Introducing an AI that can plan

Exciting potential:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-4e54a437-028f-4989-a721-de476023931c.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

All Dark Matter in the Universe Could Be Primordial Black Holes – Formed From the Collapse of Baby Universes Soon After the Big Bang

"The first HSC observations have already reported a very intriguing candidate event consistent with a PBH [primordial black hole] from the “multiverse,” with a black hole mass comparable to the mass of the Moon. Encouraged by this first sign, and guided by the new theoretical understanding, the team is conducting a new round of observations to extend the search and to provide a definitive test of whether PBHs from the multiverse scenario can account for all dark matter."

https://scitechdaily.com/all-dark-matter-in-the-universe-could-be-primordial-black-holes-formed-from-the-collapse-of-baby-universes-soon-after-the-big-bang/

Tech could drive new Roaring '20s

Here's to hoping. The 2020s are supposed to be when nanotech matures:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-4c061aec-2133-49d5-ac45-67326c1dd8d3.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

New Cathode Design Significantly Improves Performance of Next-Generation Battery

So many new storage and alternative energy technologies showing promise. Here's another:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-cathode-design-significantly-improves-performance-of-next-generation-battery/

New Technology Improves Next-Generation Aqueous Flow Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technology-improves-next-generation-aqueous-flow-batteries/

Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production With a New Nanomaterial

https://scitechdaily.com/speeding-toward-improved-hydrogen-fuel-production-with-a-new-nanomaterial/

Mind uploading: Can we become immortal?

A good summary. The whole bit about using lasers to send one's consciousness to other planets is something I came up with 2-3 decades ago!

https://bigthink.com/videos/can-humans-be-immortal

Major Computing Breakthrough: Copenhagen Researchers Can Now Achieve “Quantum Advantage”

https://scitechdaily.com/major-computing-breakthrough-copenhagen-researchers-can-now-achieve-quantum-advantage/

In a Surprising Binge of Transparency, Battery Companies Tell Us What They Really Have

Some useful insight into what's coming:

https://themobilist.medium.com/in-a-surprising-binge-of-transparency-battery-companies-tell-us-what-they-really-have-adad5130f821

Korean Artificial Sun – KSTAR Fusion Reactor – Sets New World Record

We keep inching closer to real fusion power:

https://scitechdaily.com/korean-artificial-sun-kstar-fusion-reactor-sets-new-world-record/

Timelapse of Future Technology: 2022 - 4000+

Prognostication from two years away to 8,000+ years away. Hard to do for just a few decades into the future, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD6hyGXRcgk

2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come

Several interesting prognostications:

https://singularityhub.com/2020/12/22/2020-in-neuroscience-longevity-and-ai-and-whats-to-come/

Step Aside, PCR: CRISPR-based COVID-19 Tests Are Coming

A current CRISPR success:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/diagnostics/step-aside-pcr-crispr-based-covid-19-tests-are-coming

Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes "next level" battery technology - sources

I'm interested:

https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-autos/exclusive-apple-targets-car-production-by-2024-and-eyes-next-level-battery-technology-sources-idINL1N2IX1RZ

New Blended Solar Cells With Increased Power Efficiencies and Electricity Generation

https://scitechdaily.com/new-blended-solar-cells-with-increased-power-efficiencies-and-electricity-generation/

Entangled Photons Created 100 Times More Efficiently Than Previously Possible

https://scitechdaily.com/entangled-photons-created-100-times-more-efficiently-than-previously-possible/

Meat grown from cells moves out of the lab

An important step for eliminating the cruelty of factory farming:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-5b8f98f5-3e20-476b-80fe-3b97cc447a74.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Battery Pack Prices Cited Below $100/kWh for the First Time in 2020, While Market Average Sits at $137/kWh

https://about.bnef.com/blog/battery-pack-prices-cited-below-100-kwh-for-the-first-time-in-2020-while-market-average-sits-at-137-kwh/

New Material Can Store Energy From The Sun For Months or Even Years

"The finished composite material was able to store energy from ultraviolet light for at least four months at room temperature before releasing it again."

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-material-can-store-energy-from-the-sun-for-months-or-even-years

This is the First LIVING Robot and it's Unbelievable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6uTRT8KO4&feature=youtu.be

World Record: Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells on the Magic Threshold of 30% Efficiency

If they can get the durability down, we should have another energy revolution:

https://scitechdaily.com/world-record-perovskite-silicon-tandem-solar-cells-on-the-magic-threshold-of-30-efficiency/

Quantum Supremacy & AI, with Stephen Fry

 The exciting possibilities for A.I.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ntk4niqPo&feature=youtu.be

CRISPR Treatment Is Injected Directly Into a Patient's Body — a First for Gene Editing

 Another milestone:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/crispr-treatment-is-injected-directly-into-a-patients-body-a-first-for-gene?fbclid=IwAR0b_VhJTLsfBbtVGLEpx2owX62eL5clBvXk0FW8EiKD2QsjYlojz75dowI

A meat-free world by 2035? 'Totally doable,' says ​Impossible Foods CEO

Really glad to see this innovation continuing unabated:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/plant-based-meat

Trial of a universal flu vaccine shows promise

Looking forward to this coming out:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/universal-flu-vaccine

New Battery Is 10 Times More Powerful Than State of the Art, Flexible and Rechargeable

This sounds like amazing, game-changing stuff:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-battery-is-10-times-more-powerful-than-state-of-the-art-flexible-and-rechargeable/

Shadow Robot: AI Algorithms Bring Robot Hands One Step Closer to Human

This is how you rapidly improve robot performance:

https://scitechdaily.com/shadow-robot-ai-algorithms-bring-robot-hands-one-step-closer-to-human/

Rapid Mental Rejuvenation: Experimental Drug Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline Within Days

Wow, this could be a serious game-changer...if it works in humans:

"Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been shown in laboratory studies to restore memory function months after traumatic brain injury (TBI), reverse cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome, prevent noise-related hearing loss, fight certain types of prostate cancer, and even enhance cognition in healthy animals."

https://scitechdaily.com/rapid-mental-rejuvenation-experimental-drug-reverses-age-related-cognitive-decline-within-days/

27-Year-Old Student Creates Solar Panels Made From Food Waste That Can Produce Energy Even On Cloudy Days

 Very cool, especially if they're efficient and don't degrade too quickly:

https://www.boredpanda.com/solar-energy-panel-aureus-james-dyson-award/

China Claims Quantum Supremacy

I don't like seeing authoritarian regimes excelling at computing. It's dangerous:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-claims-quantum-supremacy

Camouflage Skin Developed That Provides On-Demand Cloaking in Both Daylight and Night

 This is a crude form of invisibility cloak, but give it a few years and see how effective it becomes:

https://scitechdaily.com/camouflage-skin-developed-that-provides-on-demand-cloaking-in-both-daylight-and-night/

Scientists Reverse the Aging Clock: Restore Age-Related Vision Loss Through Epigenetic Reprogramming

I suspect we'll see some remarkable advances in this over the next few years:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reverse-the-aging-clock-restore-age-related-vision-loss-through-epigenetic-reprogramming/

