This is pretty breathtaking:
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.
Friday, December 30, 2022
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
New Research: This Activity Can Reduce the Risk of Metastatic Cancer by 72%
“We assume that this happens because the organs must compete for sugar resources with the muscles, known to burn large quantities of glucose during physical exercise. Consequently, if cancer develops, the fierce competition over glucose reduces the availability of energy that is critical to metastasis. Moreover, when a person exercises regularly, this condition becomes permanent: the tissues of internal organs change and become similar to muscle tissue. We all know that sports and physical exercise are good for our health. Our study, examining the internal organs, discovered that exercise changes the whole body so that the cancer cannot spread, and the primary tumor also shrinks in size.”
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-this-activity-can-reduce-the-risk-of-metastatic-cancer-by-72/
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
U.S. Government Scientists Confirm Major Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion Energy
This is an extremely important milestone, even if commercial fusion reactors are still decades away:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough_n_63989b16e4b019c69625fa4d
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
New AI chatbot is scary good
A.I. is coming to fruition…but when will it become sapient? Or will that be unnecessary and unknowable?
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/05/chatgpt-scary-good-ai-chatbot
Friday, December 2, 2022
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Wormhole simulated in quantum computer could bolster theory that the universe is a hologram
One of the weirdest things about quantum physics:
https://www.livescience.com/physicists-create-holographic-wormhole
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Monday, November 28, 2022
Friday, November 25, 2022
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Friday, November 18, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Monday, November 14, 2022
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Friday, November 11, 2022
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
“Unexpected” – Scientists Discover an Anti-Aging Mechanism
“It is possible that aging may be slowed down or cured simply by transferring telomeres.”
https://scitechdaily.com/unexpected-scientists-discover-an-anti-aging-mechanism/
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
What causes Alzheimer's? Study puts leading theory to 'ultimate test'
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Friday, October 28, 2022
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Friday, October 21, 2022
These Mini Wind Generators With No Spinning Blades Can Power Homes and Buildings
“The average US household uses about 9,000 kWh of electricity each year, which requires a 6.6 kW array of solar panels (about 21 standard panels). That means one Aeromine could meet the needs of an energy-conserving home, and two would be more than enough for an energy-gobbling home.”
“Aeromine says its system can generate up to 50 percent more energy than rooftop solar panels at the same cost.”
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Monday, October 17, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Shocking Study Finds Decreased Proteins – Not Amyloid Plaques – Cause Alzheimer’s Disease
Well, this looks promising!
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Friday, September 30, 2022
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Alzheimer’s Progression Slowed by Drug in Major Trial
“Lecanemab reduced the pace of cognitive decline in people with early disease by 27% over 18 months when compared with a placebo, meeting the main goal of the trial, the companies said in a statement. The benefit came with side effects, including brain swelling and bleeding, though severe cases were rare.”
Well, it’s a start….
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Super-Earths Are Bigger and More Habitable Than Earth, and Astronomers Are Discovering More of the Billions They Think Are Out There
Some highly interesting updates:
Friday, September 23, 2022
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Monday, September 19, 2022
Thursday, September 15, 2022
They Put GPT-3 Into That Robot With Creepily Realistic Facial Expressions and Yikes
Play the video. A.I. for companionship and conversation has come a long way since Eliza. I see robot friends soon becoming a regular thing, perhaps starting with babysitters/nannies and elderly caretakers:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/gpt-3-ameca-robot-facial-expressions
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Friday, September 9, 2022
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Friday, September 2, 2022
Europe Is Getting Serious About Making Space-Based Solar Power a Reality
Great concept, but likely way too expensive and vulnerable:
An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Scientists Have Created Microrobots That Can Automatically Brush and Floss Your Teeth
I’d love to see this:
Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: A New Genetic Link Confirmed
“Dr. Adewuyi said abnormal levels of cholesterol were shown to be a risk for both AD and gut disorders.”
https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-breakthrough-a-new-genetic-link-confirmed/
Monday, August 29, 2022
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Quantum Computing Will Be Bigger Than the Discovery of Fire!
