Information teleported between two computer chips for the first time

Another breakthrough:

https://newatlas.com/quantum-computing/quantum-teleportation-computer-chips/

U.S. Army’s Top 10 Science and Technology Advances of 2019

Some very cool items here:

https://scitechdaily.com/u-s-armys-top-10-science-and-technology-advances-of-2019-video/

China Expects Its “Artificial Sun” to Be Operational in 2020

This is a desperately needed technology, but China is not the country we want developing that technology first:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-artificial-sun-operational-2020

Visual Neurons Don’t Work the Way Scientists Thought – “Much More Complicated”

I imagine this could slow the process of achieving general A.I.:

https://scitechdaily.com/visual-neurons-dont-work-the-way-scientists-thought-much-more-complicated/

Healing the Planet: Atomic Precision for Clean Energy & Clean Air

Nanotech and other solutions to climate change:

https://fs2-bb4c.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Healing_the_Planet_Report.pdf

A Former NASA Astronaut Is Building a Plasma-Powered Mars Rocket

https://futurism.com/the-byte/former-nasa-astronaut-building-mars-rocket

Paradox-Free Time Travel Possible With Many Parallel Universes

"“What time travel means here is stepping between those histories — that’s even freakier,” astrophysicist and dark matter expert Geraint Lewis at the University of Sydney, who was not involved in the research, told New Scientist. “At some level it doesn’t even feel like time travel anymore, because what’s the point of going back and killing Hitler if the second world war still plays out in the universe you’re from?”"

Hmm, but what's to stop you from THEN traveling back to your own timeline and changing it? The article isn't very clear about how that works.

https://futurism.com/paradox-free-time-travel-parallel-universes

Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Valuable Chemicals With Sunlight

Sounds like a promising way to start reversing all the plastic pollution in the world:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-turn-plastic-waste-into-valuable-chemicals-with-sunlight/

Secret Behind Metformin’s Weight Loss and Anti-Aging Benefits Revealed

This is impressive:

"metformin shows benefits on aging and a number of diverse diseases such as cognitive disorders, cancer and cardiovascular disease."

All three are things I need to keep an eye on.

https://scitechdaily.com/secret-behind-metformins-weight-loss-and-anti-aging-benefits-revealed/

$9 Billion Battery Project with BMW, BASF Gets EU Green Light

Good, this is very much needed to counteract China's dominance in the field:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-09/-9-billion-battery-project-with-bmw-basf-gets-eu-green-light

Power firm Iberdrola to become coal free in 2020

Congratulations:

https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N28C317

Love it or hate it, Tesla’s Cybertruck is revolutionary

https://theconversation.com/love-it-or-hate-it-teslas-cybertruck-is-revolutionary-128076

Researchers Find New Way to Convert Carbon Dioxide Into Usable Fuel

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-find-new-way-to-convert-carbon-dioxide-into-usable-fuel/

Scientists Finally Build Artificial Brain Cells

An important milestone:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-build-artificial-brain-cells

A quantum computing future is unlikely, due to random hardware errors

I hope this is not the case:

"Last year, Michel Dyakonov, a theoretical physicist at the University of Montpellier in France, offered a slew of technical reasons why practical quantum supercomputers will never be built"

https://theconversation.com/a-quantum-computing-future-is-unlikely-due-to-random-hardware-errors-126503

Can You Cryogenically Freeze Your Body and Come Back to Life?

The whole point of cryonics is a bet on technologies of the FUTURE, not the past or present, which is why most of this video isn't relevant. But here it is:

https://youtu.be/Wk2NxBYCe6s

How to Get Solar Power on a Rainy Day? Beam It From Space

Finally some movement on the development:

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-solar-power-on-a-rainy-day-beam-it-from-space/

Superfast Charging High-Capacity Potassium Batteries Based on Organic Polymers

Yet another high potential option:

https://scitechdaily.com/superfast-charging-high-capacity-potassium-batteries-based-on-organic-polymers/

Researchers Evolve Bacteria That Consume CO2 for Energy

This has potential to suck much of the excess CO2 from the atmosphere:

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-evolve-bacteria-that-consume-co2-for-energy/

Ultra-Clean Carbon Nanotube Transistors With Superior Semiconducting Properties

https://scitechdaily.com/ultra-clean-carbon-nanotube-transistors-with-superior-semiconducting-properties/

Watch a Dog-Like Robot Climb Straight up a Ladder

https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-dog-like-robot-climb-ladder

Objective Reality Doesn't Exist, Quantum Experiment Shows

Anyone who watches Faux News knows that!

https://www.livescience.com/objective-reality-not-exist-quantum-physicists.html

Turning Waste Heat Into Hydrogen Fuel Using Reverse Electrodialysis

https://scitechdaily.com/turning-waste-heat-into-hydrogen-fuel-using-reverse-electrodialysis/

“Big Surprise” Discovery Increases Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency

If they can just make perovskite cells last longer:

https://scitechdaily.com/big-surprise-discovery-increases-perovskite-solar-cell-efficiency/

New 'smart skin' may let you reach out and virtually touch -- anyone

This will be needed for "real" virtual reality:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/health/virtual-touch-scn-wellness/index.html

Mexican 'smart city' would be 100% energy efficient, self-sustaining

Mexico leading the way:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/mexico-smart-forest-city

New Hybrid Device Efficiently Captures and Stores Solar Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/new-hybrid-device-efficiently-captures-and-stores-solar-energy/

New Data From First Human Crispr Trials Shows Promising Results

Debilitating genetic diseases apparently cured with just one treatment:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahrosenbaum/2019/11/19/human-crispr-trials-promising/#133eddd92daa

Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough

A game changer for smelting and concrete production:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/heliogen-solar-energy-bill-gates/index.html

Can You Really Make 'Meat' Out of Air?

A brilliant way to make protein:

https://www.livescience.com/air-protein-meat.html

Photos Show Evidence of Life on Mars: Insect- and Reptile-Like Fossils & Living Creatures

I'm calling bullshit on this (like that "face on Mars" image), but I'll post it anyway:

https://scitechdaily.com/photos-show-evidence-of-life-on-mars-insect-and-reptile-like-fossils-living-creatures/

Scientists Create Holograms You Can See, Hear, and Feel

https://futurism.com/scientists-create-holograms-see-hear-feel

Is your gut health linked to your mental health?

Two startling findings:

"Mice are anxious and prefer dark, enclosed spaces. But if they’re born and raised without gut microbes, they freely scurry around light, exposed areas.

When microbe-depleted rats get fecal transplants from people with severe depression, they act more sad and anxious than rats that get transplants from people without depression."

https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/brain-health/is-your-gut-health-linked-to-your-mental-health/

Efficient Seawater Desalination and Hydrogen Production Possible With New Catalyst

https://scitechdaily.com/efficient-seawater-desalination-and-hydrogen-production-possible-with-new-catalyst/

Kick-Starting Moore’s Law With Breakthrough ‘Synthetic’ Method for Making Microchips

https://scitechdaily.com/kick-starting-moores-law-with-breakthrough-synthetic-method-for-making-microchips/

Highly Efficient Solar Cells Possible With Hybrid Perovskite Breakthrough

Another step toward a big increase in solar cell efficiency:

https://scitechdaily.com/highly-efficient-solar-cells-possible-with-hybrid-perovskite-breakthrough/

Scientists Tout “Miracle” Cancer Drug That Starves Tumor Cells

Potential game-changer:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/miracle-cancer-drug-starves-tumor-cells

New Organic Solar Cells Set Efficiency World Record

This should lead to cheaper solar cells on the horizon:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-organic-solar-cells-set-efficiency-world-record/

Mountain Gravity Energy Storage – Environmental Long-Term Energy Storage

An interesting mid-size storage option:

https://scitechdaily.com/mountain-gravity-energy-storage-environmental-long-term-energy-storage/

A startup just announced the world’s first fake-meat “steaks” made from fungi. Are we ready?

