https://news.mit.edu/2022/portable-desalination-drinking-water-0428
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, 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
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...