Forget Cyborgs — Biohybrid Robots Are Almost Here

Not creepy in the slightest....

https://www.livescience.com/61058-biohybrid-robots.html

Lab-Grown "Clean Meat" is Almost Here. Will You Eat It?

Ethical vegetarians and vegans rejoice!

http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/lab-grown-clean-meat-is-almost-here-will-you-eat-it

Quantum Computers Bust Problem Conventional Computers Can't Solve

https://www.livescience.com/61054-quantum-computer-50-qubits.html

Biodegradable nanobots could help treat cancer

A crude version of what nanotech has been promising:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/11/24/biodegradable-nanobots-could-help-treat-cancer/

Automation could kill 73 million U.S. jobs by 2030

Ah, but when A.I. is good enough, there won't be ANY jobs humans can do better:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/11/29/automation-could-kill-73-million-u-s-jobs-2030/899878001/

9 Robot Animals Built From Nature’s Best-Kept Secrets

There are some very cool and creepy designs here:

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/28/9-robot-animals-built-from-natures-best-kept-secrets/

Soft robot muscles with origami skeletons can lift 1,000 times their own weight

Not as effective for the robot uprising, but surely useful:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/27/16705062/soft-robot-muscles-origami-skeleton-mit-harvard

New Video Shows a Creepily Human-Like Robot Doing a Backflip

The robots are coming...and they are already able to perform feats of agility that most humans can't do:

https://www.livescience.com/60968-atlas-robot-does-backflip.html

Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Hand Restores 100 Realistic Touch Sensations

The full sense of touch changes everything for prosthetics:

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/27/thought-controlled-prosthetic-hand-delivers-100-realistic-sensations/

8 Ways AI Will Transform Our Cities by 2030

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/25/8-ways-ai-will-transform-our-cities-by-2030/

5 Wild Biotech Products That Will Touch Our Lives in the Near Future

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/24/5-wild-biotech-products-of-the-future/#sm.00001g3d7gpenudfdw2drrty4172v

“All-Solid-State” Battery Offers Better Performance and Improved Safety

https://scitechdaily.com/all-solid-state-battery-offers-better-performance-and-improved-safety/

CRISPR Can Now Hitch a Ride on Nanoparticles to Battle Disease

The potential here is tremendous:

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/22/crispr-can-now-hitch-a-ride-on-nanoparticles-to-battle-disease/

New Mind-Controlled Prosthetics Are Poised To Transform Humanity

https://futurism.com/new-mind-controlled-prosthetics-poised-transform-humanity/

This Humanoid Robot May be Your Next Assistant

Full-body waldoes should open the world to a wide variety of capabilities, like virtual surgery and safer hazardous environment work:

https://futurism.com/humanoid-robot-may-next-assistant/

Lie-detector avatar in testing for travel use

This seems a little 1984-ish, but it's will surely become part of future air travel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6sRtiBdUbE

For the First Time, a Robot Passed a Medical Licensing Exam

This is potentially huge:

https://futurism.com/first-time-robot-passed-medical-licensing-exam/

Damn, China again!

The Robot Revolution Is Coming. Just Be Patient.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-16/the-robot-revolution-is-coming-just-be-patient

The Three Way Race to the Future of AI. Quantum vs. Neuromorphic vs. High Performance Computing

https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/the-three-way-race-to-the-future-of-ai-quantum-vs-neuromorphic-vs

Scientists Have Found the First Ever Anti-Aging Genetic Mutation

Not exactly anti-aging, but a 10% life extension isn't bad:

https://futurism.com/scientists-found-first-anti-aging-genetic-mutation/

A Device to Increase Human Memory Has Been Implanted, and It Works

"The improvement they achieved in subjects’ scores was startling: Short-term memory improved by 15% and working memory by roughly 25%."

Is this the first real cybernetic improvement to the human brain?

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/a-device-to-increase-human-memory-has-been-implanted-and-it-works

Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can’t stop it

Welcome to the wild world of homegrown gene splicing!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631520-100-biohackers-are-using-crispr-on-their-dna-and-we-cant-stop-it/

Iron-Air Batteries Promise Higher Energy Density Than Lithium-Ion Batteries

They don't last for many charges yet, but it's another battery option to add to the mix:

https://scitechdaily.com/iron-air-batteries-promise-higher-energy-density-than-lithium-ion-batteries/

Boston Dynamics CEO Believes Robotics Will Become “Bigger Than the Internet”

Watch the TED Talk video:

https://futurism.com/boston-dynamics-ceo-believes-robotics-bigger-internet/

How Physicists Smashed the Quantum Light Measurement Limit

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/how-physicists-smashed-the-quantum-light-measurement-limit