This is an investor come-on, but it has some useful info:
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an 'extra' dimension of time
More bizarreness from the quantum world:
Research Fraud: Is Everything We Think We Know About Alzheimer’s Disease Wrong?
Bad and good-ish news:
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Friday, August 12, 2022
Friday, August 5, 2022
Introducing CopterPack Gen2
Similar to the Jetpack (?), only far too light on details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4krC8Qf0o&feature=youtu.be
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Monday, August 1, 2022
A SINGLE-ATOM THICK MATERIAL COULD MAKE A 127-YEAR-OLD SPACE TRAVEL IDEA A REALITY
I’ve loved this concept ever since I heard about it in the 1980s:
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
Saturday, July 23, 2022
DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language
This is really incredible. I’ve signed up for the beta. I could really use this for generating the exact images I want for my videos, rather than making do with what I can scrounge up online:
Friday, July 22, 2022
Hacker Mounts Submachine Gun on Robodog, Shoots Live Ammo
The inevitable has arrived:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/hacker-submachine-gun-robodog
Although I think a drone armed with a handgun or grenade is scarier.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Friday, July 15, 2022
This Solar Car Will Soon Hit Production—and It Only Costs $25,900
Quite good all around…although three wheels without leaning isn’t very stable:
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Dark Matter May Not Exist: These Physicists Favor of a New Theory of Gravity
Narrowing down the explanation for dark matter?
MIT Spinout Tapping Into the Million-Year Energy Source Below Our Feet
Very cool if this can be made to work, since it would allow a quick transition from dirty coal to clean geothermal energy:
https://scitechdaily.com/mit-spinout-tapping-into-the-million-year-energy-source-below-our-feet/
Sunday, July 10, 2022
Saturday, July 9, 2022
New Artificial Photosynthesis Method Grows Food With No Sunshine
This is truly bizarre, but think about how this could massively extend the growing season from as little as nine hours or so in winter where I live to 24 hours everywhere:
Friday, July 8, 2022
Sunday, July 3, 2022
AI Algorithm Predicts Future Crimes One Week in Advance With 90% Accuracy
Seems rather Minority Report, despite being fairly simple:
https://scitechdaily.com/ai-algorithm-predicts-future-crimes-one-week-in-advance-with-90-accuracy/
Friday, July 1, 2022
Germany Builds Colossal "Thermos" to Heat Countless Homes
Glad to see Germany getting innovative to wean off of Russian oil:
https://wordpress.futurism.com/germany-thermos-heat-homes-energy
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Friday, June 24, 2022
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Enabling Technologies of Tomorrow: Nanoparticles Control Flow of Light Like Road Signs Direct Traffic
Potentially wide-ranging technology to keep an eye on:
Monday, June 20, 2022
Friday, June 17, 2022
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Monday, June 13, 2022
Real Telekinesis: Chinese Scientists Advance Toward Moving Things With Our Thoughts
Cool idea…but China:
Friday, June 10, 2022
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging
Good, we need this...although Saudi money isn't my first choice:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/07/1053132/saudi-arabia-slow-aging-metformin/
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
“Conscious AI” responds to Elon Musk.
Wow, A.I. appears to be over 95% indistinguishable from humans in conversation!
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Skin cells made 30 years younger with new 'rejuvenation' technique
Wow:
"Researchers in the U.K. have developed a way to reverse the aging process in skin cells, turning back the biological clock by about 30 years."
https://www.livescience.com/skin-cell-rejuvenation-30-years-younger
Monday, May 30, 2022
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Turns out the fountain of youth was hiding in raw sea squirts this whole time
Seems an easy thing to try, but since some people consume that regularly and apparently show no signs of extremely long lifespans, I’m a bit skeptical:
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Friday, May 20, 2022
Monday, May 16, 2022
Fecal Transplants Reverse Hallmarks of Aging in the Gut, Eyes, and Brain
This may be a good way to stave off dementia. But how likely is it that an old person won’t get arrested asking young people if he can insert something in their asses?
https://scitechdaily.com/fecal-transplants-reverse-hallmarks-of-aging-in-the-gut-eyes-and-brain/
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Monday, May 9, 2022
Bilayer graphene inspires two-universe cosmological model
I love weird stuff like this. And it’s falsifiable!