This could be great:

https://newfoodeconomy.org/move-over-plant-based-meat-fungi-steaks-are-here/

Solving a Riddle That Would Provide the World With Entirely Clean, Renewable Energy

The search for a catalyst to split water into hydrogen and oxygen cheaply and efficiently:

https://scitechdaily.com/solving-a-riddle-that-would-provide-the-world-with-entirely-clean-renewable-energy/

New ‘Artificial Leaf’ Converts Harmful Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

Could be a game changer if it can be scaled up large enough and at a reasonable price:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-artificial-leaf-converts-harmful-carbon-dioxide-into-fuel/

Important Breakthrough in Perovskite Solar Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/important-breakthrough-in-perovskite-solar-cells/

An upper bound for the background rate of human extinction

If this is accurate, it's pretty scary:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47540-7?utm_source=commission_junction

But this section is confusing:

"Using only the information that Homo sapiens has existed at least 200,000 years, we conclude that the probability that humanity goes extinct from natural causes in any given year is almost guaranteed to be less than one in 14,000, and likely to be less than one in 87,000. Using the longer track record of survival for our entire genus Homo produces even tighter bounds, with an annual probability of natural extinction likely below one in 870,000."

Doctors Are Trying to Use CRISPR to Fight Cancer. The 1st Trial Suggests It's Safe.

Yay, CRISPR!

https://www.livescience.com/crispr-to-fight-cancer.html

Moth-Poulsen’s Energy-Trapping Molecule Could Solve Solar Storage

This could dramatically lower home heating bills, as well as serve as a launching point for a new solar electricity generation system:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-04/moth-poulsen-s-energy-trapping-molecule-could-solve-solar-storage

Post-Lithium Technology: High-Energy-Density Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries

Encouraging:

https://scitechdaily.com/post-lithium-technology-high-energy-density-next-generation-rechargeable-batteries/

Two-Legged Robot Mimics Human Operator in Force-Feedback Exoskeleton Suit [Video]

It's about time we had these full-body waldos to accomplish dangerous tasks:

https://scitechdaily.com/two-legged-robot-mimics-human-operator-in-force-feedback-exoskeleton-suit-video/

MIT Device Cools With No Electricity or Moving Parts – Even Under the Blazing Sun

This could massively cut the cost of air conditioning, among other things:

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-device-cools-with-no-electricity-or-moving-parts-even-under-the-blazing-sun/

Focus on renewable energy, not carbon capture, say researchers

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/carbon-capture-efficacy

The Size of Space

Fun for size comparisons of objects in outer space (though mine stopped functioning toward the end):

https://neal.fun/size-of-space/

Swarms of Self-Transforming Robot Blocks Unlock Stealthy Abilities to Accomplish Complex Tasks

https://scitechdaily.com/swarms-of-self-transforming-robot-blocks-unlock-stealthy-abilities-to-accomplish-complex-tasks/

Doubt Cast on Carbon Capture by Stanford Study – “It Usually Increases Air Pollution”

At least this is regular carbon capture, not the latest developments:

https://scitechdaily.com/doubt-cast-on-carbon-capture-by-stanford-study-it-usually-increases-air-pollution/

Make Like a Leaf: ‘Carbon Photosynthesis’ With Nanotechnology to Convert CO2 Into Fuels

https://scitechdaily.com/make-like-a-leaf-carbon-photosynthesis-with-nanotechnology-to-convert-co2-into-fuels/

New Robot Makes Soldiers Obsolete (Bosstown Dynamics)

An amusing update on the Atlas robot testing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3RIHnK0_NE

“Revolutionary” New Way to Remove Carbon Dioxide From Air Developed at MIT

It's capable of stripping CO2 from the atmosphere at a reasonable cost. The video shows it all nicely:

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-new-way-to-remove-carbon-dioxide-from-air-developed-at-mit-video/

Tesla is unveiling a 3rd version of its solar roof this week, Elon Musk says

I really hope this works, because it would be a game changer:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-solar-roof-version-3-is-coming-elon-musk-says-2019-10

Tesla: Autopilot Is Nearly 9 Times Safer Than the Average Driver

This comes with a number of caveats, though:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-autopilot-safer-average-driver

These U.N. Climate Scientists Think They Can Halt Global Warming for $300 Billion. Here's How

$300 billion is incredibly cheap to stave off the effects of climate change for a couple decades:

https://time.com/5709100/halt-climate-change-300-billion/

The Director of the NIH Lays Out His Vision of the Future of Medical Science

The near future advances:

https://time.com/5709207/medical-science-age-of-discovery/

Why Do Some People Need Less Sleep? It’s in Their DNA

"We all wish we could get by on less sleep, but one father and son actually can—without suffering any health consequences and while actually performing on memory tests as well as, or better than, most people."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-some-people-need-less-sleep-its-in-their-dna/

ROBOTICS: Teaming for Future Soldier Combat

According to this, we still have a long way to go to get true general artificial intelligence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loCEM9b_pxc&feature=youtu.be

Google Has Achieved 'Quantum Supremacy.' Just What the Heck Is That?

"What makes Google’s accomplishment worthy of the hoopla was, for starters, speed: The Sycamore computer solved the random-number problem in just 200 seconds. Even the most powerful traditional supercomputer would require a somewhat pokier 10,000 years — give or take a century — to achieve the same feat."

https://time.com/5708327/google-quantum-supremacy-explainer/

Giant Plasma Guns Could Be the Answer to Limitless Fusion Power

Fusion power would be world-changing, making up the difference from solar and wind:

https://www.livescience.com/fusion-power-new-method-plasma-guns.html

"Game changer" superconductor discovered to power future computers

Paving the way for quantum computers:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/quantum-computing-john-hopkins

Scientists extend mice lifespan 12% by tweaking telomeres

Tweak my telomeres, baby:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/telomere-aging

CVS to test drone delivery for your medications

I wonder what the skies will look like in a decade or so:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/tech/cvs-ups-drone/index.html

Harvard researchers grew meat in a lab from cow and rabbit cells. It looks a lot like the real thing

It's getting there:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/us/harvard-lab-grown-meat-trnd/index.html

I wonder whether plant-based meat or lab-grown meat will ultimately win out?

Scientists Worried That Human Brains Grown in Lab May Be Sentient

Hmm, problem:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-worried-lab-grown-brains-sentient

Watch a Real-Life Invisibility Cloak Designed for Military Use

Wow, the invisibility cloak is really here:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-invisibility-cloak-military-use

Powered by Sunlight, ‘Artificial Leaf’ Successfully Produces Clean Gas From CO2 and Water

A potentially powerful stopgap option:

https://scitechdaily.com/powered-by-sunlight-artificial-leaf-successfully-produces-clean-gas-from-co2-and-water/

Breakthrough Flexible, Cuttable Lithium-Ion Battery Won’t Catch Fire – Unbreakable & Incombustible

More energy storage per unit weight is more important, but this is good too:

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-flexible-cuttable-lithium-ion-battery-wont-catch-fire-unbreakable-incombustible/

All Plastic Waste Could Be Recycled Into New, High-Quality Plastic With Advanced New Process

Full recycling of plastic is critical, and it seems to have finally been achieved:

https://scitechdaily.com/all-plastic-waste-could-be-recycled-into-new-high-quality-plastic-with-advanced-new-process/

Just How Feasible is a Warp Drive?

Still plenty of hurdles to overcome...but it may indeed be possible:

https://www.universetoday.com/143422/just-how-feasible-is-a-warp-drive/

Paris zoo unveils the 'blob', an organism with no brain but 720 sexes

Okay, this is a contender for the weirdest known life form:

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/paris-zoo-unveils-the-blob-an-organism-with-no-brain-but-720-sexes

Why a computer will never be truly conscious

I'm dubious. This article seems narrow in its approach, ignoring things like reverse-engineer the human brain:

https://theconversation.com/why-a-computer-will-never-be-truly-conscious-120644

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees

A 63-cubic foot box filled with algae that supposedly absorbs as much carbon as 400 trees and keeps it out of the environment. It's a start:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/bioreactor-captures-carbon-acre-trees

Is NASA ignoring proof of Martian life from the 1970s?

