Another Gravity Industries Iron Man Suit Test Flight

I'd love to try this out:

https://youtu.be/hla5u3JgNjc

Avoiding the AI weapons race

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-ff9a6c85-71d2-4077-a083-671f1152e1af.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Massive 10-Petawatt Laser Can Vaporize Matter

Wow:

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/290863-massive-10-petawatt-laser-can-vaporize-matter?source=Extreme

Graphene aerogel sponge promises battery boost

Lithium sulfur batteries are improving in the number of recharge cycles, which has been their weakness:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/5/3/graphene-aerogel-sponge-promises-battery-boost

AI Is About to Completely Change the Face of Entertainment

We have a lot to look forward to:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/05/03/ai-is-about-to-completely-change-the-face-of-entertainment/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Could Herpes Viruses Play a Role in Alzheimer's? New Study Backs Theory

Hard to avoid herpes:

https://www.livescience.com/62883-herpes-viruses-alzheimers.html

The Challenge of Abundance: Boredom, Meaning, and the Struggle of Mental Freedom

A philosophical look at the consequences of abundance:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/05/05/the-challenge-of-abundance-boredom-meaning-and-the-struggle-of-mental-freedom/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Machine set to see if lithium can help bring fusion to Earth

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-machine-lithium-fusion-earth.html

Of course...now we're running low on lithium....

What if Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It?

Great idea:

https://www.wired.com/story/what-if-air-conditioners-could-help-save-the-planet/

The UK’s New “Dragonfire” Laser Weapon Is Weirdly Steampunk

What happens if the flywheel housing is hit?

https://futurism.com/uk-laser-weapon-dragonfire-energy-flywheel

New cancer ‘vaccine’ helps immune system find, kill disease

"We inject one tumor and we see all of the other tumors just melt away."

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/cancer-vaccine

America is running out of Impossible Burgers

I don't know whether I should post this under my Political Venom blog, Die Slower blog or this blog, since there's a lot of overlap, really. But it's nice to see meatless meat catching on so well:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/business/impossible-meat-shortage/index.html

America's renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever

Woot!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/business/renewable-energy-coal-solar/index.html

DARPA is Eyeing a High-Tech Contact Lens Straight Out of 'Mission: Impossible'

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/darpa-eyeing-high-tech-contact-lens-straight-out-mission-impossible-54617

Fusion power start-ups go small in effort to bring commercial reactors to life

One of these days, damn it!

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/fusion-power-start-ups-go-small-effort-bring-commercial-reactors-ncna998451

Burger King's Meatless 'Impossible Whopper' Is Going Nationwide

Meatless meat continues to spread (that sounds wrong, but whatever):

http://time.com/5579687/burger-king-impossible-burger-whopper/

Marc Raibert shows off a close-to-production Spot Mini

Highly versatile robot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBt2aTjCNmI&feature=youtu.be

Futuristic inventions and emerging technologies that will change the world

Light on details, but topics to keep an eye on:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/future-inventions?rebelltitem=9#rebelltitem9

Scientists Take a Step Toward Decoding Speech from the Brain

This likely could be easily modified to allow what amounts to functional telepathy between people over any distance!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-take-a-step-toward-decoding-speech-from-the-brain/

Ticklish Robot Interacts with Crowd

A useless robot, but its movements are fast and fluid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfHMmHhA3w&feature=youtu.be

New aircraft rises 'like a balloon'

Cool concept:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48013519

Scientists: New Device Appears to Defy the Laws of Thermodynamics

Some seriously odd science here:

https://futurism.com/device-defy-laws-thermodynamics

This Quantum Computer Can See the Future — All 16 of Them

https://www.livescience.com/65271-quantum-computer-sees-16-futures.html

Electric Car Price Tag Shrinks Along With Battery Cost

Parity with ICE vehicles could happen in 2020?

