area, a Hezbollah FPV drone struck at least the third Iron Dome air defense system launcher in a month. The video was filmed on May 18, but published today. Based on the footage, the drone hit the containers with air defense missiles directly again: if they're not empty, this usually leads to detonation and destruction. Notably, all the launchers struck by Hezbollah were deployed near the Lebanese border. The IDF is trying to protect border settlements this way: with air defense positioned further away, it simply doesn't have time to react to a launch. 🖍Overall, this is another illustration of how, amid the "drone revolution," traditional air defense systems increasingly turn from hunter into prey. Moreover, Hezbollah uses the most ordinary FPV drones without Starlink and auto-guidance modules. ❗️For now, the IDF appears to be at the very beginning of realizing that the realities have changed, and an entire Iron Dome battery can be destroyed by drones for a thousand dollars. In time, this will sink in, and the launchers will acquire protective measures. The question is how many more Israeli air defense systems Hezbollah will be able to strike by then.

Rybar MENA

10,179 views • 2 months ago

🚨BREAKING: UAE🇦🇪 EXITS OPEC AND OPEC+, OPEC LOSES ITS THIRD LARGEST PRODUCER The UAE announced its withdrawal from OPEC after more than five decades, effective on the 1st of May. The UAE is a founding member, having joined in 1967, four years before the UAE itself was established. The UAE said the move reflects its national interest and its role in meeting market needs at a time when the Strait of Hormuz crisis has disrupted energy flows and kept oil prices elevated, and forecasted higher energy demand in the future. The UAE has ambitions to increase production from 3.4 million barrels per day to five million by 2027, which OPEC quotas would have constrained. The UAE’s decision to leave OPEC and OPEC+ is a fundamental reordering of the global energy market, and a further shift towards multipolarity, with the UAE positioning itself to be at the forefront of meeting rising global energy demand. OPEC has long declined in its geopolitical power, and the UAE has decided to forge its own path with having no limits on increasing production, as the world reels from the energy shock unleashed by the Trump-Netanyahu war of aggression against Iran. The UAE is not the first in the GCC to leave OPEC, with Qatar leaving in 2019. The propaganda headlines you’ll be seeing of a UAE-Saudi conflict over the decision will likely amount to hot air. There will inevitably be short-term energy price instability, but countries around the world will rush to secure deals with the UAE to offset a major economic crisis caused by the war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The international institutions of old are increasingly irrelevant, and OPEC is widely seen as the organisation of yesterday. The future will likely involve energy institutions and mechanisms within BRICS, to facilitate stable energy prices in a multipolar world. The UAE’s exit from OPEC is just one step closer in that direction. With China and the global south set to drive economic growth this century, the UAE is now well-positioned to benefit from multipolarity, free of production caps, as long-term energy demand will continue climbing, as the nations of the global south develop their economies and increase living standards for their people. My live segment on RT
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🚨BREAKING: UAE🇦🇪 EXITS OPEC AND OPEC+, OPEC LOSES ITS THIRD LARGEST PRODUCER The UAE announced its withdrawal from OPEC after more than five decades, effective on the 1st of May. The UAE is a founding member, having joined in 1967, four years before the UAE itself was established. The UAE said the move reflects its national interest and its role in meeting market needs at a time when the Strait of Hormuz crisis has disrupted energy flows and kept oil prices elevated, and forecasted higher energy demand in the future. The UAE has ambitions to increase production from 3.4 million barrels per day to five million by 2027, which OPEC quotas would have constrained. The UAE’s decision to leave OPEC and OPEC+ is a fundamental reordering of the global energy market, and a further shift towards multipolarity, with the UAE positioning itself to be at the forefront of meeting rising global energy demand. OPEC has long declined in its geopolitical power, and the UAE has decided to forge its own path with having no limits on increasing production, as the world reels from the energy shock unleashed by the Trump-Netanyahu war of aggression against Iran. The UAE is not the first in the GCC to leave OPEC, with Qatar leaving in 2019. The propaganda headlines you’ll be seeing of a UAE-Saudi conflict over the decision will likely amount to hot air. There will inevitably be short-term energy price instability, but countries around the world will rush to secure deals with the UAE to offset a major economic crisis caused by the war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The international institutions of old are increasingly irrelevant, and OPEC is widely seen as the organisation of yesterday. The future will likely involve energy institutions and mechanisms within BRICS, to facilitate stable energy prices in a multipolar world. The UAE’s exit from OPEC is just one step closer in that direction. With China and the global south set to drive economic growth this century, the UAE is now well-positioned to benefit from multipolarity, free of production caps, as long-term energy demand will continue climbing, as the nations of the global south develop their economies and increase living standards for their people. My live segment on RT