Like a Leaf – New Artificial Photosynthesis Method to Capture CO2 Directly From the Air and Turn It Into Fuel

https://scitechdaily.com/like-a-leaf-new-artificial-photosynthesis-method-to-capture-co2-directly-from-the-air-and-turn-it-into-fuel/

DeepMind AI Solution to a 50-Year-Old Science Challenge Could “Revolutionize Medical Research”

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-intelligence-solution-to-a-50-year-old-science-challenge-could-revolutionize-medical-research/

Faster, Smaller, Smarter and More Energy-Efficient Chips: World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created

The nanotech goal for memory size has been achieved, although the manufacturing process still needs to catch up:

"The scientific holy grail for scaling is going down to a level where a single atom controls the memory function, and this is what we accomplished in the new study."

https://scitechdaily.com/faster-smaller-smarter-and-more-energy-efficient-chips-worlds-smallest-atom-memory-unit-created/

New Weapon Against Metastatic Cancer: Engineered “Stealth Bomber” Virus

https://scitechdaily.com/new-weapon-against-metastatic-cancer-engineered-stealth-bomber-virus/

Simulations Identify New Way to Reverse Natural Aging Process in Cells

 Intriguing...

https://scitechdaily.com/simulations-identify-new-way-to-reverse-natural-aging-process-in-cells/

COVID-19 shows a bright future for vaccines

 Curing cancer and heart disease with a vaccine sounds good to me:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-988a0540-3f8c-4444-945c-626bb8c0814b.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Future Energy Source: Scientists Build Tiny Microbial Factories That Produce Hydrogen by Photosynthesis

https://scitechdaily.com/future-energy-source-scientists-build-tiny-microbial-factories-that-produce-hydrogen-by-photosynthesis/

Move Over Plastic: Desktop 3D Printing in Metal and Ceramics

 Impressive potential. I would think removing the plastic would leave the metal structurally weaker, but perhaps not:

https://scitechdaily.com/move-over-plastic-desktop-3d-printing-in-metal-and-ceramics/

Scientists Create Electronic Gadget Powered by Quantum Tunneling

 I wonder how much power could be generated?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-create-electronic-gadget-quantum-tunnelling

Scientists splice human genes into monkey brains to make them bigger, smarter

 We may eventually see animals with far greater intelligence:

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/11/20/scientists-splice-human-genes-into-monkey-brains-to-make-them-bigger-smarter/

Human ageing process biologically reversed in world first

 This is potentially HUGE--a massive extension to life with simple existing technologies.

"Scientists said the growth may mean that the telomeres of trial participants were now as long as they had been 25 years earlier":

https://news.yahoo.com/human-ageing-process-biologically-reversed-153921785.html

Renewable energy defies Covid-19 to hit record growth in 2020

 Also a pleasant surprise:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/10/renewable-energy-covid-19-record-growth-2020

The electric vehicle money surge

 Very nice to see:

https://www.axios.com/electric-vehicle-investments-arrival-gm-71308d34-e0bf-4be4-b3be-11feaba9d3af.html

Smarter Artificial Intelligence Technology in a New Light-Powered Chip

 https://scitechdaily.com/smarter-artificial-intelligence-technology-in-a-new-light-powered-chip/

Inside the Wild Finale of DARPA’s Simulated Drone Dogfights

 The age of artificially intelligent fighting machines is here:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-wild-finale-of-darpas-simulated-drone-dogfights

Tough New Bioinspired Material to Replace Petroleum-Based Plastics

https://scitechdaily.com/tough-new-bioinspired-material-to-replace-petroleum-based-plastics/

Super-Fast Quantum Light Detector Paves Way for Higher Performance Quantum Computers

https://scitechdaily.com/super-fast-quantum-light-detector-paves-way-for-higher-performance-quantum-computers/

Engineers Develop Self-Watering Soil That Could Transform Farming

 Ground breaking. Kind of literally:

https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-develop-self-watering-soil-that-could-transform-farming/

Nuclear Fusion Machine Turns on for the First Time

 Fusion can't come soon enough:

https://www.freethink.com/articles/nuclear-fusion-machine

Average human body temperature mysteriously declined, finds study

 This isn't a technology article, but it's still fascinating and weird:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/average-human-body-temperature-mysteriously-declined-finds-study

Researchers Create a Single-Molecule Switch – Key to Incredibly Tiny Molecular Computers

 Another step toward nanotech-based computing:

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-create-a-single-molecule-switch-key-to-incredibly-tiny-molecular-computers/

AI and automation are creating a hybrid workforce

 The pandemic is accelerating AI and automation:

https://www.axios.com/ai-automation-pandemic-job-changes-bdccef8b-4766-4170-8984-775e8aa13168.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

New Battery Technology Enables Charging Electric Cars Up to 90% in Just 6 Minutes

That should eliminate one of the few advantages of ICE vehicles:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-battery-technology-enables-charging-electric-cars-up-to-90-in-just-6-minutes/

Tesla Just Changed Everything

 Truly amazing potential to change the world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rwYNgkhXoA&feature=youtu.be

Redesigned Current Conductors Boost Lithium-Ion Battery Efficiency and Safety

 “But in our study, making the collector 80% lighter increased the energy density of lithium-ion batteries – how much energy they can store in a given weight – by 16-26%. That’s a big jump compared to the average 3% increase achieved in recent years.”

https://scitechdaily.com/redesigned-current-conductors-boost-lithium-ion-battery-efficiency-and-safety/

Biology is having its industrial revolution

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-e64aa254-428a-43d0-8e78-84a3a27910ac.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Videos of GM’s Driverless Cars Show Several Near-Crashes

 This could slow things down, unfortunately:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/videos-gm-driverless-cars-crashes

Solar power now generates the cheapest electricity in history, IEA says

 Yes!

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/solar-energy-cost

What Did the Earth Look Like _______ Million Years Ago

Just because this is cool:

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240

Type in your city of choice and see where it used to be.

“Holy Grail” Sought for More Than a Century: Researchers Synthesize Room Temperature Superconducting Material

 If they can get this down to reasonable pressures, it'll change the world:

https://scitechdaily.com/holy-grail-sought-for-more-than-a-century-researchers-synthesize-room-temperature-superconducting-material/

Researchers Extract More Energy From Sunlight – Could Boost the Efficiency of Solar Panels by 50%

 Clever:

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-extract-more-energy-from-sunlight-could-boost-the-efficiency-of-solar-panels-by-50/

Chemists propose spinach as a better, cheaper battery catalyst

 Popeye was right about spinach giving him energy:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/spinach-batteries?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week

 We're getting closer:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-beta-full-self-driving

Columbia Professor: There’s a 50% Chance We’re Living in a Simulation

 I don't think the math adds up at all (after all, if you have three options it doesn't necessarily mean each option has an equal chance of being true), but here you go:

https://futurism.com/columbia-professor-50-percent-chance-simulation

Some Planets May Be Better for Life Than Earth: Researchers Identify 24 Superhabitable Exoplanets

 "A study led by Washington State University scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch recently published in the journal Astrobiology details characteristics of potential “superhabitable” planets, that include those that are older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth. Life could also more easily thrive on planets that circle more slowly changing stars with longer lifespans than our sun."

https://scitechdaily.com/some-planets-may-be-better-for-life-than-earth-researchers-identify-24-superhabitable-exoplanets/

Physicist and student run the numbers on paradox free time travel

 At least it's mathematically possible:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/time-travel-paradox

Science pays off

 "Even under very conservative assumptions, it is difficult to find an average return below $4 per $1 spent. Accounting for health benefits, inflation bias, or international spillovers can bring the social returns to over $20 per $1 spent."

