Is Unreal Engine the Future of Filmmaking?

This has been my vision for creating a "virtual studio" to allow full creation of movies using just a desktop computer. It still needs to be simplified for accessibility for all screenwriters, but the technology is all here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-AV-bctI1o

AI Expert LOSES HIS MIND Over Tesla AI Day 🤯

Leaps forward in computer tech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfFUtRwWr8A

Uncovering China's Battery Breakthrough

Unfortunately it's China, but it still sounds like an impressive breakthrough:

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

Better Than Batteries? A Startup That’s Storing Energy in Concrete Blocks Just Raised $100 Million

The simplicity of it is oddly amusing:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/09/01/better-than-batteries-a-startup-thats-storing-energy-in-concrete-blocks-just-raised-100-million/

StoreDot unveils Tesla-like 4680 battery cells they claim can charge in 10 minutes

Another potential game changer:

https://electrek.co/2021/09/01/storedot-tesla-like-4680-battery-cells-charge-10-minutes/

Photonic Chip Breakthrough Opens a Path Toward Quantum Computing in Real-World Conditions

https://scitechdaily.com/photonic-chip-breakthrough-opens-a-path-toward-quantum-computing-in-real-world-conditions/

The Dream of Carbon Air Capture Edges Toward Reality

https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-dream-of-co2-air-capture-edges-toward-reality

Scientists Set New World Record With Bifacial Solar Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-set-new-world-record-with-bifacial-solar-cells/

Surprise! Our Bodies Have Been Hiding a Trojan Horse for Gene Therapy

https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/24/surprise-our-bodies-have-been-hiding-a-trojan-horse-for-gene-therapy/

Why This 3D-Printed House Will Change The World

Made in Germany, so perhaps we'll build our new house this way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHSYEH133HA

Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots

This is just vaporware for now, but it's REALLY what we all need:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22633514/tesla-robot-prototype-elon-musk-humanoid-ai-day

A national lab just achieved a ‘Wright Brothers moment’ in nuclear fusion

Fusion power is always 30 years away. Perhaps this will change that:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/lawrence-livermore-lab-makes-significant-achievement-in-fusion.html

Atlas | Partners in Parkour

The physical capabilities are all there. When the A.I. and battery life catch up...watch out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

OpenAI's Codex turns written language into computer code

Computer languages exist to allow programmers to program without knowing machine language. This appears to be the beginning of the next and more powerful step, allowing non-programmers to program without knowing computer languages:

https://www.axios.com/openai-codex-language-computer-programming-1cfb83d7-f28b-40b5-91ea-1717272a619c.html

The Waste Product That Could Help Mitigate Climate Change – Locking Carbon in the Soil “For Hundreds to Thousands of Years”

https://scitechdaily.com/the-waste-product-that-could-help-mitigate-climate-change-locking-carbon-in-the-soil-for-hundreds-to-thousands-of-years/

Chinese scientists develop world’s strongest glass that’s as hard as diamond

Impressive:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/china-strongest-glass-diamond-scientists-b1899243.html

Artificial Intelligence may diagnose dementia in a day

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57934589

Decades of Research Brings Quantum Dots to Brink of Widespread Use in a Range of Technology Applications

https://scitechdaily.com/decades-of-research-brings-quantum-dots-to-brink-of-widespread-use-in-a-range-of-technology-applications/

Synthetic brain cells that store 'memories' are possible, new model reveals

https://www.livescience.com/artificial-neurons-memories.html

Form Energy’s New Low-Cost, Iron-Air Battery Runs for 100 Hours

https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/02/form-energys-new-low-cost-iron-based-battery-runs-for-100-hours/

This robot taught itself to run then set a record by running a 5k

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/28/this-robot-taught-itself-to-run-then-set-a-record-by-running-a-5k/

Google’s ‘time crystals’ could be the greatest scientific achievement of our lifetimes

Bizarre. Fascinating:

https://thenextweb.com/news/google-may-have-achieved-breakthrough-time-crystals

Protein Folding AI Is Making a ‘Once in a Generation’ Advance in Biology

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/20/new-protein-folding-ai-just-made-a-once-in-a-generation-advance-in-biology/

New Inorganic Material Discovered With Lowest Thermal Conductivity Ever Reported

https://scitechdaily.com/new-inorganic-material-discovered-with-lowest-thermal-conductivity-ever-reported/

