North Korea
North Korean missile lands perilously close to Japan washingtonpost
In flight time, that meant the missile was only 20 or 30 seconds from Japan itself, said Euan Graham, who served as a British diplomat in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital.
Iran
U.S. Sent $400M to Iran While American Hostages Were Freed time
The money, the U.S. asserts, was not a ransom payment, but rather the first installment of some $1.7 billion the Obama administration has agreed to pay Iran to resolve a decades-old failed arms deal.
Brexit
Registering EU migrants already living in Britain would amount to '140 years of work' standard.co.uk
Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk, said: "Depending on how long Brexit negotiations take, the Government may need to register EU citizens already living here quite quickly.
Society
Supreme court blocks order to let transgender student use boys' bathroom theguardian
The ruling permits the Gloucester county school board gets.gc.k12.va.us to continue barring Gavin Grimm, a trans boy, from using the boys’ restroom until the supreme court decides whether or not to hear Grimm’s challenge to the school board.
Medical Tech
Wireless, implantable sensors the size of a grain of sand could have wide use in body monitoring medicalxpress v
The so-called neural dust, which the team implanted in the muscles and peripheral nerves of rats, is unique in that ultrasound is used both to power and read out the measurements. Ultrasound technology is already well-developed for hospital use, and ultrasound vibrations can penetrate nearly anywhere in the body, unlike radio waves, the researchers say.
3D Printing
Singapore Startup Uses 3D Printed Fuel to Launch Self-Made Rocket in Australia 3dprint
That’s right, 3D printed fuel. Which is exactly what the Singapore-based startup Gilmour Space Technologies utilized to successfully launch their self-made RASTA rocket into sub-orbit. This proprietary 3D printed fuel was developed by a seven-person research team at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) campus, which is where Gilmour Space Technologies’ office is located. The startup was founded by Adam and Michelle Gilmour, a married couple who left their careers in banking behind to venture into rocket-launch services.
Robots
Wall-riding robots spin carbon fiber structures engadget
Two robots pass carbon fiber threads back and forth to weave the pattern, then attach it to wall anchors...The web-like structures can be built on up to four walls simply by adding more bots. The powerful vacuum fans require external power, so the team's next step is to extend the range and the number of robots that can be used.
Space
This Company Just Got Permission to Land a Robot on the Moon time
California-based Moon Express moonexpress is set to announce Wednesday that it has become the first private space company to get U.S. government approval to fly a mission to the moon.
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