A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction

No products yet, though:

https://futurism.com/cloaking-device-invisibility/

Organic Compounds Bubble Up from the Depths of Enceladus

And more encouragement for extraterrestrial life closer to home:

https://scitechdaily.com/organic-compounds-bubble-up-from-depths-of-enceladus/

Astronomers Discover More Clues That Earth-Like Exoplanets Are Indeed Earth-Like

This is encouraging for the prospects of extraterrestrial life:

https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-more-clues-that-earth-like-exoplanets-are-indeed-earth-like/

Nuclear Fusion Power Could Be Here by 2030, One Company Says

Well this is a step up from fusion power always being 30 years in the future:

https://www.livescience.com/62929-plasma-fusion-reactor-tokamak.html

The Smart Road Tech That’s Making Driving Faster, Safer, And Just Better

Very slick. Now if they can just integrate solar power:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/27/the-smart-road-tech-thats-making-driving-faster-safer-and-just-better/

Aliens May Be Rearranging Stars to Fight Dark Energy, Awesome Study Suggests

One way to possibly discover highly advanced alien life by simply looking at the stars:

https://www.livescience.com/62917-aliens-rearrange-stars-fight-dark-energy.html

DARPA Literally Reinvented The Wheel

Another very science-fictiony piece of tech:

https://taskandpurpose.com/darpa-wheel-combat-vehicles/

What it’s like to watch an IBM AI successfully debate humans

I watched a documentary on this. The amount of not just knowledge but ability to understand spoken debate and respond to it in kind is pretty amazing:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/18/17477686/ibm-project-debater-ai

Flying Dragon Robot Transforms Itself to Squeeze Through Gaps

Very science-fictiony cool (watch the video):

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/flying-dragon-robot-transforms-itself-to-squeeze-through-gaps

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

https://futurism.com/lab-grown-neanderthal-minibrains-communicate/

Transdifferentiation Can Create An Endless Supply of Brain Cells—And Fast

A potential cure for aging?

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/26/transdifferentiation-can-create-an-endless-supply-of-brain-cells-and-fast/

Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics

An important step in truly useful bionics:

https://futurism.com/e-dermis-electronic-skin-pain/

This Jet Suit Agility Test Looks Like Something Straight Out Of An Action Film

More out of science fiction than an action film. Cool either way:

http://digg.com/video/jet-suit-testing

Hyundai teams up with VW's Audi to boost hydrogen cars

I think electric batteries are ultimately the way to go, but it's good to see alternatives being worked on:

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hyundai-audi/hyundai-teams-up-with-vws-audi-to-boost-hydrogen-cars-idUKKBN1JG0MM?il=0

CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds

Good news:

https://futurism.com/crispr-off-target-mutations-monkeys/

Is AI on Track to Achieving Superintelligence?

Some fascinating developments...like being able to tell what a person looks like and much more from voice alone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls1_tqlpMww&feature=youtu.be

Artificial intelligence wins a debate against a human—twice

http://bigthink.com/brandon-weber/ibm-computer-wins-debate-against-humans

My conversation with an AI sexbot

It's happening. Slowly, and definitely not there yet, but surely:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pKczGG19uo&feature=youtu.be

Here Are The Best Candidates in the Competition to Design A Personal Flying Device

Just such a contest worked for robot cars in 2004 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge), so maybe we'll all have personal flying machines within 15-20 years:

https://futurism.com/boeing-gofly-competition-personal-flying-transport-vehicle/

Video Gamers May Soon Be Paid More Than Top Pro Athletes

Revenge of the nerds:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/14/video-gamers-may-soon-be-paid-more-than-top-pro-athletes/

Can Turning Air into Gasoline Really Reverse Climate Change?

It may be too expensive right now...but ultimately sucking carbon out of the air is going to have to happen:

https://www.livescience.com/62784-co2-suck-climate-gasoline-air.html

Tesla Will “Enable Full Self-Driving Features” in August. Here’s What That Actually Means.