Advanced New Artificial Intelligence Software Can Compute Protein Structures in 10 Minutes

https://scitechdaily.com/advanced-new-artificial-intelligence-software-can-compute-protein-structures-in-10-minutes/

New Holographic Light Collector Boosts Solar Panel Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/new-holographic-light-collector-boosts-solar-panel-efficiency/

Say goodbye to air conditioning with new roofing material

Weird but intriguing:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/air-conditioning

AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments beyond What Any Human Has Conceived

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-designs-quantum-physics-experiments-beyond-what-any-human-has-conceived/

Quantum Physics Helps Break DNA and Destroy Cancer Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-physics-helps-break-dna-and-destroy-cancer-cells/

By splicing animals together, scientists have shown that young blood rejuvenates old tissues. Now, they are testing whether it works for humans.

https://www.nature.com/articles/517426a

1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook

This should be feasible with near-future technology, and could save over 95% on fuel use for sending ships throughout the solar system:

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

Goldilocks Planets “With a Tilt” Like Earth Are More Capable of Evolving Complex Life

Fortunately, a lot of planets appear to be tilty:

https://scitechdaily.com/goldilocks-planets-with-a-tilt-like-earth-are-more-capable-of-evolving-complex-life/

Breakthrough CRISPR Gene Therapy Could Be a ‘One and Done’ Injection

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/01/breakthrough-crispr-gene-therapy-could-be-a-one-and-done-injection/

New Cultured Meat Factory Will Churn Out 5,000 Bioreactor Burgers a Day

And thus the end of factory farming begins!

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/02/a-cultured-meat-factory-in-israel-will-churn-out-5000-bioreactor-burgers-a-day/

New study darkens hope for Earth-like planets

This is disappointing:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/exoplanet-photosynthesis

Possible Signs of Alien Life? Methane in the Plumes of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

https://scitechdaily.com/possible-signs-of-alien-life-methane-in-the-plumes-of-saturns-moon-enceladus/

How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

Impressive future is now moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZ_8cqfBlE

World’s First Flying Car Makes 35-Minute Debut Flight

It's taken a long time, but they're coming:

https://www.snopes.com/articles/353750/worlds-first-flying-car-debut/

Growing “Metallic Wood” to New Heights: Radically Decreasing a Material’s Density Without Sacrificing Strength

"The precise spacing of these gaps not only gives metallic wood the strength of titanium at a fraction of the weight, but unique optical properties. Because the spaces between gaps are the same size as the wavelengths of visible light, the light reflecting off of metallic wood interferes to enhance specific colors."

https://scitechdaily.com/growing-metallic-wood-to-new-heights-radically-decreasing-a-materials-density-without-sacrificing-strength/

No hope for life in Venus clouds, but maybe on Jupiter, study suggests

Alas, disappointment:

https://www.space.com/venus-clouds-life-not-enough-water

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

I'd test this:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/military-test-antiaging-pill

mRNA Vaccines Can Help Fight Cancer Tumors Too – Here’s How

https://scitechdaily.com/mrna-vaccines-can-help-fight-cancer-tumors-too-heres-how/

New research could help to reverse Alzheimer’s disease

At least mice should be able to keep their minds long enough to upload to a computer!

https://www.healtheuropa.eu/new-research-could-help-to-reverse-alzheimers-disease/109593/

Missing Piece Discovered in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/missing-piece-discovered-in-the-puzzle-of-optical-quantum-computing/

Surprise Discovery Suggests Scientists May Need To Rethink Which Genes Control Aging

https://scitechdaily.com/surprise-discovery-suggests-scientists-may-need-to-rethink-which-genes-control-aging/

Are We Wrong About Alzheimer’s? Researchers Question Prevailing Theory After New Discovery

https://scitechdaily.com/are-we-wrong-about-alzheimers-researchers-question-prevailing-theory-after-new-discovery/

Habitable Planets With Earth-Like Biospheres May Be Much Rarer Than Thought

This is a bummer:

https://scitechdaily.com/habitable-planets-with-earth-like-biospheres-may-be-much-rarer-than-thought/

“Nuclear Batteries” Offer a New Approach to Carbon-Free Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/nuclear-batteries-offer-a-new-approach-to-carbon-free-energy/

Why Flying Cars Could Be Here Within the Decade

About damn time!

