Very cool indeed!
https://futurism.com/organisms-outside-space-station/
Technology is advancing at an exponential rate often called the "Law of Accelerating Returns." If futurist predictions prove correct, we'll have advanced molecular manufacturing by around 2025, and possibly the replacement of humanity by vastly advanced machines a decade or two later.
This is a chronicle of our journey to that future, one advancing technology article at a time. I post the more significant and interesting articles as I come across them.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Monday, March 25, 2019
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
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-tectonics-tropics-trigger-earth-ice.html
Thursday, March 21, 2019
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/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/murals-beautify-and-help-improve-air-quality/
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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
https://futurism.com/planting-trillions-trees-cancel-co2-emissions
Monday, March 18, 2019
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
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
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence-hype
Friday, March 15, 2019
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-secrets-to-whole-body-regeneration-uncovered/
Thursday, March 14, 2019
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
https://futurism.com/the-byte/produce-graphene-based-device-paragraf
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/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613092/a-quantum-experiment-suggests-theres-no-such-thing-as-objective-reality/
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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
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
https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/mammoth-moves-frozen-cells-come-life-only-just-doc-1ei3xa1
Monday, March 11, 2019
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/
https://www.slashgear.com/these-injectable-nanobots-can-walk-around-inside-a-human-body-08569270/
Friday, March 8, 2019
Thursday, March 7, 2019
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
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-da1b2467-fe06-4afb-8cb6-0778d5b3c5a0.html
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
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
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
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/
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/03/piech-mark-zero-ev-sports-car/
Monday, March 4, 2019
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
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
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-modular-approach-to-engineering-immune-cells/
Friday, March 1, 2019
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
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-97db92c4-0aaa-4aa3-9fa8-263e28492fcd.html
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Quantum Teleportation Becomes Reality on Active Internet Cables
https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-teleportation-becomes-reality-on-active-internet-cables/
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"An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times fast...