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