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/21/why-flying-cars-could-be-here-within-the-decade/

An ‘Uncrashable’ Car? Luminar Says Its Lidar Can Get There

New and improved lidar at a lower price:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/23/an-uncrashable-car-luminar-says-its-lidar-can-get-there/

The Four Stages of Intelligent Matter That Will Bring Us Iron Man’s ‘Endgame’ Nanosuit

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/22/four-stages-of-intelligent-matter-that-will-bring-us-iron-mans-endgame-nanosuit/

Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out

This is huge:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/25/blood-test-that-finds-50-types-of-cancer-is-accurate-enough-to-be-rolled-out

Pupil size surprisingly linked to differences in intelligence

This is weird and interesting:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/pupil-size-intelligence

MIT Makes a Significant Advance Toward the Full Realization of Quantum Computation

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-makes-a-significant-advance-toward-the-full-realization-of-quantum-computation/

Using Sunlight to Alleviate Global Warming: Breakthrough in Decomposing CO2 With High Efficiency

Converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide isn't ideal, but it's a start:

https://scitechdaily.com/using-sunlight-to-alleviate-global-warming-breakthrough-in-decomposing-co2-with-high-efficiency/

Scientists turn cabbage into construction material stronger than concrete

"Chinese cabbage leaves ... produced a material over three times stronger than concrete." 

And many other fruits and vegetables can be similarly used:

https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-turn-cabbage-into-construction-material-stronger-than-concrete/

High Capacity DNA Data Storage: Could All Your Digital Photos Be Stored As DNA?

"A coffee mug full of DNA could theoretically store all of the world’s data":

https://scitechdaily.com/high-capacity-dna-data-storage-could-all-your-digital-photos-be-stored-as-dna/

Quantum Breakthrough: New Invention Keeps Qubits of Light Stable at Room Temperature

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-breakthrough-new-invention-keeps-qubits-of-light-stable-at-room-temperature/

We're winning the war on cancer

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/were-winning-war-on-cancer

Artificial Photosynthesis Promises Clean, Sustainable Source of Energy

"The closest process to artificial photosynthesis humans have today is photovoltaic technology, where a solar cell converts the sun’s energy into electricity. That process is famously inefficient, able to capture only about 20% of the sun’s energy. Photosynthesis, on the other hand, is radically more efficient; it is capable of storing 60% of the sun’s energy as chemical energy in associated biomolecules."

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-photosynthesis-promises-clean-sustainable-source-of-energy/

Photoactivatable Metabolic Warheads: Light-Sensitive Drug Acts As Trojan Horse to Kill Cancer Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/photoactivatable-metabolic-warheads-light-sensitive-drug-acts-as-trojan-horse-to-kill-cancer-cells/

Innovative Battery Technology Puts Flying Cars on the Horizon

https://scitechdaily.com/innovative-battery-technology-puts-flying-cars-on-the-horizon/

Breakthrough Understanding of Limb and Organ Regeneration – Closer to the Development of Regenerative Medicine Therapies

Growing back body parts would revolutionize medicine. Cancer in a limb? Hack it off and let it grow back. Heart disease? Install an artificial heart while your new one grows back:

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-understanding-of-limb-and-organ-regeneration-closer-to-the-development-of-regenerative-medicine-therapies/

A New Era of Spaceflight? Exciting Advances in Rocket Propulsion

Just a good summary of what's available:

https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-era-of-spaceflight-exciting-advances-in-rocket-propulsion/

Major Scientific Leap: Quantum Microscope Created That Can See the Impossible

"The quantum entanglement in our microscope provides 35 percent improved clarity without destroying the cell, allowing us to see minute biological structures that would otherwise be invisible."

https://scitechdaily.com/major-scientific-leap-quantum-microscope-created-that-can-see-the-impossible/

Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data

Sweet!

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-ultra-high-density-hard-graphene-ten.html

F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/health/aduhelm-fda-alzheimers-drug.html

Quantum Computing and Sensing: Engineers Demonstrate a Quantum Advantage

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computing-and-sensing-engineers-demonstrate-a-quantum-advantage/

Scientists reprogrammed bacteria to be immune to viruses

"Cells normally only use 20 building blocks, called amino acids, to build all their proteins, but now, scientists can introduce "unnatural amino acids" for use in protein construction, which have the same basic backbone as all amino acids, but novel side chains."

https://www.livescience.com/designer-e-coli-resists-viral-infection.html

A Self-Driving Truck Got a Shipment Cross-Country 10 Hours Faster Than a Human Driver

With a general update on the state of driverless vehicles:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/01/a-driverless-truck-took-a-load-of-watermelons-cross-country-42-faster-than-a-human-driver/