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-48a558fd-cd67-4883-8cc6-2df46945a55d.html?chunk=6&utm_term=emshare#story6

Nuclear fusion reactor could be here as soon as 2025

 More on the exciting new fusion generator, although it wouldn't actually generate electricity until 2035:

https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-sparc-2025.html

In 2020, more men and women are likely to consider sex with a robot

 Sex with robots is working its way into the zeitgeist:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/robot-sex-doll-study?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

New Detector Breakthrough Is Potential Game-Changer for Quantum Computing

 https://scitechdaily.com/new-detector-breakthrough-is-potential-game-changer-for-quantum-computing/

Plastic-Eating Super-Enzyme “Cocktail” Offers New Hope for Plastic Waste Solution

 https://scitechdaily.com/plastic-eating-super-enzyme-cocktail-offers-new-hope-for-plastic-waste-solution/

Revolutionary Zero-Emissions Power Source: Validating the Physics Behind the New MIT-Designed Fusion Experiment

 https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-zero-emissions-power-source-validating-the-physics-behind-the-new-mit-designed-fusion-experiment/

Tesla's new 'tabless' cell design is 'brilliant,' said a top battery researcher

"The bigger 4680 cell can handle more power, and Tesla maintains that it will be faster and cheaper to produce."

https://news.yahoo.com/teslas-tabless-cell-design-brilliant-124200818.html?guccounter=1

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee

 Well, Tokyo is doomed:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-japan-60-foot-gundam-robot-take-knee

Tesla’s “Plaid” Model S is Real and It’s Fast as Hell

 EVs are getting better and better:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-plaid-model-s-fast

Paradox-Free Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible: Physicist “Squares the Numbers” on Time Travel

 Very interesting:

"Try as you might to create a paradox, the events will always adjust themselves, to avoid any inconsistency."

https://scitechdaily.com/paradox-free-time-travel-is-theoretically-possible-physicist-squares-the-numberson-time-travel/

Design for a Space Habitat With Artificial Gravity That Could Be Grown Larger Over Time to Fit More People

 Useful calculations for creating a generation ship that can reach the stars:

https://www.universetoday.com/147882/design-for-a-space-habitat-with-artificial-gravity-that-could-be-grown-larger-over-time-to-fit-more-people/

Founder of Tesla Competitor Nikola Steps Down Amid Fraud Scandal

 Alas, Nikola isn't so promising after all:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/founder-tesla-competitor-nikola-steps-down

Massive Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Completed: What Astronomers Found in Search of 10 Million Star Systems for Alien Technology

 Alas:

https://scitechdaily.com/massive-hunt-for-extraterrestrial-life-completed-what-astronomers-found-in-search-of-10-million-star-systems-for-alien-technology/

Researchers Discover Nanoscale Catalyst to Efficiently Convert CO2 Into Ethylene

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-nanoscale-catalyst-to-efficiently-convert-co2-into-ethylene/

Ultra-Fast Magnetic Switching Could Transform Fiber Optic Communications & Expand the Capacity of the Internet

 "When struck by successive ultra-short laser pulses it exhibits “toggle switching” that could increase the capacity of the global fiber optic cable network by an order of magnitude."

https://scitechdaily.com/ultra-fast-magnetic-switching-could-transform-fiber-optic-communications-expand-the-capacity-of-the-internet/

Two Layers Are Better Than One for Efficient Solar Cells – Affordable, Thin Film Solar Cells With 34% Efficiency

 https://scitechdaily.com/two-layers-are-better-than-one-for-efficient-solar-cells-affordable-thin-film-solar-cells-with-34-efficiency/

Doctors Are Preparing to Implant the World’s First Human Bionic Eye

 A little late for my dad:

https://futurism.com/doctors-preparing-implant-the-worlds-first-human-bionic-eye

Astronomers Spot Possible Signs Of Extraterrestrial Life In Venus’s Clouds

 Just because this is so cool:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/venus-possible-life_n_5f5f878ac5b68d1b09c5ab9b

SpaceX's Satellite Internet Service Latency Comes in Under 20 Milliseconds

 Oh I really hope I have access to this! I would get 15x the download speed, 108x the upload speed and 13x lower latency:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacexs-satellite-internet-service-latency-comes-in-under-20-milliseconds?fbclid=IwAR0U9ZejIJvO7aJ-VubDwDQ_6_hGqHAyYbE9sNGHMMYQdHiykKwgh7aDoQY

Breakthrough Electrocatalyst Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol

 https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-electrocatalyst-turns-carbon-dioxide-into-ethanol/

Scientists May Have Discovered a Way to to Slow Aging by Direct Reprogramming of Human Cells

 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-may-have-discovered-a-way-to-to-slow-aging-by-direct-reprogramming-of-human-cells/

Gene-Hacked “Bodybuilder” Mice Stayed Ripped on Space Station

 If they can do this for humans, too, I want it:

https://futurism.com/gene-hacked-bodybuilder-mice-stayed-ripped-space-station

Nano diamond batteries have one company all charged-up

 This sounds like it would blow pretty much all other battery technology out of the water:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/nano-diamond-battery

Brain-Inspired Electronic System Could Make Artificial Intelligence 1,000 Times More Energy Efficient

 This is a big deal because:

"Existing AI is extremely energy-intensive — training one AI model can generate 284 tonnes of carbon dioxide, equivalent to the lifetime emissions of five cars. Replacing the transistors that make up all digital devices with memristors, a novel electronic device first built in 2008, could reduce this to a fraction of a tonne of carbon dioxide — equivalent to emissions generated in an afternoon’s drive."

https://scitechdaily.com/brain-inspired-electronic-system-could-make-artificial-intelligence-1000-times-more-energy-efficient/

True holographic movies are within grasp

 https://phys.org/news/2020-08-true-holographic-movies-grasp.html

Qubits Hold Quantum Information for 10,000 Times Longer Than Previous Record – Paves Way for Large Quantum Computers

 Another big jump:

https://scitechdaily.com/qubits-hold-quantum-information-for-10000-times-longer-than-previous-record-paves-way-for-large-quantum-computers/

Unexpected Electrical Current Discovered That Could Stabilize Fusion Reactions – Bringing the Fusion Energy That Drives the Sun to Earth

 Finally getting fusion would solve so many problems:

https://scitechdaily.com/unexpected-electrical-current-discovered-that-could-stabilize-fusion-reactions-bringing-the-fusion-energy-that-drives-the-sun-to-earth/

The great battery race

https://www.axios.com/tesla-battery-technology-electric-vehicles-ae06cac5-dff4-4276-bbf6-8fba2fcfe95b.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=email 

NASA-Funded Scientist Claims New Thruster Could Approach Light Speed

 A long shot but a powerful one:

https://futurism.com/nasa-funded-scientist-new-thruster-light-speed

New Electronic Skin Can React to Pain Like Human Skin – For Better Prosthetics and Smarter Robots

 https://scitechdaily.com/new-electronic-skin-can-react-to-pain-like-human-skin-for-better-prosthetics-and-smarter-robots/

Laser Jolts Microscopic Electronic Robots Into Walking – Could Produce 1 Million Robots per Silicon Wafer

 Getting closer to real nanobots, but still a long way to go:

https://scitechdaily.com/laser-jolts-microscopic-electronic-robots-into-walking-could-produce-1-million-robots-per-silicon-wafer/

New Internet Speed World Record: 178 Terabits a Second

 Big numbers go over our heads. So here's some perspective:

"the research team led by Dr. Lidia Galdino (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering), achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second (178,000,000 megabits a second) – a speed at which it would be possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second."

https://scitechdaily.com/new-internet-speed-world-record-178-terabits-a-second/

Japanese Company Tests a Flying Car — With a Human On Board

No pics, though:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-car-with-human-board?mc_eid=3fd10445cf&mc_cid=53ecc8a995

‘Cold Tube’ Invented to Beat the Summer Heat More Efficiently Than Air Conditioning

 Fascinating: "air conditioning" where you don't need to close windows:

https://scitechdaily.com/cold-tube-invented-to-beat-the-summer-heat-more-efficiently-than-air-conditioning/

Physicists: Wormholes Large Enough to Travel Through Are Possible

 Intriguing but not what we'd hoped for: "These theoretical wormholes would blink travelers 10,000 lightyears away in a single second, though thanks to the quirks of special relativity an observer from Earth would see the journey take 10,000 years":

https://futurism.com/the-byte/wormholes-large-enough-travel-through

Why We Believe Planting 1 Trillion Trees Can Save the Planet

Worth keeping in mind: "This effort could capture an estimated 200 gigatonnes of carbon over the coming decades, an amount equal to two-thirds of the pollution produced since the Industrial Revolution. But it will take time for young trees to capture the same amount of CO2 as mature forests."

https://time.com/5883791/planting-trees-climate-change/

Quantum Computing Performance May Soon Hit a Wall, Due to Interference From Cosmic Rays

 A potential stumbling block:

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computing-performance-may-soon-hit-a-wall-due-to-interference-from-cosmic-rays/

Storing Electrical Energy in Red Bricks – Walls Could Act As Huge Batteries

This would be an ideal building material...except in earthquake zones:

https://scitechdaily.com/storing-electrical-energy-in-red-bricks-walls-could-act-as-huge-batteries/

New $115 Million Quantum Systems Accelerator to Pioneer Quantum Technologies for Discoveries That Benefit the World

 https://scitechdaily.com/new-115-million-quantum-systems-accelerator-to-pioneer-quantum-technologies-for-discoveries-that-benefit-the-world/

Surprising Number of Exoplanets Could Host Life – Some Stars Could Have As Many as 7 Habitable Planets in Orbit

If only Jupiter hadn't formed, we might have had several other planets in the habitable zone:

https://scitechdaily.com/surprising-number-of-exoplanets-could-host-life-some-stars-could-have-as-many-as-7-habitable-planets-in-orbit/

Artificial Photosynthesis Advance: Standalone Device Converts Sunlight, CO2 and Water Into Clean Fuel

 https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-photosynthesis-advance-standalone-device-converts-sunlight-co2-and-water-into-clean-fuel/

Defects Deliver the Best of Both Worlds: Highly Efficient Ultrahigh Energy Density Capacitor

 https://scitechdaily.com/defects-deliver-the-best-of-both-worlds-highly-efficient-ultrahigh-energy-density-capacitor/

Inside the Wild Finale of DARPA’s Simulated Drone Dogfights

 The beginning of the end of human fighter pilots:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-wild-finale-of-darpas-simulated-drone-dogfights

This Fully Functional, 9000 Pound Mech Suit Looks Absolutely Amazing

 Pretty impressive so far:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/fully-functional-9000-pound-mech-suit

Transparent Solar Panels for Windows Hit New Efficiency Record – Could Help Enable Skyscrapers to Serve As Power Sources

 https://scitechdaily.com/transparent-solar-panels-for-windows-hit-new-efficiency-record-could-help-enable-skyscrapers-to-serve-as-power-sources/

Two-for-One Energy From Photons: Tomorrow’s Super-Efficient Solar Cells

 https://scitechdaily.com/two-for-one-energy-from-photons-tomorrows-super-efficient-solar-cells/

Tesla Competitor, Lucid, Claims Their Car Will Have a 517 Mile Range

There are fewer and fewer reasons not to choose an EV:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-competitor-lucid-motors-air-517-mile-range?

California will test a stretch of highway paved using recycled plastics

Less toxic, more durable, and a good way to repurpose plastic refuse:

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/california-recycled-plastic-pavement-highway-technisoil/

Chernobyl fungus could shield astronauts from cosmic radiation

"Extrapolating these results, the researchers estimated that a roughly 8-inch layer of C. sphaerospermum "could largely negate the annual dose-equivalent of the radiation environment on the surface of Mars." That would be a significant benefit to astronauts. After all, an astronaut who is one year into a Mars mission would have been exposed to roughly 66 times more radiation than the average person on Earth."

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/radiation-on-mars-fungus

Learning of Foreign Language Sounds Boosted by Non-invasive Nerve Stimulation

"By the end of the training, those participants were 13% better on average at classifying tones and reached peak performance twice as quickly as control participants who wore the tVNS device but never received stimulation."

https://scitechdaily.com/learning-of-foreign-language-sounds-boosted-by-non-invasive-nerve-stimulation/

A Quintillion Calculations a Second: DOE Calculating the Benefits of Exascale and Quantum Computers

"When they launch, they’ll already be five times faster than our fastest computer"

"Quantum computers could potentially reduce the time it takes to run these simulations from billions of years to a few minutes."

https://scitechdaily.com/a-quintillion-calculations-a-second-doe-calculating-the-benefits-of-exascale-and-quantum-computers/

Scientists Played a Game of Go at the Quantum Scale

Just because the concept is cool...

https://futurism.com/the-byte/played-game-go-quantum-scale

Smoothing Out the “Duck Curve” – Influx of Electric Vehicles Accelerates Need for Grid Planning

Charging millions of EVs won't be easy:

https://scitechdaily.com/smoothing-out-the-duck-curve-influx-of-electric-vehicles-accelerates-need-for-grid-planning/

World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France

This promising technology has taken FAR too long to arrive:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/28/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-under-assembly-in-france

DeepMind’s Newest AI Programs Itself to Make All the Right Decisions

A.I. learning to learn:

https://singularityhub.com/2020/07/26/deepminds-newest-ai-programs-itself-to-make-all-the-right-decisions/

