SpaceX plans to reach Mars by 2018

Elon Musk’s SpaceX isn’t dilly-dallying on its space exploration plans. Its founder has previously said he wanted to bring humans to Mars in 10 years. And it seems the first step is being taken. Musk announced on Twitter that he plans to send Dragon, the vehicle designed to fly people and cargo to Mars, by 2018. “Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018. Red Dragons will inform overall Mars architecture, details to come,” the tweet said.

There isn’t much information on it yet but another tweet from Musk says, “Dragon 2 is designed to be able to land anywhere in the solar system. Red Dragon Mars mission is the first test flight.” However, no plans of sending a human to Mars just yet. “But wouldn’t recommend transporting astronauts beyond Earth-moon region. Wouldn’t be fun for longer journeys. Internal volume ~size of SUV.” According to SpaceX, the Dragon’s first manned test flight is about two or three years away.

Source: CNET

Google Calendar now helps you find time for office meetings

Google Calendar is hoping to become your best productivity tool. Its latest update for the Android app introduces Find a Time feature. It’ll look at everyone’s schedule to determine what the best time to hold a meeting would be based on when everyone is free (or at least as close to that as possible. It’ll then give you several suggested times to choose from. If there is no time when participants will be available, the Calendar will “look at which conflicting meetings can most easily be rescheduled.”

This feature, of course, needs everyone to keep their calendars updated. Find a Time only works using Google Apps for Work or Google Apps for Education. It works similar to how Calendar’s new Goals feature works but applied to the office.

Source: The Verge

Beats 1 invades Toronto in time for the release of Drake's "Views from the 6"

Canadian artist Drake is set to release his latest album Views from the 6, which drops on April 29 exclusively on Apple Music. To celebrate the release an OVO Sound Radio exclusive interview with Drake out of Toronto is  airing at 10pm ET 4/28 on Beats 1. Drake is expected to play tracks from the new album.

Beats 1 global DJ Zane Lowe was also in Toronto broadcasting his Beats 1 live show which featured call in interviews from Canadian artists like Majid Jordan, Jahkoy, Badbadnotgood, Charlotte Day Wilson & PUP.

Sesame Workshop and IBM Watson work to advance early childhood education

 Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization that produces Sesame Street, and IBM today announced a collaboration to use IBM Watson’s cognitive computing technology and Sesame’s early childhood expertise to help advance preschool education around the world.

As part of a three-year agreement, Sesame Workshop and IBM will collaborate to develop educational platforms and products that will be designed to adapt to the learning preferences and aptitude levels of individual preschoolers. Research shows that a significant extent of brain development occurs in the first five years of a child’s life, making this window critical for learning and development.

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