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/articles/2019-04-12/electric-vehicle-battery-shrinks-and-so-does-the-total-cost

Delivering cancer chemotherapy when and where doctors desire

A better way to kill cancer cells:

https://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/4/18/delivering-cancer-chemotherapy-when-and-where-doctors-desire

Scientists Generated Nuclear Fusion With a Tabletop Device

Well, if they can make anything practical out of this, it would change the world:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-nuclear-fusion-device-smaller

The US Has Officially Started Using CRISPR on Humans

And now it begins!

https://futurism.com/the-byte/us-human-crispr-cancer-patients

The Tangled Web of Turning Spider Silk Into a Super Material

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/11/the-tangled-web-of-turning-spider-silk-into-a-super-material/

Are we living in a computer simulation? I don’t know. Probably.

A good explanation of the concepts:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

NASA 360 Presents - From Science Fiction to Science Fact

The visions of NIAC:

https://youtu.be/1cXrpSdcTEg

Scientists Say New Quantum Material Could "'Download' Your Brain"

A path to uploading a brain?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-quantum-material-download-brain

Tesla Says Autopilot Is Statistically Safer Than a Human Driver

If so...then the time has come:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-safety-autopilot-safer-human

Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

Okay, here we go....

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-scientists-super-monkeys-human-brain-genes

The problem with automation

Automation is evidently not creating more jobs than it's destroying:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-465ec948-f0e0-4532-8f75-54945eeed331.html

New Therapy Transforms Tumors Into “Cancer Vaccine Factories”

Very promising:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/therapy-tumors-cancer-vaccine-factories

Watch These Robots Do Tasks You Thought Were Simple (But for Them Are Pretty Hard)

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/09/watch-these-robots-do-tasks-you-thought-were-simple-but-for-them-are-pretty-hard/

Harbour Air Is Switching Over To 100% Electric Seaplanes

Makes sense that a sea plane would be part of a sea change....

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/06/how-maritime-harbour-air-is-switching-over-to-100-electric-seaplanes/

5 Big Breakthroughs to Anticipate in 3D Printing

3D printing is rapidly changing the world:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/08/5-big-breakthroughs-to-anticipate-in-3d-printing/

The Three Frontrunners in the CRISPR Therapy Race

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/07/the-three-frontrunners-in-the-crispr-therapy-race/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

This Floating City Can Withstand Category 5 Hurricanes (And Climate Change)

An interesting addition to architecture:

https://www.geek.com/news/this-floating-city-can-withstand-category-5-hurricanes-and-climate-change-1781843/

Business Impact Sorry, graphene—borophene is the new wonder material that’s got everyone excited

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613267/borophene-the-new-2d-material-taking-chemistry-by-storm/

“The Mice Became Smarter”: New Treatment Restores Aging Brains

I do hope this pans out:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/mice-smarter-treatment-aging-brains

Scientists Say They Can Make Light Travel 30x Faster Than Normal

This is just bizarre:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-make-light-travel-faster

China Is Taking the Worldwide Lead in Wind Power

Ugh. At least they're not as efficient as the other countries:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/04/china-is-taking-the-worldwide-lead-in-wind-power/

Why a lab-grown BK Whopper is cause for excitement

There are a lot of reasons to go with meatless meat, now that it is indistinguishable from meat:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/whopper

This “Transparent Wood” Could Cut the Cost of Heating Your Home

Transparent wood. Go figure. So now the windows and the walls will need curtains?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/transparent-wood-cut-heating-cost

Extreme, Hydrogen-Crushing Physicists Are Pushing Us into a 'New Era of Superconductivity'

https://www.livescience.com/65099-room-temperature-superconductors.html

Handle Robot Reimagined for Logistics

Impressive system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iV_hB08Uns&feature=youtu.be

Why Twisted Graphene Is One of the Most Exciting Physics Stories of the Year

https://gizmodo.com/why-twisted-graphene-is-one-of-the-most-exciting-physic-1833304370?ch=99&share=514a9adc

Organisms Survived on the Outside of the Space Station

Very cool indeed!

https://futurism.com/organisms-outside-space-station/

Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth's ice ages, study finds

A fascinating observation, perhaps indicating a way to counteract climate change:

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-tectonics-tropics-trigger-earth-ice.html

Giant murals beautify Mexico City and help improve air quality

Light on details, but interesting partial solution to pollution:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/murals-beautify-and-help-improve-air-quality/

Research: Planting Trillions of Trees Could Cancel Out CO2 Emissions

This is reason for optimism...although that is a LOT of trees:

https://futurism.com/planting-trillions-trees-cancel-co2-emissions

Scientists grow 'mini-brain on the move' that can contract muscle

I would think this could help the development of A.I.:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/18/scientists-grow-mini-brain-on-the-move-that-can-contract-muscle

You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does

Sigh. Well, we could always reverse-engineer the human brain. 'Course we don't know how that works exactly either....

