Can a Mediterranean Diet Pattern Slow Aging?

First health, now aging:

https://scitechdaily.com/can-a-mediterranean-diet-pattern-slow-aging/

Why the Next Person Hit by a Driverless Car Might Not Be Able to Sue

The interesting driverless car testing dilemma:

http://time.com/5221393/uber-autonomous-vehicle-death-settlement/

Stunning drops in solar, wind costs mean economic case for coal, gas is ‘crumbling’

It looks like we're on the cusp of abandoning coal and gas for good:

https://thinkprogress.org/solar-wind-power-prices-are-beating-natural-gas-c9912054400c/

The brain learns completely differently than we’ve assumed, new learning theory says

http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-brain-learns-completely-differently-than-weve-assumed-new-learning-theory-says

The Alt Rocket Tech That May One Day Take Humans to Mars

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/28/the-alt-rocket-tech-that-will-one-day-take-humans-to-mars/

Europe’s AI delusion

Europe may be ignoring the threats and opportunities involved in A.I.:

https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-europes-ai-delusion/

Dragonfly-inspired nano coating kills bacteria upon contact

A mechanical alternative to antibiotics:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2018/3/28/dragonfly-inspired-nano-coating-kills-bacteria-upon-contact/

How Your Gut Controls Your Mind and What to Do About It

Interesting, although I'm skeptical of the test:

https://futurism.com/sponsored-viome-how-your-gut-controls-your-mind-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Nanotweezers Open the Door to New Innovations in Medicine, Mobile Tech

There would need to be a lot of these working in tandem to achieve advanced nanotech...but this looks like a promising path:

https://scitechdaily.com/nanotweezers-open-door-to-innovations-in-medicine-mobile-tech/

Recording data from one million neurons in real time

"“A considerable benefit of this architecture and data format is that it doesn’t require further translation, as the brain’s [spiking] signals are translated directly into bitcode,” making it available for computer processing and dramatically increasing the processing speed and database storage capacity."

http://www.kurzweilai.net/recording-data-from-one-million-neurons-in-real-time

IBM’s New Computer Is the Size of a Grain of Salt and Costs Less Than 10 Cents

"Despite its diminutive size, the company claims the computer has the same amount of power as an x86 chip from 1990."

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/26/ibms-new-computer-is-the-size-of-a-grain-of-salt-and-costs-less-than-10-cents/

“Game Changing” Antibiotic is Capable of Killing Superbugs

Another weapon needed as antibiotic resistance spreads:

https://scitechdaily.com/game-changing-antibiotic-is-capable-of-killing-superbugs/

Is there anything hackers can't hack? Now there is, thanks to a new way of coding.

This is becoming increasingly vital:

http://bigthink.com/videos/kathleen-fisher-how-coders-are-creating-software-thats-impossible-to-hack

New MIT Device Can Harvest Water From Desert Air

This invention may be coming just in time to allow the survival of hundreds of millions of people living in the increasing desertification caused by climate change:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-mit-device-can-harvest-water-from-desert-air/

Scientists Identify The Key Region of ‘Immortality and Aging’ Enzyme

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-identify-key-region-of-immortality-and-aging-enzyme/

How the Wild New Materials of the Future Will Be Discovered With AI

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/22/how-the-wild-new-materials-of-the-future-will-be-discovered-with-ai/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

The Meat Industry Has Some Serious Beef With Those 'Bleeding' Plant-Based Burgers

Of course "big meat" is upset:

http://time.com/5181524/impossible-burger-plant-based/

But the technology will only get better.

This is the moment when we decide that human lives matter more than cars

From here: https://www.curbed.com/transportation/2018/3/20/17142090/uber-fatal-crash-driverless-pedestrian-safety

"If an autonomous vehicle is not several magnitudes better than a human driver at detecting a pedestrian and preventing the loss of human life, it cannot be on the road."

I think this is exactly the wrong way to look at the problem. As soon as autonomous vehicles are simply BETTER than human drivers, they SHOULD be on the road.