Intriguing...and disturbing that it wasn't followed up on with subsequent visits:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/life-on-mars-proof

NASA to test its first all-electric plane, the X-57

12 propellers. Huh. I'd think the extra weight and blocking of the wing would be an issue:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/electric-aircraft

New Electrolyte Improves Cycle Life of Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/new-electrolyte-improves-cycle-life-of-next-generation-lithium-ion-batteries/

Navy Scientist Known For “UFO-Like Tech” Patents Fusion Reactor

"Salvatore Cezar Pais, the engineer who also patented room-temperature superconductors for the Navy, was granted a patent for a small nuclear fusion reactor capable of generating anywhere from 1 billion to 1 trillion watts."

If this pans out, it would change the world:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/navy-scientist-ufo-tech-fusion

Converting Plastic Waste From Cities and Rivers Into Fuel

Great to put discarded plastic to use, but it still puts CO2 in the atmosphere:

https://scitechdaily.com/converting-plastic-waste-from-cities-and-rivers-into-fuel/

Oh Good, They’re Adding Guns to the Flying Iron Man Jet Suit

Yeah, but it IS cool:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/adding-guns-flying-iron-man-jet-suit

Toyota Used VR to Teach a Home Helper Robot How to Clean

I've been wondering why there hasn't been much mentioned about using VR (or motion capture suits) to demonstrate to a robot how to carry out the desired tasks, with the motions being automatically converted into the necessary computer code:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/toyota-vr-teach-home-robot

Peeking at Schrodinger’s Cat Without Disturbing It – A Way of Measuring a Quantum System While Keeping Its Superposition Intact

Quantum mechanics is just so damn weird. I love it:

https://scitechdaily.com/peeking-at-schrodingers-cat-without-disturbing-it-a-way-of-measuring-a-quantum-system-while-keeping-its-superposition-intact/

As Graphene Turns 15, It Is on Track to Deliver on Its Promises

Looking forward to it. It should change the world:

https://scitechdaily.com/as-graphene-turns-15-it-is-on-track-to-deliver-on-its-promises/

Kitty Hawk's Extremely Quiet Flying Car Has a 100-Mile Range

100x quieter than a helicopter. Very cool indeed:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/kitty-hawk-flying-car-heaviside

Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton

The early beginning of proper bionics?

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49907356

AI bests humans in medical diagnosis

And A.I. surpasses humans yet again:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/ai-bests-humans-medical-diagnosis?rebelltitem=1

A floating device created to clean up plastic from the ocean is finally doing its job, organizers say

Finally!

"Ocean Cleanup plans to build a fleet of these devices, and predicts it will be able to reduce the size of the patch by half every five years."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/tech/ocean-cleanup-catching-plastic-scn-trnd/index.html

Algae might be a secret weapon to combatting climate change

Algea is FAR more efficient at absorbing CO2 than trees are:

https://qz.com/1718988/algae-might-be-a-secret-weapon-to-combatting-climate-change/

Some Black Holes May Actually Be Blobs of Dark Energy

Bizarre and unexpected:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/black-holes-dark-energy

NASA Designing Advanced Shapeshifting Robots for Saturn’s Moons

Impressive versatility here:

https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-designing-advanced-shapeshifting-robots-for-saturns-moons-video/

US Soldiers Could Receive Night Vision Eye Injections

They can call it "iSight":

https://futurism.com/the-byte/soldiers-night-vision-eye-injections

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Humanoid Nail a Tricky Gymnastics Routine

It seems like only a year or two ago Atlas was just walking. My, how fast they grow up:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/boston-dynamics-humanoid-gymnastics-routine

"First they came for Simone Biles, and I did not speak out because I was not a gymnast...."

The coming collapse of the industrial livestock industry

The end of factory farming and the vast majority of the meat industry may be 10-15 years away:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/livestock-disruption?rebelltitem=5

Immunity Against Cancer? Engineered Killer T Cells May Be the Key.

I could use a dose of this:

https://scitechdaily.com/immunity-against-cancer-engineered-killer-t-cells-may-be-the-key/

Bypassing Moore’s Law With High-Speed Photonic Computers

Another possible way to continue with Moore's Law:

https://scitechdaily.com/bypassing-moores-law-with-high-speed-photonic-computers/

Google Says It's Achieved Quantum Supremacy, a World-First

Impressive if true: "the company’s quantum processor can perform a calculation “in three minutes and 20 seconds that would take today’s most advanced classical computer, known as Summit, approximately 10,000 years”":

https://gizmodo.com/google-says-its-achieved-quantum-supremacy-a-world-fir-1838299829

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees

Promising, but it needs to be scaled WAY up:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/bioreactor-captures-carbon-acre-trees

New Material – 14x Stronger & 8x Lighter Than Steel – May Lead to Next-Gen Military Armor

Surely the civilian applications should dwarf the military applications?

https://scitechdaily.com/new-material-14x-stronger-8x-lighter-than-steel-may-lead-to-next-gen-military-armor/

Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City

I think we'll see a lot of these before long:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-taxi-volocopter-flight-german-city

Amazing New Material Combines Wood Fibers and Spider Silk

A potential strong and resilient biodegradable replacement for plastic:

https://scitechdaily.com/amazing-new-material-combines-wood-fibers-and-spider-silk/

Stanford Researchers Discover a New Route to Carbon-Neutral Fuels From Carbon Dioxide

Perhaps a good stopgap method:

https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-researchers-discover-a-new-route-to-carbon-neutral-fuels-from-carbon-dioxide/

Scientists propose ‘Spaceline’ elevator to the Moon

An elevator from the Moon (almost) to Earth might be done for a mere few billions of dollars:

https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/12/scientists-propose-spaceline-elevator-to-the-moon/

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer

Sustainable fuels:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/carbon-neutral-flying/

Low-Cost Device Generates Electricity Naturally in the Dark

Solar power is so yesterday. Dark power is the next big thing:

https://scitechdaily.com/low-cost-device-generates-electricity-naturally-in-the-dark/

Electric vehicles won't save us from climate change

This is not encouraging, but it also doesn't take into account advancing technologies:

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/460496-electric-vehicles-wont-save-us-from-climate-change

Why This Earth-Like Planet is a Big Step Forward in the Search for Life

The best chance for extraterrestrial life yet:

https://time.com/5674014/life-exoplanet-k2-18b/

Using a DNA Construction Kit to Replace Expensive Antibody Medication

This could cut costs drastically:

https://scitechdaily.com/using-a-dna-construction-kit-to-replace-expensive-antibody-medication/

Reprogrammable Ink That Lets Objects Change Colors Like a Chameleon

Just because it's cool:

https://scitechdaily.com/reprogrammable-ink-that-lets-objects-change-colors-like-a-chameleon-video/

Tesla Researcher Says New Battery Could Last One Million Miles

That would be a huge help for solar storage too:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-new-battery-last-one-million-miles

What did Earth look like ______ years ago?

This is just a very cool way to view the world over the past up to 750 million years, and to see where the place you live used to be:

http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#0

In One-Year Study, Drug Cocktail Appears To Reverse “Genetic Age”

Very exciting prospect:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/study-drug-cocktail-reverse-genetic-age

The end of anonymity

It seems David Brin's "The Transparent Society" is coming to be:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-deep-dives-54d9b1ac-c774-4f8f-bbca-a750039f4563.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

If Will Smith had said yes to 'The Matrix' instead of Keanue Reeves

Deep fakes are getting better and better:

https://youtu.be/1h-yy3h1u04

Catalytic Reactor Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Pure Liquid Fuel

This sounds promising, although CO2 is the byproduct of the fuel use:

https://scitechdaily.com/catalytic-reactor-turns-greenhouse-gas-into-pure-liquid-fuel/

Aristo A.I. scores ‘A’ on 8th-grade science test

A.I. is rapidly catching up in yet another field:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/aristo-ai-test

