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.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
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/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615226/were-not-prepared-for-the-end-of-moores-law/
Monday, February 24, 2020
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-turn-trash-into-valuable-graphene-in-a-flash/
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
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-intelligence-used-to-supercharge-battery-development-for-electric-vehicles/
Friday, February 21, 2020
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
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
https://futurism.com/the-byte/rocket-design-powered-by-explosions
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/next-generation-energy-storage-breakthrough-fast-charging-long-running-flexible/
Monday, February 17, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Monday, February 10, 2020
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/harnessing-sunlight-to-efficiently-make-fresh-drinkable-water-from-seawater/
Friday, February 7, 2020
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
https://futurism.com/neoscope/human-trial-suggests-crispr-viable-cancer-treatment
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/synergistic-cellular-pathways-identified-that-extend-lifespan-by-500/
Monday, February 3, 2020
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/
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/
https://scitechdaily.com/more-powerful-batteries-possible-with-mits-new-electrode-design/
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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...