Singularity Hub Daily Newsletter for 07/19/2013

Singularity Hub's published articles from the last 24 hours. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Updates from Singularity Hub Robot Fighter Jet X-47B Autonomously Lands on Aircraft Carrier By Jason Dorrier on Jul 19, 2013 09:06 am The Navy's newest fighter is a high-tech batwing the size of an F/A 18 Super Hornet. The stealthy X-47B can carry 4,500 pounds of weapons at half mach speed, up to 40,000 feet, and over 2,400 miles. The aircraft lacks but one thing. A cockpit. The X-47B is a next-generation military drone. Unlike previous military drones, the X-47B is completely autonomous. And we're not just talking the ability to fly simple missions from one airstrip to another. Recently, the X-47B landed on an aircraft carrier by algorithm alone. That's something only elite fighter pilots have been able to do until now. Read in browser » More to read: Two Boston Patients Free of HIV After Bone-Marrow Transplant New 3D Brain Map 50 Times More Detailed Than Previous Maps Welcoming Your New Robot Overlords Need A Better Forecast On The Future? Look No Further Than Our Daily Newsletter! Boston Dynamics' Humanoid Robot, ATLAS, In Latest Video Like on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend The impossible is becoming possible. The future that you thought would not come in your lifetime is coming sooner than you thought. Singularity Hub is here to tell you about it.  follow on Twitter | Like on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Singularity Hub, LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you either opted in at our website or showed interest in our affiliate site on http://singularityhub.com or http://singularityu.org Our mailing address is: Singularity Hub, LLC NASA Research Park Building 20 S. Akron Rd. MS 20-1 Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences