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 25, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
MXene Nanomaterial Offers Flexible and Stretchable High-Capacity Energy Storage
Supercapacitors are the way to go if they can be made viable for serious battery storage:
Monday, September 6, 2021
Is Unreal Engine the Future of Filmmaking?
This has been my vision for creating a "virtual studio" to allow full creation of movies using just a desktop computer. It still needs to be simplified for accessibility for all screenwriters, but the technology is all here:
Uncovering China's Battery Breakthrough
Unfortunately it's China, but it still sounds like an impressive breakthrough:
Better Than Batteries? A Startup That’s Storing Energy in Concrete Blocks Just Raised $100 Million
The simplicity of it is oddly amusing:
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...