Episode Number 195 – August 22nd 2024 – GPS hack revisit, Mosquitos, Sapphires,AI Friends, Mass produced people

This week's guest: Tramiya Fitzpatrick from AARLCC

Links to this week’s stories:

GPS revisit:
Spoofing versus Jamming

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/what-is-gps-jamming-why-it-is-problem-aviation-2024-04-30/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gps-is-easy-to-hack-and-the-u-s-has-no-backup/

https://ops.group/blog/400-increase-in-gps-spoofing-workgroup-established/

Fiction come to life:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-fossilized-blood-engorged-mosquito-is-found-for-the-first-time-ever-1749788/

Where do Sapphires come from?

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mysterious-origins-of-sapphires-have-finally-been-deciphered

What makes a friend?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24220378/openai-advanced-voice-mode-uncanny-valley

Mass produced people:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/18/you-feel-a-bit-mass-produced-donor-conceived-people-on-the-export-of-uk-sperm

https://www.news10.com/womens-health/womens-health-wednesday-egg-donors/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR