The Coming Age of Genetic Therapy

A reminder how quickly editing genetics is coming along:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/06/the-coming-age-of-genetic-therapy/

California Man Becomes the First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation

This is a very helpful step:

https://gizmodo.com/california-man-becomes-the-first-death-with-dignity-p-1831652934

How Will Cultured Meat and Meat Alternatives Disrupt the Agricultural and Food Industry?

Lots of good details here:

https://www.atkearney.com/retail/article/?/a/how-will-cultured-meat-and-meat-alternatives-disrupt-the-agricultural-and-food-industry

America's renewable energy capacity is now greater than coal

Yes!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/business/renewable-energy-coal-capacity/index.html

Upgrade Your Memory With a Surgically Implanted Chip

An interesting option for aging brains:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-10/upgrade-your-memory-with-a-surgically-implanted-chip

Yeah, Young Blood Transfusions Do Seem to Fight Aging

Damn, I sold my van and my candy. Now how am I supposed to get me some young-blooded young-uns?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/young-blood-transfusions-fight-aging

Zapping Elderly People’s Brains Supercharges Their Working Memory

Electrifying. I would get a charge out of this:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/zapping-brains-elderly-working-memory

This Tank-Like Machine Gun Robot Is Straight out Of "Terminator"

When Skynet comes online, its soldiers will be waiting:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tank-robot-terminator

Renewable Energy Costs Take Another Tumble, Making Fossil Fuels Look More Expensive Than Ever

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2019/05/29/renewable-energy-costs-tumble/#23ebd949e8ce

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Flying Car Has a Range of 400 Miles

A shuttlecraft! I want one!

https://futurism.com/the-byte/hydrogen-fuel-cell-flying-car

Unsettling Sex Robot Looks Almost Exactly Like a Real Person

They're getting there...

https://futurism.com/the-byte/sex-robot-real-person-video

One lucky destroyer crew will officially be the first to rock the Navy's newest laser weapon

https://taskandpurpose.com/uss-preble-laser-weapon-system

Driverless Cars Are 90% Here. Another 90% Is Left to Go.

Well, this is disheartening:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/driverless-cars-are-90-here-theres-another-90-left-to-go-11558717322

‘Protein Coat’ Makes Viruses More Infectious, Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Another hopeful path to a cure:

https://scitechdaily.com/protein-coat-makes-viruses-more-infectious-linked-to-alzheimers-disease/

Scientists 'Clear' Alzheimer's Plaque From Mice Using Only Light And Sound

A surprisingly effective treatment...in mice:

https://www.sciencealert.com/astonishing-new-study-treats-alzheimer-s-in-mice-with-a-light-and-sound-show

A.I. can now create fake videos of people from a single picture

Deep fakes are getting even more sophisticated and easy to create:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/new-ai-can-create-fake-videos-of-people-from-a-single-picture

That Mona Lisa is impressive!

The Race Is On to Build a Better Battery

The various pathways being pursued:

http://fortune.com/longform/race-build-better-battery/

The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons

Vaporware so far, but still:

https://www.livescience.com/65546-darpa-mind-controlled-weapons.html

Ford might have out-creeped Boston Dynamics with a 2-legged delivery robot

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-reveals-autonomous-delivery-robot-digit-2019-5

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

I'm pretty sure sex with robots will be no problem, but here are some concerns:

https://futurism.com/sex-robots-health

Report: Tesla Autopilot “Far Less Competent” Than Human Driver

Well this is disappointing news:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-autopilot-less-competent

Electron Beam Manipulates Atoms One at a Time

Could this be used to build the first practical replicator/assembler?

https://scitechdaily.com/electron-beam-manipulates-atoms-one-at-a-time/

Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods is debuting its second product — meatless sausage crumbles — on Little Caesars pizza

And here's the next new fake meat that should taste real:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-74073df9-5836-4a06-9eff-ce37006939ee.html?chunk=9&utm_term=emshare#story9

Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Development of Limitless Fusion Energy

A.I. was always promised to be the accelerator of the Singularity, so this shouldn't be surprising:

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-intelligence-accelerates-development-of-limitless-fusion-energy/

The quest for Alzheimer's drugs

The quest for a cure isn't going well:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-deep-dives-614fb345-39c1-4c93-8a5c-88769ec9c25b.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

Deep fake Faux Rogan

Deep fake voices have almost been perfected. Here is a test to see whether you can tell the difference between real and fake Joe Rogan:

http://fakejoerogan.com/

It's not too hard to tell the real voices if you pay attention to inflection and emotion...but the fakes are harder to spot.

The Lilium Jet five seater all-electric air taxi

We're almost there!

https://lilium.com/newsroom-detail/lilium-reveals-new-air-taxi-as-it-celebrates-maiden-flight

And see the video of it in action here:

https://youtu.be/8qotuu8JjQM

Dynetics-Lockheed team beats out Raytheon to build 100-kilowatt laser weapon

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/05/16/dynetics-lockheed-team-beats-out-raytheon-to-build-100-kilowatt-laser-weapon/

US Army exoskeletons: which companies are designing military suits?

A summary of what's been and is being developed:

https://defence.nridigital.com/global_defence_technology_apr19/military_exoskeletons_the_next_phase

Drugs That Kill “Zombie Cells” Could Prevent Aging

A highly encouraging discovery:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/drugs-kill-zombie-cells-prevent-aging

IHMC Atlas Autonomous Path Planning Across Narrow Terrain

Robots are getting more and more adroit (get it?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=popvnHUu3uU&feature=youtu.be

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/