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2 months ago | 
ojoyoshidareport.com | Mike Markowitz |Sam Sifton
Stories on AI, ST results and, separately, its sustainability, expansion into a new market for Vicor, and the last in the series examining the heritage of the US Space Program with some amazing granola, as a snack! Source: Michael Markowitz Share This Post: By Mike Markowitz Some great content to highlight on the site this week: With all of the discussion about AI, Bolaji sat down with industry veteran and CEO of Veriest Moshe Zalcberg to understand whether AI can help design and verify the...
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2 months ago | 
ojoyoshidareport.com | Lee Goldberg |Mike Markowitz
NASA used a human-rated derivative of a ballistic missile to launch a man into orbit. SpaceShipOne used a less-expense approach. In both cases, piloting badassery was vital to the missions' successes. Share This Post: By Lee GoldbergNASA investigated multiple launch systems to put a man into Space and ultimately decided to put the Mercury capsule atop derivatives of ballistic missiles.
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2 months ago | 
ojoyoshidareport.com | Lee Goldberg |Mike Markowitz
Despite very different launch and guidance systems, the Mercury and StarShipOne spacecraft shared many design requirements. Source: Photograph by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36748642 Share This Post: By Lee GoldbergIn the beginning, US efforts in Space were largely driven by militaristic goals and the belief in US exceptionalism.
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2 months ago | 
ojoyoshidareport.com | Lee Goldberg |Mike Markowitz
The US Space program, prodded by Russia's surprise first-man-in-space success, highlights how America reacts to challenges. Mercury capsule: Source: NASA Share This Post: By Lee Goldberg, Contributing EditorTechnological evolution is about building on the foundations and lessons of the past. The heritage of the US Space Program is a testament to that evolution. There is great value in comparing and contrasting two groundbreaking “firsts.” Read the 3-part mission to learn more.
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2 months ago | 
ojoyoshidareport.com | Mike Markowitz |Bolaji Ojo
AI, corruption, and the threat to democracy: Why the electronics industry must pay attentionPork Bulgogi. Source: Mike Markowtiz Share This Post: By Artificial Intelligence is poised to revolutionize every sector of the global economy, and the electronics industry sits at the heart of this transformation. But as with any powerful technology, AI is only as ethical as those who wield it.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ojoyoshidareport.com | Mike Markowitz |Bolaji Ojo
Mike Markowitz assumes the role of editor-in-chief at the Ojo-Yoshida Report with a mouthwatering introduction. Something to chew on. Source: Shutterstock Share This Post: By Although we’d previously never worked in the same organization, I’ve known and been friendly a long time with Bolaji Ojo, co-founder and managing editor of the Ojo-Yoshida Report.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
coinweek.com | Mike Markowitz
By Mike Markowitz with Charles Morgan for CoinWeek ….. Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel to his film Gladiator (2000), was released to nearly universal derision by classicists. Put bluntly, the history in the film is a hot mess. However, while few people go to the movies to learn ancient history, the appearance of another Hollywood sword-and-sandal epic may stimulate greater interest in the actual Roman rulers represented so inaccurately on the screen.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
coinweek.com | Mike Markowitz
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. FOR ANCIENT ROMANS, Juno (Iuno in Latin[1]) was the queen of the gods, sister and wife of the supreme deity, Jupiter. She was identified with the Greek goddess Hera[2], although Romans worshipped her under many different local cults. As Juno Sospita (“Savior”), she was a war goddess, armed with spear and shield.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
coinweek.com | Mike Markowitz
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare. Queen of the immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty:she is the sister and the wife of loud-thundering Zeus,—the glorious one whom all the blessed throughout high Olympusreverence and honour even as Zeus who delights in thunder. –Anonymous, Homeric Hymn 12COMPOSED IN THE seventh or possibly sixth century BCE, the so-called Homeric Hymns offer poetic descriptions of ancient Greek deities.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
coinweek.com | Mike Markowitz
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE of Persia founded by Cyrus the Great (ruled 559-530 BCE) was eventually conquered (330 BCE) by Alexander the Great. Achaemenid kings ruled their vast, multi-ethnic state through a system of appointed governors or satraps, recruited mainly from a narrow elite of closely related Iranian families. “Satrap” is the Greek reading of the Old Persian word khshathapavan, meaning “protector of the province”.