Groundbreaking blood test can detect cancer years before symptoms appear

Detection up to four years before being detectable by conventional means:

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/groundbreaking-blood-test-can-detect-cancer-years-before-symptoms-appear-636443

Advances in Simple Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s

https://scitechdaily.com/advances-in-simple-blood-tests-for-alzheimers/

New Material Can Generate Hydrogen From Fresh, Salt, or Polluted Water by Exposure to Sunlight

Another promising source for hydrogen for fuel:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-material-can-generate-hydrogen-from-fresh-salt-or-polluted-water-by-exposure-to-sunlight/

Offshore Wind Power Now So Cheap It Could Pay Money Back to Consumers – Pivotal to Reach Net-Zero Carbon Emissions

A nice problem to have:

https://scitechdaily.com/offshore-wind-power-now-so-cheap-it-could-pay-money-back-to-consumers-pivotal-to-reach-net-zero-carbon-emissions/

Scientists Discover “Love Hormone” Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-love-hormone-oxytocin-could-be-used-to-treat-cognitive-disorders-like-alzheimers/

Scientists are one step closer to delaying aging

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/health/slow-aging-intl-scli-scn/index.html

Watch a 3D Printer Spit Out an Entire Two-Story House

https://futurism.com/the-byte/3d-printer-two-story-house

Researchers Invent High-Performance Hybrid Solar Energy Converter

"The team reports that the system demonstrated 85.1 percent efficiency, delivered steam at up to 248°C, and is projected to have a system levelized cost of 3 cents per kilowatt hour."

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-invent-high-performance-hybrid-solar-energy-converter/

Battery Breakthrough to Give Flight to Electric Aircraft and Boost Long-Range Electric Cars

https://scitechdaily.com/battery-breakthrough-to-give-flight-to-electric-aircraft-and-boost-long-range-electric-cars/

Powering the Future: New Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Battery

Another potential game changer:

https://scitechdaily.com/powering-the-future-new-room-temperature-liquid-metal-battery/

Turning Seawater Into Fuel With a Low-Cost Catalyst

There's all sorts of potential with this technology:

https://scitechdaily.com/turning-seawater-into-fuel-with-a-low-cost-catalyst/

Solar Flow Battery: Single Device Generates, Stores and Redelivers Renewable Electricity From the Sun

https://scitechdaily.com/solar-flow-battery-single-device-generates-stores-and-redelivers-renewable-electricity-from-the-sun/

Scientists Identify the Protein Responsible for the Brain Benefits of Exercise

And it may eventually come in pill form:

https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-identify-the-protein-responsible-for-the-brain-benefits-of-exercise

A new approach to Alzheimer’s based on physics and worms

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/phase-transition-dementia

Shockingly Simple: How Farmland Could Absorb an Extra 2 Billion Tonnes of CO2 From the Atmosphere Each Year

Impressive idea:

https://scitechdaily.com/shockingly-simple-how-farmland-could-absorb-an-extra-2-billion-tonnes-of-co2-from-the-atmosphere-each-year/

Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized

As usual, I think this is an example of short-term thinking. Put A.I. in a robot body that can experience the world, and the tacit knowledge problem may not be a problem:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0494-4

Solar-Powered Nanotubes Could Bring Water to the World

With climate change, this will be necessary:

https://news.yahoo.com/solar-powered-nanotubes-could-bring-130000471.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb

Elon Musk Brags That Tesla Is “Very Close” to Full, Level 5 Self Driving

I hope he's right:

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tesla-close-level-5-autonomy?mc_cid=d4122d2db5&mc_eid=3fd10445cf

Tesla’s Ambitious Plan To Ditch Cobalt

"The electric car supply chain is also heavily dependent on cobalt, a pricey metal that makes electric cars so prohibitively expensive for most consumers, with the battery’s cobalt content accounting for an astonishing 40 percent of the car’s total value. Now, however, it looks like Tesla is poised to disrupt the entire EV market and supply chain with new innovation by taking on both lithium and cobalt. “As Tesla plans next-generation electric vehicle batteries, focus is turning to lithium-iron, not the lithium-ion that has been the fundamental chemical engineering science powering EVs to date."

https://news.yahoo.com/tesla-ambitious-plan-ditch-cobalt-170000683.html

Startup Launches New 3D-Printed Steaks That Are Good For The Environment

They're finally getting into perfecting the texture problem:

https://www.boredpanda.com/3d-printing-animal-free-meat/

Pulse Pressure: A Game Changer in the Fight Against Dementia

It's about the blood brain barrier breaking down:

https://scitechdaily.com/pulse-pressure-a-game-changer-in-the-fight-against-dementia/

Breakthrough Solid State Battery - 900 Wh/L Samsung

A game-changing battery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAFk-CebHWA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1C8PyBs2LHVGfcGIvrOJjPG7uu7pA7NHoX5XLd93uOhWg0cpjg_F9R1uw

Parkinson’s Disease Eliminated in Mice by One-Time Genetic Treatment that Generates New Neurons

"Just a single treatment to inhibit PTB in mice converted native astrocytes, star-shaped support cells of the brain, into neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. As a result, the mice’s Parkinson’s disease symptoms disappeared."

https://scitechdaily.com/parkinsons-disease-eliminated-in-mice-by-one-time-genetic-treatment-that-generates-new-neurons/

Cancer drug: New treatment halts tumour growth

A highly promising cure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53137328

Engineers Put Tens of Thousands of Artificial Brain Synapses on a Single Chip for Portable AI Devices

https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-put-tens-of-thousands-of-artificial-brain-synapses-on-a-single-chip-for-portable-ai-devices/

New Quantum Communication Technique Sends Information Using “Spooky Action at a Distance”

Quantum mechanics is weird indeed:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-quantum-communication-technique-sends-information-using-spooky-action-at-a-distance/

Kepler Space Telescope Reveals as Many as Six Billion Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy

That is an encouraging number:

https://scitechdaily.com/kepler-space-telescope-reveals-as-many-as-six-billion-earth-like-planets-in-our-galaxy/

First Quantum Phase “Supercurrent” Battery Ever Developed

But how effective is it? And what is its potential?

https://scitechdaily.com/first-quantum-phase-supercurrent-battery-ever-developed/

Starlink satellite Internet access

I'm REALLY looking forward to gigabit speeds and <35 ms latency!

https://www.starlink.com/

Nature-Inspired CRISPR Enzyme Discoveries Vastly Expand Genome Editing

https://scitechdaily.com/nature-inspired-crispr-enzyme-discoveries-vastly-expand-genome-editing/

Quantum Programming Breakthrough: First Intuitive Language for Quantum Computers

Another important step in the development of quantum computers:

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-programming-breakthrough-first-intuitive-language-for-quantum-computers/

Artificial Synapse That Works With Living Cells Developed at Stanford

"Now that the researchers have successfully tested their design, they are figuring out the best paths for future research, which could include work on brain-inspired computers, brain-machine interfaces, medical devices or new research tools for neuroscience."

