This self-driving hotel room could revolutionize travel

Who wouldn't prefer to ride in what amounts to an RV when vehicles are self-driving?

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/autonomous-travel-suites/index.html

Humans Teamed up With a New Kind of AI to Crush a Notoriously Difficult Video Game

"So rest easy, streamers and speed runners — you’re safe from automation for now. It would seem, if this research is an indication of things to come, that the high scores (and solving of other complex problems) will probably be set by human-AI collaborations, not just machines working alone."

The key words there are "for now."

https://futurism.com/humanity-teamed-up-with-a-new-kind-of-ai-to-crush-a-notoriously-difficult-video-game

MIT Scientists Created A Plane That Flies With No Moving Parts

An electric airplane. It may not scale beyond drone size, but it's still impressive:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mit-scientists-creates-plane-that-flies-with-no-moving-parts_us_5bfc1a5be4b0771fb6bc4cfd

End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity

As in the movie Gravity...only this looks to be much worse by creating a permanent sphere of ultra-high-speed projectiles around the Earth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1ibDImAYU

It's now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running

Yes! Another tipping point:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/its-now-cheaper-to-build-a-new-wind-farm-than-to-keep-a-coal-plant-running/

Forget VR treadmills—Google patents motorized, omnidirectional VR sneakers

This might work...but probably not on carpet:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/forget-vr-treadmills-google-patents-motorized-omnidirectional-vr-sneakers/

The SpiNNaker Supercomputer, Modeled After the Human Brain, Is Up and Running

It only models 1% of the neurons in the human brain, but I think that's only about a decade or so of computer improvements:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/19/the-million-core-spinnaker-supercomputer-is-up-and-running/

“Little ogres”: A scientific discovery has unearthed a new kingdom of life

Just because it's momentous and cool:

https://qz.com/1467662/a-scientific-discovery-has-unearthed-a-whole-new-kind-of-creature/

How Quantum Computing is Enabling Breakthroughs in Chemistry

Quantum computing is finally becoming ready for prime time:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/15/how-quantum-computing-is-enabling-breakthroughs-in-chemistry/

The Spatial Web Will Map Our 3D World—And Change Everything In the Process

A good look at the next advance for the Internet:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/16/the-spatial-web-will-map-our-3d-world-and-change-everything-about-it-in-the-process/

MODEL 3 Water Heater by Heatworks

Not an exciting topic, but if you're looking to ultimately save water and energy with your next water heater:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcsoYWC4xKQ

Designer Babies, and Their Babies: How AI and Genomics Will Impact Reproduction

https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/14/designer-babies-and-their-babies-where-ai-and-genomics-could-take-us/

New Battery Design Extends the Life of Low-Cost, Lightweight Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/new-battery-design-extends-the-life-of-low-cost-lightweight-batteries/

Yep, It’s Real: Your Next Rideshare Could Be Driverless in as Soon as a Month

https://futurism.com/report-waymo-unveil-first-driverless-rideshare

How Do We Teach Autonomous Cars To Drive Off the Beaten Path?

These situations will have to be covered before the steering wheel and pedals can go:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/09/how-do-we-teach-autonomous-cars-to-drive-off-the-beaten-path/

The Fascinating, Creepy New Research in Human Hibernation for Space Travel

This would be extremely helpful for long space flights and hibernating until needed technologies come along:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/08/the-fascinating-creepy-new-research-in-human-hibernation-for-space-travel/

New Supercomputer with 1 Million Processors Is World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine

https://www.livescience.com/64005-worlds-largest-supercomputer-human-brain.html

Harvard scientists suggest 'Oumuamua is an alien device

Just because it's fun to contemplate:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/oumuamua-spacecraft-alien-device

An Integrated System for Perception-Driven Autonomy with Modular Robots

Very cool self-configuring robot:

https://youtu.be/eJsnG9DZjgM