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Virgin Galactic offers a peek inside SpaceShipTwo in VR, making its case in the space tourism race

GeekWire

This comes amid a rivalry with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for shares of a space tourism market that’s expected to grow to $3 billion annually by 2030. Let’s start with the seats, which are arranged in threes on each side of a middle aisle.

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Boeing sinks more money into electric air taxi project it’s co-developing with Kitty Hawk

The Verge

Wisk Aero, the electric air taxi startup, raised $450 million from Boeing in a new funding round that it claims will make it “one of the most well-funded [advanced air mobility] companies in the world.”. Wisk hasn’t let the lack of regulatory approval get in the way of its business dealings.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

AI is also enabling users to do a quick 3D scan of their mouth with their mobile phone, so they can see their potential new smile in a matter of minutes, Skinner says. And it’s not just applications development where such tools are having an impact. There are indications the voice market is slowing. IDC is forecasting a 5.1%

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Honda’s new Legend sedan will drive itself on busy highways in 2021

The Verge

In a press release , Honda says it has received approval from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to mass-produce Level 3 vehicles. Level 4 automation means that the car is capable of handling most driving situations itself, whereas Level 5 is largely theoretical and covers complete automation in any condition.

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Vergecast: Jeff Bezos in space, RCS on Verizon, and Biden on Big Tech

The Verge

The space tourism industry is stuck in its billionaire phase. Alex and Dieter discuss the video game handheld the Playdate, OnePlus’ Buds Pro, and Amazon’s latest announcements for developers on its Echo products. The Dish ‘fix’ for the T-Mobile-Sprint merger seems more shortsighted than ever.

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Announcement of Crowdsourcing Week: Singapore April 2013

Trends in the Living Networks

Curating content spanning the areas of Science/Tech, Enterprise, Government/NGO & Citizen Journalism, Crowdfunding, Advertising, Marketing, Design, Fashion, Film, Photography, Tourism and Open Source. Best Practices.

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The World in 2030: Four scenarios for long-term planning and strategy

Trends in the Living Networks

Economic divergence: developed world stagnation. Inexpensive and highly mobile labour. Affluence drives tourism and travel. SCENARIO: SHOCK TREATMENT. Protectionism rises and markets localise. Little global action on climate amid massive impact of global warming. China and India fragment. Immigration tensions and rioting.

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