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-bilayer-graphene-two-universe-cosmological.html
Plastic-Eating Enzyme Could Supercharge Recycling and Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
About damn time, but what might happen if the bacteria gets loose on plastics that are meant to last a while?
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
OpenAI DALL-E 2: Top 10 Insane Results!
This is very impressive. Imagine what that'll do for anything you want designed in a few years:
Saturday, April 23, 2022
For mRNA, Covid Vaccines Are Just the Beginning
"Dozens of clinical trials are now underway for new forms of the mRNA vaccine—targeting everything from malaria to Zika, herpes, and cytomegalovirus. Last month, Moderna—which was founded in 2014 to explore the potential of mRNA—announced it had started Phase I clinical trials for two mRNA-based HIV vaccines."
"It’s true that mRNA vaccines would probably have come to market eventually, but they were on what Dieffenbach calls “a leisurely stroll.” Covid “pressure-tested” them—advancing their emergence by years or decades."
"If the logistical and technical hurdles can be overcome, and the technology can be distributed evenly, mRNA has the potential to transform every strand of medicine. “In the next 10 years, you will see unbelievable progress,” she says."
https://www.wired.com/story/for-mrna-vaccines-covid-was-just-the-beginning/
Friday, April 22, 2022
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Endocrinologist Discovers Potential New Ways To Prevent Cognitive Decline From Alzheimer’s Disease
I’d like to know what this means, though. I take omega-3 fatty acid supplements:
“It has been proven that APOE4 oxidizes omega-3s and that low levels of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In earlier studies, Yassine’s team found that cognitively healthy participants who took omega-3 supplements had 200 percent more DHA in their blood compared to the control group and 28 percent more in the cerebrospinal fluid, a measure of brain uptake. However, APOE4 carriers had lower increases in brain DHA and EPA than non-carriers after supplementation.”
Capturing Solar Energy and Converting It to Electricity When Needed – Up to 18 Years Later
“The Swedish researchers sent their specially designed molecule, loaded with solar energy, to colleagues Tao Li and Zhiyu Hu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where the energy was released and converted into electricity using the generator they developed there. Essentially, Swedish sunshine was sent to the other side of the world and converted into electricity in China.”
Friday, April 15, 2022
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Friday, April 8, 2022
Cellular 'Rejuvenation' Experiment in Mice Reverses Signs of Aging, Scientists Say
"Although this technique can be used to turn adult cells back into stem cells, the current team had previously shown it can also be used to 'partially reprogram' the cells by reverting them into a more youthful state, but not completely becoming a stem cell again. If the same thing were done to enough cells in an animal's body, this could potentially make the whole organism's body clock seem younger."
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Startup Claims Fusion Power "Breakthrough" Using Massive Gun
I’ve played enough computer games to know that BFG does NOT stand for “Big FRIENDLY Gun.”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-projectile-fusion-massive-gun
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5—and What It Means for the Future of Gaming, Movies, and the Metaverse
Wow. The photorealism is here, truly indistinguishable from real life. Now they just have to develop an interface that makes it simple to create without a huge learning curve.
https://time.com/6164332/epic-unreal-engine-5-launch/
(Watch the video of the carpenter’s cellar toward the bottom.)
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Friday, April 1, 2022
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Friday, March 25, 2022
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
Anti-Aging Breakthrough: Cellular Rejuvenation Therapy Safely Reverses the Aging Process in Mice
This looks extremely promising:
“When the researchers looked at normal signs of aging in the animals that had undergone the treatment, they found that the mice, in many ways, resembled younger animals. In both the kidneys and skin, the epigenetics of treated animals more closely resembled epigenetic patterns seen in younger animals. When injured, the skin cells of treated animals had a greater ability to proliferate and were less likely to form permanent scars—older animals usually show less skin cell proliferation and more scarring. Moreover, metabolic molecules in the blood of treated animals did not show normal age-related changes.”
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Techno-optimism and the rule-of-threes: why the world will soon enter an era of mass flourishing
Encouraging, although I think the rule of threes sounds a bit forced:
https://bigthink.com/the-future/mass-flourishing-mark-mills/
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Friday, January 7, 2022
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...