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MicroPython Is This Summer’s Hottest Title For The SNES, Thanks To Claude Fable

MicroPython, for the uninitiated, is a pared-down version of python meant to run on today’s powerful microcontollers. As ...

Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

SpudCell is exciting scientists because it appears to bring several features of life together in one system. The researchers describe it as capable of feeding, growth, genome replication, genetically ...
IEEE

Computational Guidance Using Model Predictive Static Programming for Challenging Space Missions: An Introductory Tutorial with Example Scenarios

Abstract: Several essential services, such as cellular phones, the Internet, television, navigation, weather prediction, and remote sensing, rely on satellites in low-Earth orbits, the technology for ...
IEEE

Geometric Programming for Aerodynamically-Actuated Wingsail Design Optimization

Abstract: In this article, we describe a deterministic optimization framework for the conceptual-stage design of aerodynamically-actuated wingsails. The primary objective of high-performance sailing ...