We're One Step Closer to a Blood Test that Predicts When a Person Will Die

Interesting concept:

https://time.com/5656767/blood-test-longevity/

Lab-Made Mini Brains Produce Brain Waves Just Like Those of Preterm Babies

Sounds like a good analog for testing brain modifications and treatments:

https://www.livescience.com/mini-lab-brains-produce-waves.html

Advanced Microprocessor Built Out of Carbon Nanotubes

This is a huge advance in using nanotechnology in computers:

https://scitechdaily.com/advanced-microprocessor-built-out-of-carbon-nanotubes/

Quantum Gravity Could Reverse Cause and Effect

More from the bizarre world of quantum mechanics:

https://www.livescience.com/quantum-gravity-could-scramble-cause-and-effect.html

These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon

I'm familiar with the space elevator concept and how it wouldn't work for Earth, but this "partial" space elevator system just might work:

https://futurism.com/scientists-cable-earth-moon

Nanoparticles Grant Superpower: Infrared Night Vision

It would make it hard for people who can't sleep with the lights on:

https://scitechdaily.com/nanoparticles-grant-superpower-infrared-night-vision/

KFC partners with Beyond Meat to test plant-based nuggets, wings

Great to see this trend continuing:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yum-brands-beyond-meat/kfc-partners-with-beyond-meat-to-test-plant-based-nuggets-wings-idUSKCN1VG1CG

Physicists Create World’s Smallest Engine – 10 Billion Times Smaller Than a Car Engine

A component of nanotech!

https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-create-worlds-smallest-engine-10-billion-times-smaller-than-a-car-engine/

Why self-driving car companies are spilling their secrets

Interesting cooperation:

https://www.axios.com/why-av-companies-spilling-secrets-1fab42a4-6e22-4269-8bf8-42b4886d093b.html

Complex Quantum Teleportation Achieved for the First Time

Another advance toward quantum computing:

https://scitechdaily.com/complex-quantum-teleportation-achieved-for-the-first-time/

Bioprinting Complex Living Tissue in Just a Few Seconds

Impressive step forward in creating replacement organs and bones:

https://scitechdaily.com/bioprinting-complex-living-tissue-in-just-a-few-seconds-video/

An Artificial Intelligence Program Just Beat 5 Poker Professionals in a Texas Hold'em Tournament casino theme, poker game, aces casino

A.I. keeps getting better and better over humans:

https://time.com/5624968/facebook-ai-beats-professional-cardplayers/

AI hubris

A.I. research may be insufficiently diverse in its focus:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-8fd2e463-177d-4dfb-b81f-2477f21ba3f8.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Astronomers Create 8 Million Baby Universes Inside a Computer and Watch Them Grow. Here's What They Learned.

Cool experiment:

https://www.livescience.com/universe-machine-probes-dark-matter.html

Seeking Big A.I. Advances, a Startup Turns to a Huge Computer Chip

"Cerebras’s chip is fifty-seven times the size of the leading chip from Nvidia, the “V100,” which dominates today’s A.I. And it has more memory circuits than have ever been put on a chip: 18 gigabytes, which is 3,000 times as much as the Nvidia part."

https://fortune.com/2019/08/19/ai-artificial-intelligence-cerebras-wafer-scale-chip/?fbclid=IwAR2K88MPSs20qHdBVq3RztyYWP4mDKJKpkr_CyhGIH2KUlhGE81-v0jSp9A

The end of the world: a history of how a silent cosmos led humans to fear the worst

Just an interesting exploration of the zeitgeist of the perceived existence of extraterrestrials throughout history:

https://theconversation.com/the-end-of-the-world-a-history-of-how-a-silent-cosmos-led-humans-to-fear-the-worst-120193

MIT Scientists Achieve New Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Research

Very promising:

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-scientists-achieve-new-breakthrough-in-alzheimers-research/

The robots are coming — but take a breath

Another person thinking very near term, not keeping in mind that once A.I. supersedes ALL areas of human intelligence, there will likely be no jobs for humans:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/automation-robot-jobs?rebelltitem=2

Report: The World’s First Solar Road is an Absolute Disaster

Bummer but no surprise, unfortunately:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/worlds-first-solar-road-disaster

Physicist advances a radical theory of gravity

The nice thing is it doesn't need dark matter:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/physicist-radical-theory-of-gravity

Engineers Create Smart Robodog With AI Brain

An effective robot dog isn't too far away:

https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-create-smart-robodog-with-ai-brain/

Most Accurate Estimate of Earth-Like Planets Around Sun-Like Stars

"Based on their simulations, the researchers estimate that planets very close to Earth in size, from three-quarters to one-and-a-half times the size of earth, with orbital periods ranging from 237 to 500 days, occur around approximately one in four stars. Importantly, their model quantifies the uncertainty in that estimate. They recommend that future planet-finding missions plan for a true rate that ranges from as low about one planet for every 33 stars to as high as nearly one planet for every two stars."

https://scitechdaily.com/most-accurate-estimate-of-earth-like-planets-around-sun-like-stars/

‘MacGyver’ Robot Can Build Own Tools By Assessing Supplies

A.I. is getting quite clever:

https://scitechdaily.com/macgyver-robot-can-build-own-tools-by-assessing-supplies/

Israeli scientists develop nano-vaccine against melanoma

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/8/6/israeli-scientists-develop-nano-vaccine-against-melanoma?

CRISPR Gene Editing Is Being Tested in Human Patients, and the Results Could Revolutionize Health Care

If there are no serious side effects, this therapy could change everything:

https://time.com/5642755/crispr-gene-editing-humans/

There’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence

A bit rambling, but makes the point that technological advancements that are expected to take forever can just suddenly become available, so better prepare in advance:

https://intelligence.org/2017/10/13/fire-alarm/

CGI faces will soon be indistinguishable from real ones. Here’s how

Avatars are about to get "realer":

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/cubic-motion-scanning-technology/

French ‘bird-man’ Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on flyboard

Another milestone in personal aircraft performance:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/french-bird-man-franky-zapata-successfully-crosses-english/story?id=64763747

New Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer's 20 Years Before Symptoms

This could be critical:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/alzheimers-blood-test-20-years-early

A solar-powered system can turn salt water into fresh drinking water for 25,000 people per day

This is a game-changer:

https://www.businessinsider.com/solar-powered-device-turns-salt-water-into-fresh-drinking-water-2019-7

$500,000 for a solar-powered plant to supply 25,000 people daily with almost 20,000 gallons of fresh water made from seawater. That's just a $20 per person one-time expense. Wait...but that's less than a gallon daily per person. Not enough for Americans, who use an average high of 100 gallons daily. So we would spend $2,500 per person for the same plant. But the plant price is supposed to drop to $100,000, so $500 per American. Not bad.

Quantum Darwinism, which may explain our reality, passes tests

Trippy:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/quantum-mechanics-which-may-explain-our-reality-passes-tests?rebelltitem=2

Watch a SpaceX Rocket Generate 2 Sonic Booms and Land in This Amazing Video

Very cool video:

https://www.space.com/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-breaks-sound-barrier-crs-18-video.html

Is The Movement To Eat Less Meat Actually Making A Difference?

Yes:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eat-less-meat-environmental-effect_l_5d39d84fe4b020cd99501f2d

Scientist have made a contact lens that lets you zoom in by blinking

That would have been science fiction mere weeks ago:

https://thenextweb.com/science/2019/07/29/scientist-have-made-a-contact-lens-that-lets-you-zoom-in-by-blinking/

Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time

I love seeing these milestones passed:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/texas-wind-energy-trnd/index.html

The tricky business of improving human brains

Science fiction creeps ever closer to science fact:

https://www.axios.com/neurotechnology-improving-brains-98fb08e8-7ab6-405a-a575-3f24e2e6994c.html

Scientists Have Created a Prosthetic Arm That Lets Patients Feel Touch Again

Feeling bionics, an important step:

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-created-a-prosthetic-arm-that-lets-pati-1836669048

Mind-Bending “Quantum Darwinism” Theory Passes Experimental Tests

A possible way to reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity:

https://futurism.com/quantum-darwinism-theory-experimental-tests

The Human Brain Project Hasn’t Lived Up to Its Promise

R.I.P.:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/ten-years-human-brain-project-simulation-markram-ted-talk/594493/

Kenya launches Africa's largest wind farm

At least Obama's birthplace gets it. ;-)

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/kenya-wind-farm

Taking the sting out: Australian gene editing is crossing the pain threshold

This is pretty incredible:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/21/taking-the-sting-out-australian-gene-editing-is-crossing-the-pain-threshold