Powerful New Algorithm Is a Big Step Towards Whole-Brain Simulation

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/21/powerful-new-algorithm-is-a-big-step-towards-whole-brain-simulation

$10 million XPRIZE Aims for Robot Avatars That Let You See, Hear, and Feel by 2021

Creating the ultimate waldo (remote manipulator):

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/19/robot-avatars-that-let-you-see-hear-and-feel-could-be-here-by-2021/

This Robot is Better at Basketball Than You

https://nerdist.com/this-robot-is-better-at-basketball-than-you/

Decline in World Fertility Rates Lowers Risks of Mass Starvation

Some good news for those who have been dreading overpopulation:

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-16/decline-in-world-fertility-rates-lowers-risks-of-mass-starvation

How Exercising Into Old Age Can Keep Your Immune System Young

How to keep your immune system at the peak it was in your 20s:

http://time.com/5193032/cycling-old-age-immune-system/

Self-Driving Uber Involved In Arizona Pedestrian Death

Damn. Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. But the few exceptions should prove the rule:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/self-driving-uber-involved-in-pedestrian-death-in-arizona_us_5aafeabbe4b0697dfe193348

Neuroscientists devise scheme for mind-uploading centuries in the future

The options start to emerge:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/neuroscientists-devise-scheme-for-mind-uploading-centuries-in-the-future

In Landmark Study, Human Stem Cells Restore Monkeys’ Movement After Spinal Cord Injury

If the reverse works, there will be a lot of unhappy monkeys:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/14/in-landmark-study-human-stem-cells-restore-monkeys-movement-after-spinal-cord-injury/

Scientists Create New Method of Fusion Energy, Without the Old Complications

There's one catch...

"The problem with hydrogen-boron fusion has been that it required temperatures 200 times hotter than the core of the Sun."

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/new-technique-creates-fusion-by-powerful-lasers-with-no-radioactive-waste

What’s A Proton Battery? Three Things You Need To Know.

Sounds like more than just a potential game changer...but still 5-10 years out:

https://futurism.com/proton-battery/

If Energy Becomes Free in the Future, How Will That Affect Our Lives?

Nuclear power was supposed to make electricity too cheap to meter, and that didn’t work out, but solar and batteries could change that:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/11/if-energy-becomes-free-in-the-future-how-will-that-affect-our-lives/

Scientists Successfully Complete World-First Firing of Air-Breathing Electric Thruster

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-complete-world-first-firing-of-air-breathing-electric-thruster/

Female inventor creates 'Nanowood' — a material that could (really) save the planet

No, it's not nanotech, but it could be a game-changing construction material:

http://bigthink.com/articles/female-inventor-creates-nanowood-a-material-that-could-really-save-the-planet

Your Shopping Experience Is on the Verge of a Major Transformation. Here’s Why.

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/09/your-shopping-experience-is-on-the-verge-of-a-major-transformation-heres-why/

Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists

Here's to hoping so:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists

Graphene Could Be the Superconductor Scientists Always Dreamed Of

Room temperature superconductors? Game changer:

https://futurism.com/graphene-superconductor-scientists-dreamed/

People Are Reportedly Attacking Driverless Cars in California

Ugh. Don't forget about the Luddites...

https://futurism.com/people-attacking-driverless-cars-california/

This Sensor Lets Scientists See Neuron-Level Brain Activity in Real Time

Sounds useful in the process to reverse-engineer the human brain:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/07/this-sensor-protein-shows-neuron-level-brain-activity-in-real-time/

A Brief History of Boston Dynamics’ Future-Forward (And Surreal) Robots

Enjoy watching the progression:

https://futurism.com/videos/a-brief-history-of-boston-dynamics-future-forward-and-surreal-robots/

Hyperloop and Flying Cars Are Battling It Out for the Future of Transportation

Without nanotech to drive the price of tunneling WAY down, I don't see the hyperloop as happening, but I can see flying cars for certain short hops as being worthwhile very soon. At least I would buy one as a quick way of getting down to the lake and back. :-)

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/05/hyperloop-and-flying-cars-are-battling-it-out-for-the-future-of-transportation/

Is an Anti-Aging Pill on the Horizon?

Nad+ sounds promising...but it's not quite there yet. Some pros and cons:

http://time.com/5159879/is-an-anti-aging-pill-on-the-horizon/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534636/the-anti-aging-pill/

https://www.wired.com/2016/07/confused-elysiums-anti-aging-drug-yeah-fda/

How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?

I would have no hesitation eating clean meat:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/health/clean-in-vitro-meat-food/index.html

The largest coal-fired power plant in North America being demolished to make way for a solar farm

Nice to see:

https://www.facebook.com/CREDO/posts/10157225339545968

What If We Could Literally Rewrite the Human Genome?

A great breakdown TED Talk for how CRISPR works:

https://futurism.com/videos/what-if-we-could-literally-rewrite-the-human-genome/