Impressive versatility here:
https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-designing-advanced-shapeshifting-robots-for-saturns-moons-video/
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.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
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...."
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...."
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
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
https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/livestock-disruption?rebelltitem=5
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/bypassing-moores-law-with-high-speed-photonic-computers/
Monday, September 23, 2019
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
https://gizmodo.com/google-says-its-achieved-quantum-supremacy-a-world-fir-1838299829
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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/
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
https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-taxi-volocopter-flight-german-city
Monday, September 16, 2019
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/
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-researchers-discover-a-new-route-to-carbon-neutral-fuels-from-carbon-dioxide/
Friday, September 13, 2019
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/
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/12/scientists-propose-spaceline-elevator-to-the-moon/
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/low-cost-device-generates-electricity-naturally-in-the-dark/
Thursday, September 12, 2019
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
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/460496-electric-vehicles-wont-save-us-from-climate-change
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
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
http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#0
Sunday, September 8, 2019
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
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-deep-dives-54d9b1ac-c774-4f8f-bbca-a750039f4563.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0
Thursday, September 5, 2019
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/catalytic-reactor-turns-greenhouse-gas-into-pure-liquid-fuel/
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
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
https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/aristo-ai-test
Monday, September 2, 2019
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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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http://www.sltrib.com/home/3898355-155/albuquerque-weighs-getting-more-solar-power
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"An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times fast...