DARPA, Army Test Optionally Manned Helicopter

About time:

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/darpa-army-test-optionally-manned-helicopter-its-not-ai/

Electric Vehicles Will Destabilize the Automotive Industry

An interesting problem coming up:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/electric-vehicles-destabilize-automotive-industry-maryann-keller/

You Can Now Preorder a $150,000 Hoverbike

NOW we're getting somewhere!

https://futurism.com/the-byte/hoverbike-hoversurf-preorder

Still way too expensive, though. And battery technology needs to drastically improve.

Could Misbehaving Neutrinos Explain Why the Universe Exists?

If antimatter didn't form, the universe would contain three BILLION times as much matter as it currently does:

https://www.livescience.com/63907-misbehaving-neutrinos-why-universe-exists.html

Finally, the drug that keeps you young

Improved health as we age may be more likely than longer life...at least until we get robot bodies:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612284/finally-the-drug-that-keeps-you-young/

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from

It's not easy to program moral choices into self-driving cars when moral values vary by culture:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612341/a-global-ethics-study-aims-to-help-ai-solve-the-self-driving-trolley-problem/

A Stem Cell Transplant Let a Wheelchair-Bound Man Dance Again

An example of a major stem cell transplant success:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/after-stem-cell-transplant-man-with-ms-able-to-walk-and-dance-for-first-time-in-10-years/

NASA Wants to Send Humans to Venus. Here’s Why That’s a Brilliant Idea

Apparently living on an airship floating high above the surface would be tenable:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/26/nasa-wants-to-send-humans-to-venus-heres-why-thats-a-brilliant-idea/

This machine can make gallons of fresh drinking water right out of thin air

This type of device will become critical over the next few decades, I think:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/world/fresh-water-green-machine-trnd/index.html

De-Extinction Is Now a Thing—Starting With Passenger Pigeons

At least extinction isn't necessarily forever:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/23/de-extinction-is-now-a-thing-starting-with-passenger-pigeons/

From Quantum Computing to a Quantum Internet—a Roadmap

https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/22/from-quantum-computing-to-a-quantum-internet-a-roadmap/

Giant fans that suck CO2 out of the air are operational in Italy

Not very effective yet...but it's the right track:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/climeworks-italy-co2

Autonomous Tidying-up Robot System

We're getting closer to a functional "maid" robot:

https://youtu.be/geub-Nuu-Vw

A Chinese City Plans To Replace Its Streetlights With An Artificial Moon

Oh boy:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/artificial-moon-china

But that is a huge energy savings.

Magic Leap's new AI assistant looks alarmingly human

Very realistic indeed. (Watch the video):

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/12/tech/magic-leap-ai-assistant/index.html

You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does

A pessimistic view of the state of artificial intelligence:

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence-hype

Boston Dynamics' Robodog dancing

And now robots are going to take the jobs from professional dancers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=kHBcVlqpvZ8

These 3D Printed Homes Can Be Made In 24 Hours

This isn't about just homes, but a wide variety of products from vehicles to body organs:

http://digg.com/video/3d-printed-homes-made-in-a-day

This weird robot has 32 legs and is shaped like a lumpy sphere

This looks a lot like a "utility foglet," but doesn't serve the same purpose:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/mochibot-robot-32-legs

The Boston Dynamics robot Atlas is now a parkour master

Atlas is getting scary. Imagine him coming after you like this:

https://youtu.be/LikxFZZO2sk

Innovative Solution to Solving a Longstanding Fusion Challenge

Fusion power is (still) only 20 years away! Or maybe not:

https://scitechdaily.com/innovative-solution-to-solving-a-longstanding-fusion-challenge/

US scientists have laid out a plan to search for life in the universe

https://qz.com/1418576/us-scientists-lay-out-plan-to-search-for-life-in-universe/

Geoengineering Is Inevitable

When things get desperate enough:

https://earther.gizmodo.com/geoengineering-is-inevitable-1829623031

The Case for Making Cities Out of Wood

Wood as strong as steel, but six times lighter:

http://nautil.us/blog/-the-case-for-making-cities-out-of-wood

New 700-mph hyperloop pod can go from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes

I'm highly dubious this will work as advertised, but I hope it does:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/hyperloop-transportation-technologies-quintero-one

How BrainNet Enabled 3 People to Directly Transmit Thoughts

Rudimentary telepathy...but it's a start:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/09/how-brainnet-enabled-3-people-to-directly-transmit-thoughts/

The 7 Wild Energy Technologies That Just Got a Billion-Dollar Boost

This is what all billionaires should be doing:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/08/the-7-wild-energy-technologies-that-just-got-a-billion-dollar-boost/

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All

Damn it!

https://futurism.com/wind-farms-heat-planet-climate

New Materials Are Powering the Battery Revolution

https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/05/new-materials-are-powering-the-battery-revolution/

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

Something mundanely practical:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/construction-robot-drywall

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit

We could see all kinds of new fruits and vegetables coming out soon:

https://futurism.com/crispr-groundcherries