https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-phase-of-matter-opens-portal-to-extra-time-dimension/
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, 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
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...