A Finnish company is making food out of thin air

This is likely the most sustainable, eco-friendly food one can make:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/protein-from-air

Forget Qubits — Scientists Just Built a Quantum Gate With Qudits

I'd never heard of qudits (with a D, not a B) before this:

https://futurism.com/forget-qubits-quantum-scientists-building-qudits

New Super-Charged Treatment Boosts T-Cell Therapy

This is really promising for defeating cancer:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-super-charged-treatment-boosts-t-cell-therapy/

Headed to Mars? Pack Some Aerogel—You Know, for Terraforming

An interesting midway solution:

https://www.wired.com/story/headed-to-mars-pack-some-aerogelyou-know-for-terraforming/

An Artificial Intelligence Program Just Beat 5 Poker Professionals In a Texas Hold'em Tournament

A.I. can now bluff? Or notice bluffing? Or is bluffing irrelevant?

https://time.com/5624968/facebook-ai-beats-professional-cardplayers/

Apparently, it can indeed bluff:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20690078/ai-poker-pluribus-facebook-cmu-texas-hold-em-six-player-no-limit

Engineers develop chip that converts wasted heat to usable energy

Cool systems down while generating electricity:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/7/10/engineers-develop-chip-that-converts-wasted-heat-to-usable-energy

7 new things we’ve learned about the brain

Just some interesting discoveries:

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/brain

Getting more heat out of sunlight

Another interesting use for aerogel:

http://news.mit.edu/2019/aerogel-passive-heat-sunlight-0702

It seems to me that if it can easily generate over 200 degree C temperatures, that can be used to generate power with a steam turbine engine. So solar power could provide hot water, home heating and electricity, all without a single solar cell.

At U.S. Gov’t Lab, Scientists Hope To Open A Portal To A Parallel Universe

Science fiction coming true...at least on the very, very small scale:

https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/science/at-u-s-gov-t-lab-scientists-hope-to-open-a-portal-to-a-parallel-universe-yH8tcXWDrkiez9HSKYn7YA/

Planting a Trillion Trees May Be the Best Way to Fight Climate Change, Study Says

This would be a force multiplier for habitat restoration, too:

https://time.com/5620706/plant-trillion-trees-climate-change/

A tiny tweak in California law is creating a strange thing: carbon-negative oil

This could actually reverse climate change:

https://qz.com/1638096/the-story-behind-the-worlds-first-large-direct-air-capture-plant/

For first time, U.S. renewable energies surpass coal

Only briefly due to the season, but it's a milestone:

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/renewables-coal

Researchers say they’re closer to finding cure for HIV after using CRISPR technology to eliminate disease in live mice for the first time

This could be a huge breakthrough. More rawdogging it! Woot!

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/researchers-used-crispr-technology-to-cure-hiv-in-living-mice.html

World’s Smallest MRI Machine Means We Can Now Scan Individual Atoms

Not sure where this will lead, really, but cool nevertheless:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/worlds-smallest-mri-scans-individual-atoms

U.S. Army to deploy tiny helicopter drones in Afghanistan

I can imagine this being a HUGE advantage:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/tiny-military-drones

The long-range electrics have arrived

Quite a few models available!

https://pluginamerica.org/the-long-range-electrics-have-arrived/

Jet Engines Strapped to Feet Going 103.4 MPH!

I keep thinking this is a hoax, but Snopes says it isn't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kB-BGMXxZc&feature=youtu.be

Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jet-powered-flight-feet/

Making graphene from gum trees

"The new method could reduce the cost of production from $USD100 per gram to a staggering $USD0.5 per gram."

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/6/24/making-graphene-from-gum-trees

Cryonics

A good primer on the cryonics movement:

https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1651411/

Could an Injection of Dead Cells Help Fight Cancer?

A bit gross but if it works...

https://www.livescience.com/65768-dying-cells-injection-cancer.html

Forget Moore's Law — Quantum Computers Are Improving According to a Spooky 'Doubly Exponential Rate

Oh, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes:

https://www.livescience.com/65651-quantum-computers-get-scary-fast.html

Here's how to prove that you are a simulation and nothing is real

The computing power he talks about could be MUCH lower than he estimated, since really only YOU need to be a simulated consciousness. Everyone else could be non-sentient characters that are run only when you encounter them. Other countries and their populations need not be simulated at all if you never go there, and presumably your programmer could interfere with your desire or ability to go there. Suddenly the simulation becomes MUCH simpler:

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/are-we-living-in-a-simulation?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7

Astronomers have found two new planets that could potentially support life

Closer and closer to finding extraterrestrial life:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/us/planets-life-habitable-space-nearby-star-trnd/index.html

This Robot Artist Just Became the First to Stage a Solo Exhibition. What Does That Say About Creativity?

We're not there yet, but I do like some of the artwork:

https://time.com/5607191/robot-artist-ai-da-artificial-intelligence-creativity/

Scientists Develop New Laser That Can Find and Destroy Cancer Cells in the Blood

Promising:

https://www.livescience.com/65723-laser-find-destroy-cancer-cells.html

Boston Dynamics: New Robots Now Fight Back

I just had to post this :-) :

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

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCuG-KJacp8

The Coming Age of Genetic Therapy

A reminder how quickly editing genetics is coming along:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/06/the-coming-age-of-genetic-therapy/

California Man Becomes the First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation

This is a very helpful step:

https://gizmodo.com/california-man-becomes-the-first-death-with-dignity-p-1831652934

How Will Cultured Meat and Meat Alternatives Disrupt the Agricultural and Food Industry?

Lots of good details here:

https://www.atkearney.com/retail/article/?/a/how-will-cultured-meat-and-meat-alternatives-disrupt-the-agricultural-and-food-industry

America's renewable energy capacity is now greater than coal

Yes!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/business/renewable-energy-coal-capacity/index.html

Upgrade Your Memory With a Surgically Implanted Chip

An interesting option for aging brains:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-10/upgrade-your-memory-with-a-surgically-implanted-chip

Yeah, Young Blood Transfusions Do Seem to Fight Aging

Damn, I sold my van and my candy. Now how am I supposed to get me some young-blooded young-uns?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/young-blood-transfusions-fight-aging

Zapping Elderly People’s Brains Supercharges Their Working Memory

Electrifying. I would get a charge out of this:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/zapping-brains-elderly-working-memory

This Tank-Like Machine Gun Robot Is Straight out Of "Terminator"

When Skynet comes online, its soldiers will be waiting:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tank-robot-terminator

Renewable Energy Costs Take Another Tumble, Making Fossil Fuels Look More Expensive Than Ever

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2019/05/29/renewable-energy-costs-tumble/#23ebd949e8ce

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Flying Car Has a Range of 400 Miles

A shuttlecraft! I want one!

https://futurism.com/the-byte/hydrogen-fuel-cell-flying-car

Unsettling Sex Robot Looks Almost Exactly Like a Real Person

They're getting there...

https://futurism.com/the-byte/sex-robot-real-person-video

One lucky destroyer crew will officially be the first to rock the Navy's newest laser weapon

https://taskandpurpose.com/uss-preble-laser-weapon-system

Driverless Cars Are 90% Here. Another 90% Is Left to Go.

Well, this is disheartening:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/driverless-cars-are-90-here-theres-another-90-left-to-go-11558717322

‘Protein Coat’ Makes Viruses More Infectious, Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Another hopeful path to a cure:

https://scitechdaily.com/protein-coat-makes-viruses-more-infectious-linked-to-alzheimers-disease/

Scientists 'Clear' Alzheimer's Plaque From Mice Using Only Light And Sound

A surprisingly effective treatment...in mice:

https://www.sciencealert.com/astonishing-new-study-treats-alzheimer-s-in-mice-with-a-light-and-sound-show

A.I. can now create fake videos of people from a single picture

Deep fakes are getting even more sophisticated and easy to create:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/new-ai-can-create-fake-videos-of-people-from-a-single-picture

That Mona Lisa is impressive!

