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The Kalman Filter. Helping Chickens Cross the Road.

  https://mathvoices.ams.org/featurecolumn/2022/02/01/the-kalman-filter-helping-chickens-cross-the-road/     The Kalman Filter. Helping Chickens Cross the Road. David Austin Grand Valley State University I was running some errands recently when I spied the Chicken Robot ambling down the sidewalk, then veering into the bike lane. A local grocery chain needs to transport rotisserie chickens from one of its larger stores to its downtown market. Their solution? A semi-autonomous delivery vehicle that makes the three-mile journey navigating with GPS. I was curious how this worked. The locations provided by most GPS systems are only accurate to within a meter or so. How could those juicy chickens know how to stay so carefully in the center of the bike lane? A typical solution to problems like this is an elegant algorithm, known as Kalman filtering, that’s embedded in a wide range of technology that most of us frequently either use or...

The war in Ukraine isn’t working out the way Russia intended

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/27/ukraine-russia-invasion-tactics/  The war in Ukraine isn’t working out the way Russia intended Tactical blunders and fierce resistance from the Ukrainians risk ensnaring the Russians in a protracted conflict, military experts say The war in Ukraine isn’t going Russia’s way. Videos posted on social media show whole columns of tanks and armored vehicles have been wiped out. Others have been stopped in their tracks by ordinary Ukrainians standing on the street to block their advance. Lightly armed units propelled deep into the country without support have been surrounded and their soldiers captured or killed. Warplanes have been shot out of the skies and helicopters have been downed, according to Ukrainian and U.S. military officials. Logistics supply chains have failed, leaving troops stranded on roadsides to be captured because their vehicles ran out of fuel. Most critically, Russia has proved unable to secure air superiority over the...

The offensive of Russia and the new world

Web Archieve: https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html Translation: Terjemahan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z7zQiS-99mhqmJqJ-r-a2MJct5Q3MT1XpSTB6uj0ezI/edit The offensive of Russia and the new world 11:36 26.02.2022 (updated: 11:43 02/26/2022 ) 2429 © Sputnik / Alexey Maishev/Go to photo bank subscribe to Petr Akopov all materials Russia is restoring its historical fullness, gathering the Russian world, the Russian people together - in its entirety of Great Russians, Belarusians and Little Russians. A new world is being born before our eyes. Russia's military operation in Ukraine has ushered in a new era - and in three dimensions at once. And of course, in the fourth, internal Russian. Here begins a new period both in ideology and in the very model of our socio-economic system - but this is worth talking about separately a little later. Russia is restoring its unity - the tragedy of 1991, this terrible catastrophe in our his...

Forecasts of cross -country politicians

https://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2022-02-03/3_1175_donbass.html   Forecasts of cross -country politicians About built -in traps and trash cans Some representatives of the Russian political class today argue that Russia is able to inflict a crushing defeat on Ukraine in a few hours (and shorter periods are also mentioned) if a military conflict breaks out. Let's see how such statements correspond to reality. In the expert community of Russia, the opinion has recently taken root quite strongly that it will not even be necessary to send troops to the territory of Ukraine, since the Armed Forces of this country are in a deplorable state. Some political analysts emphasize that a powerful Russian fire strike will destroy almost all surveillance and communication systems, artillery and tank formations. Moreover, a number of experts conclude that even one crushing blow from Russia will be enough to end such a war. As a cherry on the cake, some analysts emphasize the fact that no one in Ukraine wi...

A Monument Of Victory: The Bayraktar TB2 Kill List

  https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/12/a-monument-of-victory-bayraktar-tb2.html   By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans in collaboration with Jakub Janovsky , Dan , and COIN   Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik! - A thousand cavaliers, we beat a giant army that day! (Akıncılar, by Yahya Kemal Beyatlı) The Bayraktar TB2 has changed the notion of how modern-day conflicts are being fought that, now that it has been tried and tested in at least three separate conflicts, cannot be reverted. The fact that a relatively light and inexpensive drone could not only evade but actively search out and destroy modern surface-to-air missile (SAM) and electronic warfare (EW) systems while suffering little losses in return has rightfully garnered worldwide attention. The result of the TB2's entry into combat was a stunning upset of the status quo, forcing many countries to rethink their approach to defence.   Some observers have attempted to downplay the TB2's extra...

Limited impact on chips yet as Russia invades Ukraine, future uncertain

 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/limited-impact-on-chips-yet-as-russia-invades-ukraine-future-uncertain/articleshow/89795693.cms Limited impact on chips yet as Russia invades Ukraine, future uncertain Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/limited-impact-on-chips-yet-as-russia-invades-ukraine-future-uncertain/articleshow/89795693.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Tokyo/Taipei: Large chip companies so far predict limited supply chain disruption from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, thanks to raw material stockpiling and diversified procurement, but some industry sources worry about the longer-term impact. One of the worst security crises in Europe in decades is unfolding, with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday authorising a military operation in eastern Ukraine in what appeared to be the start of a war.    The crisis has hit stocks of tech companies that source or sell globally ...

Chipmakers see limited impact for now, as Russia invades Ukraine

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/limited-impact-on-chips-yet-as-russia-invades-ukraine-future-uncertain/articleshow/89795693.cms  UPDATE 2-Chipmakers see limited impact for now, as Russia invades Ukraine - Reuters News February 24, 2022, 18:38  Adds Micron comment, paragraph 7 By Tim Kelly and Ben Blanchard TOKYO/TAIPEI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Large chip companies said they expected limited supply chain disruption for now from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, thanks to raw material stockpiling and diversified procurement, but some industry sources said there could be an impact longer term. Europe faced one of its biggest security crises in decades, after Russia invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea. (Full Story) The crisis hit stocks of tech companies that source or sell globally amid fears of further supply chain disruptions after a yearlong shortage of semiconductor chips. Ukraine supplies more than 90% of U.S. semiconductor-grade neon, critical for lasers used in chi...

Sinovac COVID-19 shot with Pfizer booster less effective against Omicron - study

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/sinovac-covid-19-shot-with-pfizer-booster-less-effective-against-omicron-study-2021-12-31/   Dec 31 (Reuters) - Sinovac's two-dose COVID-19 vaccine followed by a booster Pfizer-BioNTech shot showed a lower immune response against the Omicron variant compared with other strains, according to a study by researchers. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed yet, was conducted by researchers from Yale University, the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Health and other institutions. The Sinovac (SVA.O) two-dose regimen along with the Pfizer (PFE.N) shot produced an antibody response similar to a two-dose mRNA vaccine, according to the study. Antibody levels against Omicron were 6.3-fold lower when compared with the ancestral variant and 2.7-fold lower when compared with Delta.     Akiko Iwasaki, one of the authors of the study,   said   on Twitter that CoronaVac recipients may need two addition...