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