The Race Is On to Build a Better Battery

The various pathways being pursued:

http://fortune.com/longform/race-build-better-battery/

The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons

Vaporware so far, but still:

https://www.livescience.com/65546-darpa-mind-controlled-weapons.html

Ford might have out-creeped Boston Dynamics with a 2-legged delivery robot

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-reveals-autonomous-delivery-robot-digit-2019-5

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

I'm pretty sure sex with robots will be no problem, but here are some concerns:

https://futurism.com/sex-robots-health

Report: Tesla Autopilot “Far Less Competent” Than Human Driver

Well this is disappointing news:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-autopilot-less-competent

Electron Beam Manipulates Atoms One at a Time

Could this be used to build the first practical replicator/assembler?

https://scitechdaily.com/electron-beam-manipulates-atoms-one-at-a-time/

Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods is debuting its second product — meatless sausage crumbles — on Little Caesars pizza

And here's the next new fake meat that should taste real:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-74073df9-5836-4a06-9eff-ce37006939ee.html?chunk=9&utm_term=emshare#story9

Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Development of Limitless Fusion Energy

A.I. was always promised to be the accelerator of the Singularity, so this shouldn't be surprising:

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-intelligence-accelerates-development-of-limitless-fusion-energy/

The quest for Alzheimer's drugs

The quest for a cure isn't going well:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-deep-dives-614fb345-39c1-4c93-8a5c-88769ec9c25b.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

Deep fake Faux Rogan

Deep fake voices have almost been perfected. Here is a test to see whether you can tell the difference between real and fake Joe Rogan:

http://fakejoerogan.com/

It's not too hard to tell the real voices if you pay attention to inflection and emotion...but the fakes are harder to spot.

The Lilium Jet five seater all-electric air taxi

We're almost there!

https://lilium.com/newsroom-detail/lilium-reveals-new-air-taxi-as-it-celebrates-maiden-flight

And see the video of it in action here:

https://youtu.be/8qotuu8JjQM

Dynetics-Lockheed team beats out Raytheon to build 100-kilowatt laser weapon

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/05/16/dynetics-lockheed-team-beats-out-raytheon-to-build-100-kilowatt-laser-weapon/

US Army exoskeletons: which companies are designing military suits?

A summary of what's been and is being developed:

https://defence.nridigital.com/global_defence_technology_apr19/military_exoskeletons_the_next_phase

Drugs That Kill “Zombie Cells” Could Prevent Aging

A highly encouraging discovery:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/drugs-kill-zombie-cells-prevent-aging

IHMC Atlas Autonomous Path Planning Across Narrow Terrain

Robots are getting more and more adroit (get it?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=popvnHUu3uU&feature=youtu.be

Another Gravity Industries Iron Man Suit Test Flight

I'd love to try this out:

https://youtu.be/hla5u3JgNjc

Avoiding the AI weapons race

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-ff9a6c85-71d2-4077-a083-671f1152e1af.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Massive 10-Petawatt Laser Can Vaporize Matter

Wow:

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/290863-massive-10-petawatt-laser-can-vaporize-matter?source=Extreme

Graphene aerogel sponge promises battery boost

Lithium sulfur batteries are improving in the number of recharge cycles, which has been their weakness:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/5/3/graphene-aerogel-sponge-promises-battery-boost

AI Is About to Completely Change the Face of Entertainment

We have a lot to look forward to:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/05/03/ai-is-about-to-completely-change-the-face-of-entertainment/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Could Herpes Viruses Play a Role in Alzheimer's? New Study Backs Theory

Hard to avoid herpes:

https://www.livescience.com/62883-herpes-viruses-alzheimers.html

The Challenge of Abundance: Boredom, Meaning, and the Struggle of Mental Freedom

A philosophical look at the consequences of abundance:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/05/05/the-challenge-of-abundance-boredom-meaning-and-the-struggle-of-mental-freedom/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Machine set to see if lithium can help bring fusion to Earth

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-machine-lithium-fusion-earth.html

Of course...now we're running low on lithium....

What if Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It?

Great idea:

https://www.wired.com/story/what-if-air-conditioners-could-help-save-the-planet/

The UK’s New “Dragonfire” Laser Weapon Is Weirdly Steampunk

What happens if the flywheel housing is hit?

https://futurism.com/uk-laser-weapon-dragonfire-energy-flywheel

New cancer ‘vaccine’ helps immune system find, kill disease

"We inject one tumor and we see all of the other tumors just melt away."

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/cancer-vaccine

America is running out of Impossible Burgers

I don't know whether I should post this under my Political Venom blog, Die Slower blog or this blog, since there's a lot of overlap, really. But it's nice to see meatless meat catching on so well:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/business/impossible-meat-shortage/index.html

America's renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever

Woot!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/business/renewable-energy-coal-solar/index.html

DARPA is Eyeing a High-Tech Contact Lens Straight Out of 'Mission: Impossible'

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/darpa-eyeing-high-tech-contact-lens-straight-out-mission-impossible-54617

Fusion power start-ups go small in effort to bring commercial reactors to life

One of these days, damn it!

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/fusion-power-start-ups-go-small-effort-bring-commercial-reactors-ncna998451

Burger King's Meatless 'Impossible Whopper' Is Going Nationwide

Meatless meat continues to spread (that sounds wrong, but whatever):

http://time.com/5579687/burger-king-impossible-burger-whopper/

Marc Raibert shows off a close-to-production Spot Mini

Highly versatile robot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBt2aTjCNmI&feature=youtu.be

Futuristic inventions and emerging technologies that will change the world

Light on details, but topics to keep an eye on:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/future-inventions?rebelltitem=9#rebelltitem9

Scientists Take a Step Toward Decoding Speech from the Brain

This likely could be easily modified to allow what amounts to functional telepathy between people over any distance!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-take-a-step-toward-decoding-speech-from-the-brain/

Ticklish Robot Interacts with Crowd

A useless robot, but its movements are fast and fluid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfHMmHhA3w&feature=youtu.be

New aircraft rises 'like a balloon'

Cool concept:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48013519

Scientists: New Device Appears to Defy the Laws of Thermodynamics

Some seriously odd science here:

https://futurism.com/device-defy-laws-thermodynamics

This Quantum Computer Can See the Future — All 16 of Them

https://www.livescience.com/65271-quantum-computer-sees-16-futures.html

Electric Car Price Tag Shrinks Along With Battery Cost

Parity with ICE vehicles could happen in 2020?

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/articles/2019-04-12/electric-vehicle-battery-shrinks-and-so-does-the-total-cost

Delivering cancer chemotherapy when and where doctors desire

A better way to kill cancer cells:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/4/18/delivering-cancer-chemotherapy-when-and-where-doctors-desire

Scientists Generated Nuclear Fusion With a Tabletop Device

Well, if they can make anything practical out of this, it would change the world:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-nuclear-fusion-device-smaller

The US Has Officially Started Using CRISPR on Humans

And now it begins!

https://futurism.com/the-byte/us-human-crispr-cancer-patients

The Tangled Web of Turning Spider Silk Into a Super Material

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/11/the-tangled-web-of-turning-spider-silk-into-a-super-material/

Are we living in a computer simulation? I don’t know. Probably.

A good explanation of the concepts:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

NASA 360 Presents - From Science Fiction to Science Fact

The visions of NIAC:

https://youtu.be/1cXrpSdcTEg

Scientists Say New Quantum Material Could "'Download' Your Brain"

A path to uploading a brain?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-quantum-material-download-brain

Tesla Says Autopilot Is Statistically Safer Than a Human Driver

If so...then the time has come:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-safety-autopilot-safer-human

Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

Okay, here we go....

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-scientists-super-monkeys-human-brain-genes

The problem with automation

Automation is evidently not creating more jobs than it's destroying:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-465ec948-f0e0-4532-8f75-54945eeed331.html

New Therapy Transforms Tumors Into “Cancer Vaccine Factories”

Very promising:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/therapy-tumors-cancer-vaccine-factories

Watch These Robots Do Tasks You Thought Were Simple (But for Them Are Pretty Hard)

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/09/watch-these-robots-do-tasks-you-thought-were-simple-but-for-them-are-pretty-hard/

Harbour Air Is Switching Over To 100% Electric Seaplanes

Makes sense that a sea plane would be part of a sea change....