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-synapse-that-works-with-living-cells-developed-at-stanford/

Neuroscientists Find Possible Anti-Aging Alzheimer’s Treatment To Repair Aging Neurons’ DNA Damage

Another promising option:

https://scitechdaily.com/neuroscientists-find-possible-anti-aging-alzheimers-treatment-to-repair-aging-neurons-dna-damage/

Scientists Discover a Prime Renewable Energy Source: Water Vapor in the Atmosphere

"The researchers, however, showed that humid air may be a source of charging surfaces to voltages of around one volt. “If a AA battery is 1.5V, there may be a practical application in the future: to develop batteries that can be charged from water vapor in the air,” Prof. Price adds."

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-prime-renewable-energy-source-water-vapor-in-the-atmosphere/

Carbon Nanotube Transistor Advance Paves the Way for 3D Microprocessors

"A 3D computer chip, which might combine logic and memory functions, is projected to “beat the performance of a state-of-the-art 2D chip made from silicon by orders of magnitude.”"

https://scitechdaily.com/carbon-nanotube-transistor-advance-paves-the-way-for-3d-microprocessors/

Artificial Brains Need Sleep Too – Desperate AI Researchers Discover Way to Stabilize Neuromorphic Processors

Interesting that sleep may be universal, even for advanced A.I.:

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-brains-need-sleep-too-desperate-ai-researchers-discover-way-to-stabilize-neuromorphic-processors/

Tesla Supplier: New Battery Will Last a Shocking 1.2 Million Miles

A battery that can be used for decades would be a game changer:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-supplier-new-battery

Physicists entangle 15 trillion hot atoms

Surely this has to lead to something:

https://www.livescience.com/physicists-entangle-15-trillion-hot-atoms.html

Progressing Electronics Beyond Moore’s Law With Graphene and 2D Materials

https://scitechdaily.com/progressing-electronics-beyond-moores-law-with-graphene-and-2d-materials/

The surprise reason sleep-deprivation kills lies in the gut

Not really a high tech issue, but it's fascinating enough to post:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/sleep-deprivation-gut

Supernumerary 3DOF Robotic Arm

It's just a matter of time when having functional extra arms will be available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhB-XCkH5u0&feature=youtu.be

Most Cost Effective Solar Power Systems: Double-Sided Panels That Follow the Sun

"Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels — which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one — and single-axis tracking technology that tilts the panels so they can follow the sun are the most cost-effective to date, researchers report June 3rd in the journal Joule. They determined that this combination of technologies produces almost 35% more energy, on average, than immobile single-panel photovoltaic systems, while reducing the cost of electricity by an average of 16%"

https://scitechdaily.com/most-cost-effective-solar-power-systems-double-sided-panels-that-follow-the-sun/

Scientists Create Synthetic Red Blood Cells That Mimic Natural Ones, Plus Have New Abilities

Very cool:

"The researchers loaded the artificial cells with either hemoglobin, an anticancer drug, a toxin sensor or magnetic nanoparticles to demonstrate that they could carry cargoes. The team also showed that the new RBCs could act as decoys for a bacterial toxin. Future studies will explore the potential of the artificial cells in medical applications, such as cancer therapy and toxin biosensing, the researchers say."

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-synthetic-red-blood-cells-that-mimic-natural-ones-plus-have-new-abilities/

An astronomer calculated that Earth's intelligent life is probably 'rare.' Here's what that means.

Those are a lot better odds than creationists keep incorrectly spouting:

https://www.livescience.com/intelligent-life-rare-or-common-on-Earth.html

A Spreadable Interlayer Could Make Solid State Batteries More Stable and Improve Density Tenfold

Making batteries 1/10 the size would be a game changer:

https://scitechdaily.com/a-spreadable-interlayer-could-make-solid-state-batteries-more-stable-and-improve-density-tenfold/

This Bionic Eye Is Better Than a Real One, Scientists Say

So about ten years to get bionic eyes that are superior to human eyes. My dad died two decades too early:

https://futurism.com/scientists-bionic-eye-better-real-one?mc_cid=4bc1716237&mc_eid=3fd10445cf

Cheap Renewable Energy a Step Closer As Next-Generation Solar Cells Pass Strict International Tests

This could very well lead to a massive growth in solar power:

https://scitechdaily.com/cheap-renewable-energy-a-step-closer-as-next-generation-solar-cells-pass-strict-international-tests/

Secretive agency uses AI, human 'forecasters' to predict the future

Shades of the Minority Report prediction abilities:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/secretive-agency-uses-ai-human-forecasters-to-predict-future

Scientists create single-atom devices to supercharge computers

Seems we're getting to the very limits of transistors:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/scientists-create-single-atom-devices-to-supercharge-computers

Tesla's secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid

If true, this is huge:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-tesla-batteries-exclusive/exclusive-teslas-secret-batteries-aim-to-rework-the-math-for-electric-cars-and-the-grid-idUSKBN22Q1WC

3D brain-like tissue model links Alzheimer’s disease with herpes

This is highly encouraging for all the aging brains out there:

https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-herpes-16347/

Scientists Create Jet Engine Powered by Only Electricity

This sounds like a game changer:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/jet-engine-powered-electricity

Water-Splitting “Artificial Leaf” Module a Source of Perpetual Energy

An elegant little perpetual energy-making machine:

https://scitechdaily.com/water-splitting-artificial-leaf-module-a-source-of-perpetual-energy/

'It's much cheaper to produce green hydrogen from waste than renewables'

Finally, a way to empty out landfills AND provide net zero carbon energy:

https://www.rechargenews.com/transition/its-much-cheaper-to-produce-green-hydrogen-from-waste-than-renewables/2-1-801160

These Gene-Hacked Glowing Plants Look Incredible

Cool. Replace your current houseplants with these and you won't need night lights anymore:

https://futurism.com/gene-hacked-glowing-plants

Researchers Use Salmon DNA to Develop Next-Generation High-Capacity Battery Material

Welp, this is weird but promising:

"...can improve the energy storage capacity of batteries by more than 50%"

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-use-salmon-dna-to-develop-next-generation-high-capacity-battery-material/

New Hydrogel Can Cool Down Electronic Devices and Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity

Intriguing. I wonder if this could be used to also create an air conditioner that produces electricity as it cools?

https://scitechdaily.com/new-hydrogel-can-cool-down-electronic-devices-and-convert-waste-heat-into-electricity/

A better way to recycle plastic

Something like this is desperately needed:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-5274b26f-90c5-4c12-b413-b38ba5045f6e.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

Flexible Electrolyte Sheet Breakthrough for Advanced Lithium Metal Batteries

Yet another promising new battery technology, but this is especially encouraging:

"The simplicity of this new synthesis method may mean that we will see high capacity lithium metal batteries on the market sooner than we think."

https://scitechdaily.com/flexible-electrolyte-sheet-breakthrough-for-advanced-lithium-metal-batteries/

Companies Report a Rush of Electric Vehicle Battery Advances

Game changers:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/efficiency/companies-report-rush-electric-vehicle-battery-advances

Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravitational Lens Mission

Mind boggling to think we could view continents on planets lightyears away:

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_I_Phase_II/Direct_Multipixel_Imaging_and_Spectroscopy_of_an_Exoplanet/

Quantum Entanglement of Independent Particles Without Any Contact – Ever

But what are the technological implications??