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence-hype

Genetic Secrets to Whole-Body Regeneration Uncovered

One day this may lead to regeneration in humans:

https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-secrets-to-whole-body-regeneration-uncovered/

First Graphene-Based Device Is A "Few Months” Away, Says Startup

The "miracle material" is finally ready to be mass produced:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/produce-graphene-based-device-paragraf

New Google App Describes Objects to Blind People

This is rather brilliant:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/lookout-google-app-blind-people

A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality

Good! Then I reject your reality and substitute my own.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613092/a-quantum-experiment-suggests-theres-no-such-thing-as-objective-reality/

Physicists reverse time using quantum computer

Time travel! But even more limited than that microscale full invisibility cloaking:

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-physicists-reverse-quantum.html

Mammoth moves: frozen cells come to life, but only just

There's progress, but we're still a ways from cloning a woolly mammoth:

https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/mammoth-moves-frozen-cells-come-life-only-just-doc-1ei3xa1

"Halo Drive" Would Use Black Holes to Power Spaceships

https://futurism.com/the-byte/halo-drive-black-holes-power-spaceships

These injectable nanobots can walk around inside a human body

These are really microbots, not nanobots, but their potential is still cool:

https://www.slashgear.com/these-injectable-nanobots-can-walk-around-inside-a-human-body-08569270/

Transparent Aluminum - Star Trek Technology is now Real

Who'd a thunk it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DduO1fNzV4w

A sky-full of cars

This may come sooner rather than later, although there are still some major hurdles to deal with, of course:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-da1b2467-fe06-4afb-8cb6-0778d5b3c5a0.html

The Speeder: Jetpack Aviation opens pre-orders on jet powered flying motorcycle

Want!

https://newatlas.com/flying-motorcycle-jetpack-aviation-speeder/58752/

6 Super Cool Robots With Artificial Intelligence From Festo Robotics

Robot designers are making animal locomotion more and more lifelike:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzS3YPLJNnE

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

Still years away, unfortunately, but if successful it would solve...almost every alternative energy problem:

https://futurism.com/new-battery-ten-times-power

Piëch's electric coupe charges to 80 percent in five minutes

Needs the right charger, but this could be a tipping point for a lot of potential buyers:

https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/03/piech-mark-zero-ev-sports-car/

Don’t Bother Trying to Outrun This Creepy Spiderbot That Transforms Into a Rolling Wheel

This would make a good addition to the Terminator universe:

https://gizmodo.com/don-t-bother-trying-to-outrun-this-creepy-spiderbot-tha-1824104899

This Remarkably Agile Robot Hand Teaches Itself How to Handle Objects

And it's soft enough to pose no danger to humans:

https://gizmodo.com/this-remarkably-agile-robot-hand-teaches-itself-how-to-1832960417

Scientists Develop Modular Approach to Engineering Immune Cells

"Yale researchers have developed a new way to efficiently engineer immune cells, an advance which enhances the ability to fend off cancer and other diseases":

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-modular-approach-to-engineering-immune-cells/

How I Became a Robot in London—From 5,000 Miles Away

The promise of telerobotics is here:

https://www.wired.com/story/how-i-became-a-robot-in-london/

The big American robot push

We're doing better, but we have to make a concerted push in order to beat China:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-97db92c4-0aaa-4aa3-9fa8-263e28492fcd.html

Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

An interesting option worth pursuing:

https://futurism.com/self-assembling-circuits-resemble-brain-stores-memories/

Quantum Computing, Now and In the (Not Too Distant) Future

A quick primer on quantum computers:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/26/quantum-computing-now-and-in-the-not-too-distant-future/

US Military Files Patent for Room-Temperature Superconductor

This is exciting:

https://futurism.com/room-temperature-superconductor-patent

IBM’s ‘Project Debater’ AI Lost to a Human—But Put Up Quite a Fight

And now A.I. is coming after our arguing skills. My YouTube channel may soon be rendered obsolete:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/25/ibms-project-debater-ai-lost-to-a-human-but-put-up-quite-a-fight/