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/06/how-maritime-harbour-air-is-switching-over-to-100-electric-seaplanes/

5 Big Breakthroughs to Anticipate in 3D Printing

3D printing is rapidly changing the world:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/08/5-big-breakthroughs-to-anticipate-in-3d-printing/

The Three Frontrunners in the CRISPR Therapy Race

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/07/the-three-frontrunners-in-the-crispr-therapy-race/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

This Floating City Can Withstand Category 5 Hurricanes (And Climate Change)

An interesting addition to architecture:

https://www.geek.com/news/this-floating-city-can-withstand-category-5-hurricanes-and-climate-change-1781843/

Business Impact Sorry, graphene—borophene is the new wonder material that’s got everyone excited

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613267/borophene-the-new-2d-material-taking-chemistry-by-storm/

“The Mice Became Smarter”: New Treatment Restores Aging Brains

I do hope this pans out:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/mice-smarter-treatment-aging-brains

Scientists Say They Can Make Light Travel 30x Faster Than Normal

This is just bizarre:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-make-light-travel-faster

China Is Taking the Worldwide Lead in Wind Power

Ugh. At least they're not as efficient as the other countries:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/04/china-is-taking-the-worldwide-lead-in-wind-power/

Why a lab-grown BK Whopper is cause for excitement

There are a lot of reasons to go with meatless meat, now that it is indistinguishable from meat:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/whopper

This “Transparent Wood” Could Cut the Cost of Heating Your Home

Transparent wood. Go figure. So now the windows and the walls will need curtains?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/transparent-wood-cut-heating-cost

Extreme, Hydrogen-Crushing Physicists Are Pushing Us into a 'New Era of Superconductivity'

https://www.livescience.com/65099-room-temperature-superconductors.html

Handle Robot Reimagined for Logistics

Impressive system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iV_hB08Uns&feature=youtu.be

Why Twisted Graphene Is One of the Most Exciting Physics Stories of the Year

https://gizmodo.com/why-twisted-graphene-is-one-of-the-most-exciting-physic-1833304370?ch=99&share=514a9adc

Organisms Survived on the Outside of the Space Station

Very cool indeed!

https://futurism.com/organisms-outside-space-station/

Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth's ice ages, study finds

A fascinating observation, perhaps indicating a way to counteract climate change:

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-tectonics-tropics-trigger-earth-ice.html

Giant murals beautify Mexico City and help improve air quality

Light on details, but interesting partial solution to pollution:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/murals-beautify-and-help-improve-air-quality/

Research: Planting Trillions of Trees Could Cancel Out CO2 Emissions

This is reason for optimism...although that is a LOT of trees:

https://futurism.com/planting-trillions-trees-cancel-co2-emissions

Scientists grow 'mini-brain on the move' that can contract muscle

I would think this could help the development of A.I.:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/18/scientists-grow-mini-brain-on-the-move-that-can-contract-muscle

You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does

Sigh. Well, we could always reverse-engineer the human brain. 'Course we don't know how that works exactly either....

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

Genetic Secrets to Whole-Body Regeneration Uncovered

One day this may lead to regeneration in humans:

https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-secrets-to-whole-body-regeneration-uncovered/

First Graphene-Based Device Is A "Few Months” Away, Says Startup

The "miracle material" is finally ready to be mass produced:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/produce-graphene-based-device-paragraf

New Google App Describes Objects to Blind People

This is rather brilliant:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/lookout-google-app-blind-people

A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality

Good! Then I reject your reality and substitute my own.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613092/a-quantum-experiment-suggests-theres-no-such-thing-as-objective-reality/

Physicists reverse time using quantum computer

Time travel! But even more limited than that microscale full invisibility cloaking:

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-physicists-reverse-quantum.html

Mammoth moves: frozen cells come to life, but only just

There's progress, but we're still a ways from cloning a woolly mammoth:

https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/mammoth-moves-frozen-cells-come-life-only-just-doc-1ei3xa1

"Halo Drive" Would Use Black Holes to Power Spaceships

https://futurism.com/the-byte/halo-drive-black-holes-power-spaceships

These injectable nanobots can walk around inside a human body

These are really microbots, not nanobots, but their potential is still cool:

https://www.slashgear.com/these-injectable-nanobots-can-walk-around-inside-a-human-body-08569270/

Transparent Aluminum - Star Trek Technology is now Real

Who'd a thunk it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DduO1fNzV4w

A sky-full of cars

This may come sooner rather than later, although there are still some major hurdles to deal with, of course:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-da1b2467-fe06-4afb-8cb6-0778d5b3c5a0.html

The Speeder: Jetpack Aviation opens pre-orders on jet powered flying motorcycle

Want!

https://newatlas.com/flying-motorcycle-jetpack-aviation-speeder/58752/

6 Super Cool Robots With Artificial Intelligence From Festo Robotics

Robot designers are making animal locomotion more and more lifelike:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzS3YPLJNnE

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

Still years away, unfortunately, but if successful it would solve...almost every alternative energy problem:

https://futurism.com/new-battery-ten-times-power

Piëch's electric coupe charges to 80 percent in five minutes

Needs the right charger, but this could be a tipping point for a lot of potential buyers:

https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/03/piech-mark-zero-ev-sports-car/

Don’t Bother Trying to Outrun This Creepy Spiderbot That Transforms Into a Rolling Wheel

This would make a good addition to the Terminator universe:

https://gizmodo.com/don-t-bother-trying-to-outrun-this-creepy-spiderbot-tha-1824104899

This Remarkably Agile Robot Hand Teaches Itself How to Handle Objects

And it's soft enough to pose no danger to humans:

https://gizmodo.com/this-remarkably-agile-robot-hand-teaches-itself-how-to-1832960417

Scientists Develop Modular Approach to Engineering Immune Cells

"Yale researchers have developed a new way to efficiently engineer immune cells, an advance which enhances the ability to fend off cancer and other diseases":

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-modular-approach-to-engineering-immune-cells/

How I Became a Robot in London—From 5,000 Miles Away

The promise of telerobotics is here:

https://www.wired.com/story/how-i-became-a-robot-in-london/

The big American robot push

We're doing better, but we have to make a concerted push in order to beat China:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-97db92c4-0aaa-4aa3-9fa8-263e28492fcd.html

Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

An interesting option worth pursuing:

https://futurism.com/self-assembling-circuits-resemble-brain-stores-memories/

Quantum Computing, Now and In the (Not Too Distant) Future

A quick primer on quantum computers:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/26/quantum-computing-now-and-in-the-not-too-distant-future/

US Military Files Patent for Room-Temperature Superconductor

This is exciting:

https://futurism.com/room-temperature-superconductor-patent

IBM’s ‘Project Debater’ AI Lost to a Human—But Put Up Quite a Fight

And now A.I. is coming after our arguing skills. My YouTube channel may soon be rendered obsolete:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/25/ibms-project-debater-ai-lost-to-a-human-but-put-up-quite-a-fight/

Major breakthrough may lead to universal flu vaccine

Here's one way to save a few hundred thousand lives each year:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/major-breakthrough-may-lead-to-universal-flu-vaccine

Scientists Have Created Synthetic DNA with 4 Extra Letters

VERY curious to see what characteristics could be ultimately generated by this:

https://www.livescience.com/64829-hachimoji-dna.html

The Pediatric AI That Outperformed Junior Doctors

A.I. is going to replace a lot of those in fields requiring some of the highest levels of education:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/20/the-pediatric-ai-that-outperformed-junior-doctors/

Official statement cautioning consumers against receiving young donor plasma infusions

Just in case anyone is thinking of spending the thousands of dollars required for "young blood":

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631568.htm

Machine learning 'causing science crisis'

I'm not happy about this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47267081

Elon Musk-backed AI Company Claims It Made a Text Generator That's Too Dangerous to Release

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-backed-ai-company-claims-it-made-a-text-gener-1832650914

Scientists Are Totally Rethinking Animal Cognition

Just interesting stuff:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/what-the-crow-knows/580726/

Deepfakes go bigger

Welp, we writers are going to be rendered obsolete before too long:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-7bf5eca2-acb4-40fd-bd45-b5382c1af0b4.html

This Walking Robot Navigates Using the Sun, No GPS Required

https://gizmodo.com/this-walking-robot-navigates-using-the-sun-no-gps-requ-1832599931

China Is Building a Solar Power Station in Space

By 2025. I was really hoping we would be first on this:

https://futurism.com/study-microdosing-fights-depression-improves-focus

Anti-Aging Drug That Kills Old Cells Passes First Human Trial

Anti-aging and no real side effects? I'm interested:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/anti-aging-drug-old-cells

New Artificial Leaf Design Could Absorb Far More CO2

10x as efficient! This could be the path to reversing climate change:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/artificial-leaves-convert-co2-fuel

NASA's Opportunity Rover Declared Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Mars

R.I.P. Opportunity. That was a long three months:

http://time.com/5528877/nasa-opportunity-rover-dead/

The Great Myth of the AI Skills Gap

"Our current situation isn’t any different than the past. The nature of technology has always been to create high-skilled jobs and increase worker productivity. This is good news for everyone."