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-entanglement-of-independent-particles-without-any-contact-ever/

Revolutionary Light-Emitting Silicon – “Holy Grail” Breakthrough After 50 Years of Work

"In contrast to electrons, photons do not experience resistance. As they have no mass or charge, they will scatter less within the material they travel through, and therefore no heat is produced. The energy consumption will therefore be reduced. Moreover, by replacing electrical communication within a chip by optical communication, the speed of on-chip and chip-to-chip communication can be increased by a factor 1000."

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-light-emitting-silicon-holy-grail-breakthrough-after-50-years-of-work/

Physicists Accidentally Discover A New State Of Matter That Could Change Modern Technology

https://www.iflscience.com/physics/physicists-accidentally-discover-a-new-state-of-matter-that-could-change-modern-technology/

Blood Test Accurately Detects Over 50 Types of Cancer and Where It Originated, Often Before Any Symptoms

This should save a lot of lives:

https://scitechdaily.com/blood-test-accurately-detects-over-50-types-of-cancer-and-where-it-originated-often-before-any-symptoms/

MIT Aims to Turn Wi-Fi Signals Into Usable Power With Energy-Harvesting Design

I don't know how much power one can get out of the "air," but it would be game-changing for a lot of applications:

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-aims-to-turn-wi-fi-signals-into-usable-power-with-energy-harvesting-design/

Stem Cell Technology Rejuvenates Old Human Cells by Wiping Their DNA Clean

A path to true rejuvenation?

https://scitechdaily.com/stem-cell-technology-rejuvenates-old-human-cells-by-wiping-their-dna-clean/

Did German physicists accidentally discover dark matter in 2014?

Interesting possibility:

https://www.livescience.com/hexaquarks-could-explain-dark-matter.html

Breakthrough Self-Assembly Innovation Enables Cheaper Solar Energy Production

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-self-assembly-innovation-enables-cheaper-solar-energy-production/

GM begins historic shift to electric vehicles

This could be a critical shift:

https://www.axios.com/general-motors-electric-vehicles-f3f5f0ad-3c57-479a-84bb-2f3530e10d28.html

Scientists: NASA Rover Has Found Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars

Intriguing!

https://futurism.com/scientists-nasa-found-evidence-ancient-life-mars

Showing Robots How to Do Your Chores – Automated Robots That Learn Just by Watching

This is the breakthrough I've always thought is the path necessary to enable practical home robots:

https://scitechdaily.com/showing-robots-how-to-do-your-chores-automated-robots-that-learn-just-by-watching/

New Efficiency Record Set by Novel Multi-Material Solar Cells

Yet another solar power advance:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-efficiency-record-set-by-novel-multi-material-solar-cells/

New drug prevents bacteria from acquiring antibiotic resistance genes

Great news:

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/03/03/New-drug-prevents-bacteria-from-acquiring-antibiotic-resistance-genes/4381583253797/

Tesla and others to deliver over 2 GWh of energy storage in California project to replace 3 gas plants

Nice:

https://electrek.co/2018/11/09/tesla-pge-giant-energy-storage-replace-gas-plants/

Rival Emerges to Lithium-Ion Batteries: New Potassium Metal Technology

One of these alternate battery options has to take off sooner or later:

https://scitechdaily.com/rival-emerges-to-lithium-ion-batteries-new-potassium-metal-technology/

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020

https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2020/#ai-discovered-molecules

Sex robots with 'coding flaws' prone to 'sexually assaulting humans'

Is this really a problem? Why not simply make robots WEAKER than us, rather than stronger. Problem solved:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/sex-robots-coding-flaws-prone-21603652

The Fermi Paradox

A good explanation of all the options for why we don't see any alien life (yet), a.k.a. the Fermi Paradox:

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

Energy Industry Game-Changer: Using Rust and Organic Waste to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

https://scitechdaily.com/energy-industry-game-changer-using-rust-and-organic-waste-to-produce-hydrogen-fuel/

We’re not prepared for the end of Moore’s Law

Bad timing for the slowdown in Moore's Law, as we approach the supposed arrival date of mature nanotechnology (2025):

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615226/were-not-prepared-for-the-end-of-moores-law/

Hydro-Québec commercializing electrolyte patents for solid-state batteries

Another game changer?

https://chargedevs.com/newswire/hydro-quebec-commercializing-electrolyte-patents-for-solid-state-batteries/

Scientists Turn Trash Into Valuable Graphene in a Flash

This is great news: producing a valuable product quickly and cheaply out of the trash and garbage (anything with carbon in it) we throw out every day:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-turn-trash-into-valuable-graphene-in-a-flash/

A very different, very clean energy source: thin air

Very cool discovery:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/air-gen

New Battery Tech Could Double Electric Car Driving Range

"A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have announced a new carbon-silicon material that they say could more than double the driving range of electric vehicles — and enable fast charging to more than 80 percent capacity in just five minutes."

https://futurism.com/the-byte/new-battery-tech-double-electric-car-driving-range

Artificial Intelligence Used to Supercharge Battery Development for Electric Vehicles

"Using a new machine learning method, a Stanford-led research team has slashed battery testing times – a key barrier to longer-lasting, faster-charging batteries for electric vehicles – by nearly fifteenfold."

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-intelligence-used-to-supercharge-battery-development-for-electric-vehicles/

Artificial Intelligence Finds A Powerful New Antibiotic For The First Time

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/artificial-intelligence-finds-a-powerful-new-antibiotic-for-the-first-time/

Seasonal Pumped Hydropower Storage Could Solve the Renewable Energy Storage Challenge

https://scitechdaily.com/seasonal-pumped-hydropower-storage-could-solve-the-renewable-energy-storage-challenge/

Video Shows Iran's Humanoid Robot Drill Through Wall, Snap Selfie

Not that we want Iran having this, but...

https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-iran-humanoid-robot-drill-wall-snap-selfie

New Rocket Design Is Powered by a Ring of Literal Explosions

Cool idea. But it seems to me the explosions could be controlled by metering out the amount of propellant dropped into each chamber between explosions:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/rocket-design-powered-by-explosions

Next-Generation Energy Storage Breakthrough: Fast-Charging, Long-Running, Flexible

Finally, capacitor storage capacity is increasing:

https://scitechdaily.com/next-generation-energy-storage-breakthrough-fast-charging-long-running-flexible/

Solar Technology Breakthrough: World Record Quantum Dot Solar Cell Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/solar-technology-breakthrough-world-record-quantum-dot-solar-cell-efficiency/

Activating Relativistic Effects of Intense Laser Light in Plasma for Nuclear Fusion

A little more hope for fusion:

https://scitechdaily.com/activating-relativistic-effects-of-intense-laser-light-in-plasma-for-nuclear-fusion/