Major breakthrough may lead to universal flu vaccine

Here's one way to save a few hundred thousand lives each year:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/major-breakthrough-may-lead-to-universal-flu-vaccine

Scientists Have Created Synthetic DNA with 4 Extra Letters

VERY curious to see what characteristics could be ultimately generated by this:

https://www.livescience.com/64829-hachimoji-dna.html

The Pediatric AI That Outperformed Junior Doctors

A.I. is going to replace a lot of those in fields requiring some of the highest levels of education:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/20/the-pediatric-ai-that-outperformed-junior-doctors/

Official statement cautioning consumers against receiving young donor plasma infusions

Just in case anyone is thinking of spending the thousands of dollars required for "young blood":

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631568.htm

Machine learning 'causing science crisis'

I'm not happy about this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47267081

Elon Musk-backed AI Company Claims It Made a Text Generator That's Too Dangerous to Release

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-backed-ai-company-claims-it-made-a-text-gener-1832650914

Scientists Are Totally Rethinking Animal Cognition

Just interesting stuff:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/what-the-crow-knows/580726/

Deepfakes go bigger

Welp, we writers are going to be rendered obsolete before too long:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-7bf5eca2-acb4-40fd-bd45-b5382c1af0b4.html

This Walking Robot Navigates Using the Sun, No GPS Required

https://gizmodo.com/this-walking-robot-navigates-using-the-sun-no-gps-requ-1832599931

China Is Building a Solar Power Station in Space

By 2025. I was really hoping we would be first on this:

https://futurism.com/study-microdosing-fights-depression-improves-focus

Anti-Aging Drug That Kills Old Cells Passes First Human Trial

Anti-aging and no real side effects? I'm interested:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/anti-aging-drug-old-cells

New Artificial Leaf Design Could Absorb Far More CO2

10x as efficient! This could be the path to reversing climate change:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/artificial-leaves-convert-co2-fuel

NASA's Opportunity Rover Declared Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Mars

R.I.P. Opportunity. That was a long three months:

http://time.com/5528877/nasa-opportunity-rover-dead/

The Great Myth of the AI Skills Gap

"Our current situation isn’t any different than the past. The nature of technology has always been to create high-skilled jobs and increase worker productivity. This is good news for everyone."

I disagree. This guy is only thinking a few years into the future. But the thing is, A.I. will surely soon be smart enough to do ALL the jobs better than we can.

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/13/ai-wont-create-a-skills-gap-heres-what-will-happen-instead/

Stealth Assassins: Could the Air Force Arm F-35s with Laser Weapons?

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/stealth-assassins-could-air-force-arm-f-35s-laser-weapons-44157

Demystifying GMOs: New Research Shows Unexpected Changes in Plant DNA

CRISPR likely offers greater precision:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/11/demystifying-gmos-new-research-shows-unexpected-changes-in-plant-dna/

Mysterious Blobs Around M-Dwarf Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life

Unfortunately, the odds of extraterrestrial life evolving may have gotten a lot smaller:

https://www.space.com/42945-mysterious-blobs-dwarf-stars-and-alien-life.html

Artificial Intelligence, China And The U.S. - How The U.S. Is Losing The Technology War

If China's aging population problem doesn't cause them to stumble, we are in trouble:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveandriole/2018/11/09/artificial-intelligence-china-and-the-us-how-the-us-is-losing-the-technology-war/#193d00061957

Fox & Friends host says he hasn’t washed hands in 10 years: ‘Germs are not a real thing — I can’t see them’

Fox taking anti-science to the next level:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/fox-friends-host-says-hasnt-washed-hands-10-years-germs-not-real-thing-cant-see/

U.S. Wind Turbines Are Getting Less Powerful—and That's a Good Thing

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a23120126/us-wind-turbines-are-getting-less-powerfuland-thats-a-good-thing/

What Games Are Humans Still Better at Than AI?

There aren't many left:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/10/what-games-are-humans-still-better-at-than-ai/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Penny-Sized Ionocraft Flies With No Moving Parts

Impressive but inherently small:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/pennysized-ionocraft-flies-with-no-moving-parts