I disagree. This guy is only thinking a few years into the future. But the thing is, A.I. will surely soon be smart enough to do ALL the jobs better than we can.

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/13/ai-wont-create-a-skills-gap-heres-what-will-happen-instead/

Stealth Assassins: Could the Air Force Arm F-35s with Laser Weapons?

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/stealth-assassins-could-air-force-arm-f-35s-laser-weapons-44157

Demystifying GMOs: New Research Shows Unexpected Changes in Plant DNA

CRISPR likely offers greater precision:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/11/demystifying-gmos-new-research-shows-unexpected-changes-in-plant-dna/

Mysterious Blobs Around M-Dwarf Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life

Unfortunately, the odds of extraterrestrial life evolving may have gotten a lot smaller:

https://www.space.com/42945-mysterious-blobs-dwarf-stars-and-alien-life.html

Artificial Intelligence, China And The U.S. - How The U.S. Is Losing The Technology War

If China's aging population problem doesn't cause them to stumble, we are in trouble:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveandriole/2018/11/09/artificial-intelligence-china-and-the-us-how-the-us-is-losing-the-technology-war/#193d00061957

Fox & Friends host says he hasn’t washed hands in 10 years: ‘Germs are not a real thing — I can’t see them’

Fox taking anti-science to the next level:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/fox-friends-host-says-hasnt-washed-hands-10-years-germs-not-real-thing-cant-see/

U.S. Wind Turbines Are Getting Less Powerful—and That's a Good Thing

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a23120126/us-wind-turbines-are-getting-less-powerfuland-thats-a-good-thing/

What Games Are Humans Still Better at Than AI?

There aren't many left:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/10/what-games-are-humans-still-better-at-than-ai/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Penny-Sized Ionocraft Flies With No Moving Parts

Impressive but inherently small:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/pennysized-ionocraft-flies-with-no-moving-parts

Longevity & Vitality Part 3: AI Augments Healthcare and Longevity

Using A.I. to cure ANY disease:

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/longevity-blog-part-3-artificial-intelligence

China's second-mover leapfrog

Ugh.

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-3a957d89-11b8-4dde-ade1-876e6179a9f0.html

Take a look at the world's largest 3D-printed rocket engine

The technology is maturing nicely:

https://futurism.com/orbex-3d-printed-rocket-engine

The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted

The Bionic Woman is almost here:

http://www.detop-project.eu/news/the-first-dexterous-and-sentient-hand-prosthesis-has-been-successfully-implanted/

Controversial ‘Gene Drives’ Just Worked in Mammals for the First Time

How to speed up evolution to an insane rate:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/06/controversial-gene-drives-just-worked-in-mammals-for-the-first-time/

Chess schmess. AI tries Pictionary

Try the game (there's a bit of a learning curve for being the drawer):

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-4d2b3b34-d0f5-4c70-921b-445deb07a23a.html?chunk=0#story0

US Army soldiers will soon be armed with these game-changing drones that fit in the palm of your hand

I could see these being highly effective in combat:

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-soldiers-will-soon-receive-these-awesome-new-pocket-sized-drones-2019-2

Neuroscientists Just Found a Way to Image the Brain 1,000 Times Faster Than Ever Before

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/04/neuroscientists-just-found-a-way-to-image-the-brain-1000-times-faster-than-ever-before/

Watch a Super-Fast 3D Printer Scientists Call the "Replicator"

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-replicator-3d-printer-light

English’s Reign as the “Global Language” Might End, Says Expert

Because of technology, not demographics:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/translation-tech-english-language

Physicists Made a Flying Army of Laser Schrödinger's Cats

Quantum mechanics is just plain weird:

https://www.livescience.com/64610-schrodingers-laser-cat.html

From Parkour to Surgery, Here Are the Top 10 Recent Advancements in Robotics

It's worth watching the videos:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/29/from-parkour-to-surgery-here-are-the-top-10-recent-advancements-in-robotics/

Advancing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech: Why Solar Energy Needs Your Electric Car

Or a home battery:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/27/advancing-vehicle-to-grid-tech-why-solar-energy-needs-your-electric-car/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

How Microrobots Will Fix Our Roads and Save Us Billions

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/25/how-microrobots-will-fix-our-roads-and-save-us-billions/

Boeing’s pilotless vehicle flies for first time

Battery technology really needs to improve by an order of magnitude:

https://www.axios.com/boeing-pilotless-vehicle-flies-first-time-f5e18206-0750-4822-bbbe-48c7dd1a0702.html

CRISPR Just Got More Powerful With an “On” Switch

CRISPR just gets more and more interesting:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/23/crispr-just-got-more-powerful-with-an-on-switch/

The Top Biotech and Medicine Advances to Expect in 2019

Some cool stuff here:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/22/the-top-biotech-and-medicine-advances-to-expect-in-2019/

San Diego Has Vast Solar Parking Lot Potential

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/18/san-diego-has-vast-solar-parking-lot-potential/

The speed of light is torturously slow, and these 3 simple animations by a scientist at NASA prove it

Cool way to give you some perspective:

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-fast-speed-light-travels-earth-moon-mars-nasa-2019-1

Big Brother Nation: The Case for Ubiquitous, Open-Sourced Surveillance in Smart Cities

This is similar to what David Brin proposed in The Transparent Society:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/13/big-brother-nation-the-case-for-ubiquitous-open-sourced-surveillance-in-smart-cities/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Delivery robot prototype

The future creeps in, step by step:

https://twitter.com/sokane1/status/1083436778353127426

Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel

Ah, so the potential is there!

https://theconversation.com/rotating-black-holes-may-serve-as-gentle-portals-for-hyperspace-travel-107062

Watch Video of Hyundai’s Walking Car Concept in Action

Now this is what I would call a true "robot car" (watch the videos):

https://futurism.com/the-byte/walking-car-hyundai-video

Our universe has antimatter partner on the other side of the Big Bang, say physicists

https://physicsworld.com/a/our-universe-has-antimatter-partner-on-the-other-side-of-the-big-bang-say-physicists/

Scientists engineer shortcut for photosynthetic glitch, boost crop growth 40%

This is a game-changing way to feed the world:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190103142306.htm

How kugelblitz black holes could power future spacecraft

Cool concept:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/making-a-kugelblitz-black-hole

Rolls Royce Is Building the World’s Fastest Electric Airplane

If we can just increase the energy density of batteries....

https://futurism.com/the-byte/electric-airplane-rolls-royce-accel

Expert: “I’m 100 Percent Confident” Fusion Power Will Be Practical

Well, at least it is within our lifetimes:

https://futurism.com/fusion-power-practical

AI Will Create Millions More Jobs Than It Will Destroy. Here’s How

https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/01/ai-will-create-millions-more-jobs-than-it-will-destroy-heres-how/

The problem I have with this claim is that in each case where automation increases jobs, the automation frees up humans to do what automation can't. But what happens when A.I. becomes vastly smarter than humans in EVERY way? As I see it, any job increases would just go to more A.I.