Afshin Rattansi

18,021 views • 3 months ago

Behind every successful Hajj season is an enormous infrastructure working silently around the clock to serve millions of pilgrims in the holy land. The electricity network powering the holy sites is one of the most advanced and sophisticated systems in the world. Stretching across more than 6,000 kilometers of electrical distribution networks, the system ensures uninterrupted power supply to every corner of the holy sites during the peak of Hajj activities. To guarantee efficiency and rapid response, over 3,072 automated distribution stations are deployed and monitored through advanced control centers equipped with modern digital technology. These stations help maintain stability and reliability even during periods of massive demand. The system is further strengthened by more than 10,503 smart meters, providing real-time monitoring and accurate management of electricity consumption across the holy sites. Supporting all of this is a fiber optic network spanning about 940 kilometers, enabling fast communication, instant data transmission, and seamless coordination between operational centers and field teams. In addition, 17 major substations are dedicated to supplying electricity to the holy sites, ensuring that millions of pilgrims can perform their spiritual obligations comfortably, safely, and without disruption. Behind these impressive numbers are thousands of engineers, technicians, operators, and workers who dedicate their efforts day and night to maintaining this vital service. Their commitment reflects the Kingdom’s continuous investment in technology, infrastructure, and the service of the Guests of Allah. Indeed, the success of Hajj is not only a spiritual achievement, but also a remarkable example of planning, innovation, and human dedication on a massive scale. © سائح تيوب
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Behind every successful Hajj season is an enormous infrastructure working silently around the clock to serve millions of pilgrims in the holy land. The electricity network powering the holy sites is one of the most advanced and sophisticated systems in the world. Stretching across more than 6,000 kilometers of electrical distribution networks, the system ensures uninterrupted power supply to every corner of the holy sites during the peak of Hajj activities. To guarantee efficiency and rapid response, over 3,072 automated distribution stations are deployed and monitored through advanced control centers equipped with modern digital technology. These stations help maintain stability and reliability even during periods of massive demand. The system is further strengthened by more than 10,503 smart meters, providing real-time monitoring and accurate management of electricity consumption across the holy sites. Supporting all of this is a fiber optic network spanning about 940 kilometers, enabling fast communication, instant data transmission, and seamless coordination between operational centers and field teams. In addition, 17 major substations are dedicated to supplying electricity to the holy sites, ensuring that millions of pilgrims can perform their spiritual obligations comfortably, safely, and without disruption. Behind these impressive numbers are thousands of engineers, technicians, operators, and workers who dedicate their efforts day and night to maintaining this vital service. Their commitment reflects the Kingdom’s continuous investment in technology, infrastructure, and the service of the Guests of Allah. Indeed, the success of Hajj is not only a spiritual achievement, but also a remarkable example of planning, innovation, and human dedication on a massive scale. © سائح تيوب