New Invention Generates Electricity “Out of Thin Air” – Offers Clean Energy 24/7

Another amazing potential game-changer:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-invention-generates-electricity-out-of-thin-air-offers-clean-energy-24-7/

Innovative “Reverse Fuel Cell” Converts Waste CO2 Into Valuable Chemicals 10x Faster

A useful reason to capture carbon emissions:

https://scitechdaily.com/innovative-reverse-fuel-cell-converts-waste-co2-into-valuable-chemicals-10x-faster/

Breakthrough in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers Could Lead to Data Rates 1,000x Fast Ethernet

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-in-terahertz-quantum-cascade-lasers-could-lead-to-data-rates-1000x-fast-ethernet/

Harnessing Sunlight to Efficiently Make Fresh Drinkable Water From Seawater

This could be game-changing in many parts of the world:

https://scitechdaily.com/harnessing-sunlight-to-efficiently-make-fresh-drinkable-water-from-seawater/

Human Trial Suggests CRISPR Could Be a Viable Cancer Treatment

At least it appears to be safe. Effectiveness is the next step:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/human-trial-suggests-crispr-viable-cancer-treatment

Synergistic Cellular Pathways Identified That Extend Lifespan by 500%

Nematode worm alteration builds on previous life-extension successes:

https://scitechdaily.com/synergistic-cellular-pathways-identified-that-extend-lifespan-by-500/

“Perfect” Solar Energy Absorber Created by Laser Etching Metal With Nanoscale Structures

A potential major boost for solar thermal:

https://scitechdaily.com/perfect-solar-energy-absorber-created-by-laser-etching-metal-with-nanoscale-structures/

Revitalizing the Aging Brain by Activating Immune Cells

A method to restore memory and function:

https://scitechdaily.com/revitalizing-the-aging-brain-by-activating-immune-cells/

Crystal-Stacking Process Opens Up “Nearly Limitless Possibilities” for New Materials That Drive Future Technologies

https://scitechdaily.com/crystal-stacking-process-opens-up-nearly-limitless-possibilities-for-new-materials-that-drive-future-technologies/

Promising New Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Inhibits Amyloid Production

"New gamma secretase inhibitor blocks only amyloid production, no other functions."

https://scitechdaily.com/promising-new-drug-for-alzheimers-disease-inhibits-amyloid-production/

More Powerful Batteries Possible With MIT’s New Electrode Design

"the team hopes it could lead to cellphones that could be charged just once every three days, without making the phones any heavier or bulkier":

https://scitechdaily.com/more-powerful-batteries-possible-with-mits-new-electrode-design/

Anti-Solar Cells: Thermoradiative Photovoltaic Cells Work at Night

Solar panels that work at night. Who'd a thunk:

https://scitechdaily.com/anti-solar-cells-thermoradiative-photovoltaic-cells-work-at-night/

Artificial Photosynthesis Uses Sunlight to Recycle CO2 Into ‘Green Methane’

"The solar-powered catalyst is made from abundant materials and works in a configuration that could be mass produced. The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years."

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-photosynthesis-uses-sunlight-to-recycle-co2-into-green-methane/

Meena is Google’s attempt at making true conversational AI

"Humans rank around 86% in SSA, and in initial tests, Meena scores a high of 79%. Mitsuku, an AI agent created by Pandora Bots that’s won the Loebner Prize for the past four years, got a 56%, while Microsoft’s XiaoIce, which speaks Mandarin Chinese, got a score of 31%."

https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/28/meena-is-googles-attempt-at-making-true-conversational-ai/

Eco-Friendly Fuel Cells Powered by Instant Hydrogen Production

https://scitechdaily.com/eco-friendly-fuel-cells-powered-by-instant-hydrogen-production/

Low Dose Lithium May Stop Alzheimer’s Disease in Its Tracks

Another promising option:

https://scitechdaily.com/low-dose-lithium-may-stop-alzheimers-disease-in-its-tracks/

See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course

Very cool:

https://futurism.com/see-boston-dynamics-robot-dog-outdoor-obstacle-course

These Tiny Nuclear Power Stations Could Be, Well, Huge

Not waste-free, but better than contributing to climate change:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30614502/rolls-royce-tiny-nuclear-power/

Harnessing the Entire Spectrum of Sunlight to Make Solar Energy More Efficient

Extremely cool, although it appears to be useful mainly for making hydrogen, not electricity directly:

"This new molecule collects energy from the entire visible spectrum, and can harness more than 50% more solar energy than current solar cells can."

https://scitechdaily.com/harnessing-the-entire-spectrum-of-sunlight-to-make-solar-energy-more-efficient/

Nice typo, though: "And they figured out how to collect energy from infrared to ultraviolent"

New Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery – Low Cost & Improved Safety

https://scitechdaily.com/new-aqueous-lithium-ion-battery-low-cost-improved-safety/

Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer'

A cure for ALL cancer? I'm okay with that:

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51182451

Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says

Encouraging:

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/eia-forecasts-wind-solar-will-break-records-for-new-u-s-generation-in-2020

Science Revolution Sparked by Rapid Progress in Nanotechnology

The title is more exciting than the article, but we should look forward to some major advancements soon:

https://scitechdaily.com/science-revolution-sparked-by-rapid-progress-in-nanotechnology/

Fmr. Manager of DOD Aerospace Threat Program: “UFOs are Real”

Very interesting...but there needs to be much more evidence to conclude much of anything:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fmr-manager-of-dod-aerospace-threat-program-ufos_b_59de2f4be4b0b992a8214874

Scientists discover how to 'upload knowledge to your brain'

Enter the Matrix!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/01/scientists-discover-how-to-download-knowledge-to-your-brain/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb

ESA Opens Oxygen Plant – Making Breathable Air Out of Moondust

Very cool ability:

https://scitechdaily.com/esa-opens-oxygen-plant-making-breathable-air-out-of-moondust/

World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence

https://www.livescience.com/frogbots-living-robots.html

Samsung's NEON Revealed - Leaked Trailer Looks Perfectly Human!

Indistinguishable from real humans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6f6EXX-79w&feature=youtu.be

20 Metatrends for the Roaring 20s

Some seriously game-changing advances slated for this decade:

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/20-metatrends-2020s

World’s Most Efficient Lithium-Sulfur Battery Developed – Powers Smartphone for 5 Days

Seriously impressive. What are the downsides?

https://scitechdaily.com/worlds-most-efficient-lithium-sulfur-battery-developed-powers-smartphone-for-5-days/

In the Next 50 Years Our Place in the Universe Will Change Dramatically – Here’s How

A few fun things to look forward to:

https://scitechdaily.com/in-the-next-50-years-our-place-in-the-universe-will-change-dramatically-heres-how/

Successful Test for Superconducting 3.6 Megawatt Wind Turbine

Wind power has needed some more advancements:

https://scitechdaily.com/successful-test-for-superconducting-3-6mw-wind-turbine/

New Way to Make Hydrogen Energy Out of Water Much More Cheaply

Another promising step:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-way-to-make-hydrogen-energy-out-of-water-much-more-cheaply/