In a Major First, Scientists Edit DNA Within the Human Body

And now the test of the amazing potential begins:

https://gizmodo.com/in-a-major-first-scientists-edit-dna-within-the-human-1820469921

Humans Have Regenerative Abilities—Scientists Just Need to Turn Them On

We could all use some of this eventually:

http://bigthink.com/videos/chris-loose-humans-have-regenerative-abilities-scientists-just-need-to-turn-them-on

Growing Human Mini Brains in Rats Isn’t an Ethical Concern…Yet

Umm...are we talking ultimately giving human-level intelligence to non-human animals?

https://futurism.com/human-mini-brains-rats-ethical-concern/

Inside the mechanical brain of the world’s first robot citizen

Certainly not there yet, but the video is still interesting:

https://qz.com/1121547/how-smart-is-the-first-robot-citizen/

Are We on the Verge of a New Golden Age?

This would coincide nicely with a surge in growth in A.I., robotics and nanotech:

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Are-We-on-the-Verge-of-a-New-Golden-Age?gko=f0fed

CRISPR 2.0 Is Here, and It’s Way More Precise

This is getting powerful:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609203/crispr-20-is-here-and-its-way-more-precise/

IBM Just Announced a 50-Qubit Quantum Computer

Still not ready for prime time, though...

https://futurism.com/ibm-announced-50-qubit-quantum-computer/

Anti-Aging Stem Cell Therapy Shows “Remarkable” Results in Human Trials

Looking forward to becoming a vampire!

http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/anti-aging-stem-cell-therapy-shows-remarkable-results-in-human-clinical-trials

JinkoSolar lighting up solar efficiency record scoreboard

Small but significant increases:

https://electrek.co/2017/11/08/jinkosolar-lighting-up-solar-efficiency-record-scoreboard/

Andrew Ng Says Enough Papers, Let’s Build AI Now!

Is it possible we’re ready to create true A.I. now?

https://medium.com/@Synced/andrew-ng-says-enough-papers-lets-build-ai-now-6b52d24bcd58

Buh-Bye, ‘Traditional’ Neural Networks. Hello, Capsules.

Another approach to machine learning:

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/buh-bye-traditional-neural-networks-hello-capsules

NASA has found another 20 promising planets for humans to colonize

Just because this is cool to know:

https://qz.com/1117466/nasa-has-found-another-20-promising-planets-for-humans-to-colonize/

What AI Can Now Do Is Remarkable—But How It’s Learning Is More Significant

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/03/what-ai-can-now-do-is-remarkable-but-how-its-learning-to-do-it-is-even-more-significant/

Saudi Arabia Is Building a $500-Billion New Territory Based on Tech and Liberal Values

Participating in this could be a wonderful experience. So ironic it's being built by stultified Saudi Arabia:

http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/saudi-arabia-is-building-a-utopian-city-to-herald-the-future-of-human-civillization

Artificial Intelligence: Beyond the Turing Test

Imitating human behavior vs. having human cognition:

https://futurism.com/videos/sponsored-artificial-intelligence-beyond-turing-test/

IBM’s New, Cutting Edge Tech Could Make Computers 200 Times Faster

“[T]his prototype technology is expected to yield 200x improvements in both speed and energy efficiency, making it highly suitable for enabling ultra-dense, low-power, and massively-parallel computing systems for applications in AI,”

https://futurism.com/ibms-new-cutting-edge-tech-could-make-computers-200-times-faster/

The Web Began Dying in 2014. Here's How.

How Google, Facebook and Amazon are taking over the Internet:

https://staltz.com/the-web-began-dying-in-2014-heres-how.html

Wind Power Set a New Renewable Energy Record in Europe Last Week

"Denmark regularly gets more than 100 percent of its energy from wind (and hit 109% last weekend), while wind frequently provides Germany more than half of its electricity."

https://futurism.com/wind-power-set-a-new-renewable-energy-record-in-europe-last-week/

The Rise of Conscious AI is Just Decades Away

A rundown on the state of A.I.:

https://futurism.com/conscious-ai-decades-away/

Here’s How to Get to Conscious Machines, Neuroscientists Say

An interesting approach:

https://singularityhub.com/2017/11/01/heres-how-to-get-to-conscious-machines-neuroscientists-say/

Apple's Future Computer: The Knowledge Navigator

Their prediction of computers and Internet access...from 1987:

https://futurism.com/videos/apple-computer-future/

Not too far off!

The era of easily faked, AI-generated photos is quickly emerging

https://qz.com/1115353/new-research-from-nvidia-shows-that-the-era-of-easily-faked-ai-generated-photos-is-quickly-emerging/