Bashir Ahmad, OON

113,715 views • 2 months ago

🚨🇨🇳 TRUMP IN TEARS: China builds air logistics the US can’t match China just changed how logistics works. On February 1, the Caihong YH-1000S, a hybrid fixed-wing transport drone developed by CASC’s 11th Institute, completed its first flight near Chongqing. The aircraft uses a hybrid powerplant developed together with major players from China’s automotive industry. As a result, takeoff and landing distances are shorter, payload and range are higher, and operating costs are lower. The maiden flight focused on validating these performance parameters. What makes this project stand out is how it was built. Aerospace and automotive supply chains were integrated from the start. Modular production and shared components helped reduce development time and manufacturing costs. The system was conceived with serial production in mind. The mission profile is deliberately broad: international cargo transport, emergency deliveries, disaster response, maritime monitoring, coastal control, even weather modification. One airframe, many roles. Once transport aircraft no longer require pilots, long runways, or complex deployment cycles, logistics become faster and harder to disrupt. Airlift stops being a bottleneck and starts looking like infrastructure. Does Trump have any response beyond barking in public and launching another bloated program?
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🚨🇨🇳 TRUMP IN TEARS: China builds air logistics the US can’t match China just changed how logistics works. On February 1, the Caihong YH-1000S, a hybrid fixed-wing transport drone developed by CASC’s 11th Institute, completed its first flight near Chongqing. The aircraft uses a hybrid powerplant developed together with major players from China’s automotive industry. As a result, takeoff and landing distances are shorter, payload and range are higher, and operating costs are lower. The maiden flight focused on validating these performance parameters. What makes this project stand out is how it was built. Aerospace and automotive supply chains were integrated from the start. Modular production and shared components helped reduce development time and manufacturing costs. The system was conceived with serial production in mind. The mission profile is deliberately broad: international cargo transport, emergency deliveries, disaster response, maritime monitoring, coastal control, even weather modification. One airframe, many roles. Once transport aircraft no longer require pilots, long runways, or complex deployment cycles, logistics become faster and harder to disrupt. Airlift stops being a bottleneck and starts looking like infrastructure. Does Trump have any response beyond barking in public and launching another bloated program?

NewRulesGeopolitics

69,216 views • 6 months ago

Efficiency is the real bottleneck in AI. As AI adoption accelerates, data centers are becoming some of the most energy-hungry assets in the world. $NBIS' approach is clear: sustainability isn’t an afterthought, it’s a design principle. The company designs its servers, racks, and data centers in-house, allowing: - Higher thermal & power efficiency - Faster cluster deployment - Lower failure rates and easier maintenance - Longer hardware lifespan Essentially, more compute per unit of energy. In Finland, $NBIS operates hybrid cooling systems that combine outside air with direct liquid-to-chip cooling, using a closed-loop system with zero water withdrawal. Even more interesting: waste heat isn’t wasted. In 2024 alone, Nebius’ Finnish data center: - Helped heat ~2,500 households - Avoided ~3,200 tons of CO₂ emissions This is circular efficiency in practice. On the software side, $NBIS' full-stack cloud platform avoids overprovisioning by sharing buffers across hundreds of customers, while offering deep observability, down to tracking every kilowatt used to train large models across compute and storage. All in all, $NBIS is building AI infrastructure optimized for peak performance, cost efficiency, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
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Efficiency is the real bottleneck in AI. As AI adoption accelerates, data centers are becoming some of the most energy-hungry assets in the world. $NBIS' approach is clear: sustainability isn’t an afterthought, it’s a design principle. The company designs its servers, racks, and data centers in-house, allowing: - Higher thermal & power efficiency - Faster cluster deployment - Lower failure rates and easier maintenance - Longer hardware lifespan Essentially, more compute per unit of energy. In Finland, $NBIS operates hybrid cooling systems that combine outside air with direct liquid-to-chip cooling, using a closed-loop system with zero water withdrawal. Even more interesting: waste heat isn’t wasted. In 2024 alone, Nebius’ Finnish data center: - Helped heat ~2,500 households - Avoided ~3,200 tons of CO₂ emissions This is circular efficiency in practice. On the software side, $NBIS' full-stack cloud platform avoids overprovisioning by sharing buffers across hundreds of customers, while offering deep observability, down to tracking every kilowatt used to train large models across compute and storage. All in all, $NBIS is building AI infrastructure optimized for peak performance, cost efficiency, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

M. V. Cunha

44,039 views • 7 months ago