This could be interesting:

https://futurism.com/tesla-full-self-driving-features-august/

Brain-Based Circuitry Just Made Artificial Intelligence A Whole Lot Faster

100 times less energy needed:

https://futurism.com/brain-based-circuitry-just-made-artificial-intelligence-faster/

The technologies which are revolutionizing batteries

Nanotech is creeping into batteries, but there are roadblocks:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2018/6/13/the-technologies-which-are-revolutionizing-batteries/

This wild, AI-generated film is the next step in “whole-movie puppetry”

Filmmakers need not fear being replaced by A.I....yet:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/this-wild-ai-generated-film-is-the-next-step-in-whole-movie-puppetry/

New PPA In Arizona Locks In Lowest Solar Prices In US As Demise Of Navajo Station Looms

Solar WITH battery comes out cheaper than coal here:

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/11/new-ppa-in-arizona-locks-in-lowest-solar-prices-in-us-as-demise-of-navajo-station-looms/

First contact: what if we find not organic life but ET’s AI?

An interesting exploration into the possibility of discovering machine life:

https://aeon.co/essays/first-contact-what-if-we-find-not-organic-life-but-ets-ai

The world’s most powerful supercomputer is tailor made for the AI era

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611077/the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputer-is-tailor-made-for-the-ai-era/

Waymo announces 7 million miles of testing, putting it far ahead of rivals

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/06/waymo-announces-7-million-miles-of-testing-putting-it-far-ahead-of-rivals/

The incredible inventions of intuitive AI | Maurice Conti

Enjoyable TED Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR5N2Jl8k14

This box sucks pure water out of dry desert air

All of us out west may be using this sort of a device before too long:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/08/this-box-sucks-pure-water-out-of-dry-desert-air/

Engineers Develop New System to Provide Low-Cost Drinking Water

This could add a massive amount to our drinking water supply:

https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-develop-new-system-to-provide-low-cost-drinking-water/

NASA Found Evidence of Organic Matter on Mars. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

Very cool news!

https://futurism.com/curiosity-nasa-new-studies/

5 Reasons Car Companies Are Betting Big on Energy Storage

Makes a lot of sense to me:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/07/5-reasons-car-companies-are-betting-big-on-energy-storage/

To put things into perspective, a typical house easily runs on a 13.5 kWh Tesla Powerwall 2 all evening and more, and a Tesla car has a minimum of a 70 kWh battery.

Thank A Rare Fungus For The Sustainable Solar Cell Of The Future

A biological approach to solar power:

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/06/thank-a-rare-fungus-for-the-sustainable-solar-cell-of-the-future/

We took an exclusive ride in a flying car

A flying car made with drone technology to make it extremely simple to learn:

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/06/technology/flying-car-las-vegas-kitty-hawk/index.html

AI can transfer human facial movements from one video to another

Further evolution in the creation of realistic fake videos. Pretty impressive...and bound to cause problems politically sooner or later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=qc5P2bvfl44

Why the solar revolution is in grave danger—and how it can be saved

Stupidity must not prevail:

https://qz.com/1295679/why-the-solar-revolution-is-in-grave-danger-and-how-it-can-be-saved/

Robots Will Be Able to Feel Touch With This Artificial Nerve

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/05/robots-will-be-able-to-feel-touch-with-this-artificial-nerve/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

How Cyanobacteria Could Help Save the Planet

Ultimately, I think we're going to need nanotech to pull carbon from the atmosphere and make it into useful products, but this may be helpful in the meantime:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/04/how-cyanobacteria-could-help-save-the-planet/

That natural gas power plant with no carbon emissions or air pollution? It works.

This sounds like a serious game-changer:

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/6/1/17416444/net-power-natural-gas-carbon-air-pollution-allam-cycle

A Fruity Visual Metaphor Helps Explain Fermi’s Paradox

Simple illustrations for why we haven't detected any aliens out there:

https://futurism.com/videos/fermis-paradox-fruit-metaphor/