Backpack helicopter named 'CopterPack' takes to the skies for the first time in a trial flight

I want one!

https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/backpack-helicopter-named-copterpack-takes-to-the-skies-for-the-first-time-in-a-trial-flight-watch/765495

Quantum Computing With Holes: A New and Promising Qubit at a Place Where There Is Nothing

More quantum weirdness:

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computing-with-holes-a-new-and-promising-qubit-at-a-place-where-there-is-nothing/

Revolutionary Self-Aware Materials Build the Foundation for Living Structures

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-self-aware-materials-build-the-foundation-for-living-structures/

Hexagonal Boron Nitride’s Incredible Toughness Unmasked – “What We Observed … Is Remarkable!”

https://scitechdaily.com/hexagonal-boron-nitrides-incredible-toughness-unmasked-what-we-observed-is-remarkable/

Yeah, scientists just went there and came up with a faster way to create artificial DNA

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/scientists-came-up-with-a-faster-way-artificial-dna

Strategies for Constructing and Operating DNA Origami Linear Actuators

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202007704

Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel

Oh, I hope this comes to market soon:

https://dental.washington.edu/trials-begin-on-lozenge-that-rebuilds-tooth-enamel/

A Quantum Leap for Quantum Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/a-quantum-leap-for-quantum-computing/

New Transparent Electrode Developed That Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/new-transparent-electrode-developed-that-boosts-solar-cell-efficiency/

New Research Shows How to Boost Muscle Regeneration and Rebuild Tissue

https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-shows-how-to-boost-muscle-regeneration-and-rebuild-tissue/

Batteries Not Required: The Future of the IoT (Internet of Things)

https://scitechdaily.com/batteries-not-required-the-future-of-the-iot-internet-of-things/

Airships for city hops could cut flying’s CO2 emissions by 90%

I would like to see a world where airships are the main mode of flight for relatively short hops:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/airships-for-city-hops-could-cut-flyings-co2-emissions-by-90

Not Graphene: New Type of Atomically Thin Carbon Material Discovered

Very cool. More variety in molecular carbon configurations:

https://scitechdaily.com/not-graphene-new-type-of-atomically-thin-carbon-material-discovered/

Carbon Nanotube Breakthrough: Engineering Matter at the Atomic Level

This could be an important step:

https://scitechdaily.com/carbon-nanotube-breakthrough-engineering-matter-at-the-atomic-level/

Scientists Have Found a Way to Break the Limit of Human Longevity

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-break-the-limit-of-human-longevity/

Groundbreaking Research Optimizes Body’s Own Immune System to Fight Cancer

https://scitechdaily.com/groundbreaking-research-optimizes-bodys-own-immune-system-to-fight-cancer/

Incredible Microscope Sees Atoms at Record Resolution

https://scitechdaily.com/incredible-microscope-sees-atoms-at-record-resolution/

Nanotechnology Advance Enables Tinier Transistors With Extraordinary Performance

https://scitechdaily.com/nanotechnology-advance-enables-tinier-transistors-with-extraordinary-performance/

New Technology Makes Cancer Tumors Eliminate Themselves

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technology-makes-cancer-tumors-eliminate-themselves/

Nobel Winner: Artificial Intelligence Will Crush Humans, “It’s Not Even Close”

This is why we will probably have to merge with our machines:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nobel-winner-artificial-intelligence-crush-humans

Harvesting Light Like Nature Does: Synthesizing a New Class of Bio-Inspired, Light-Capturing Nanomaterials

https://scitechdaily.com/harvesting-light-like-nature-does-synthesizing-a-new-class-of-bio-inspired-light-capturing-nanomaterials/

Molecular Machines: NanoGear – Mechanics of the Infinitely Small

https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-machines-nanogear-mechanics-of-the-infinitely-small/

New Propulsion System Could Enable Flying at Speeds Up to Mach 17

Very cool:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-propulsion-system-could-enable-flying-at-speeds-up-to-mach-17/

World-First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries – Imagine a 20-Story Building That Stores Energy Like a Giant Battery

Still has a long way to go to store significant electricity:

https://scitechdaily.com/world-first-concept-for-rechargeable-cement-based-batteries-imagine-a-20-story-building-that-stores-energy-like-a-giant-battery/

Warp Drives and Negative Energy: Physicists Give Chances of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel a Boost

Some encouragement:

https://scitechdaily.com/warp-drives-and-negative-energy-physicists-give-chances-of-faster-than-light-space-travel-a-boost/

“Molecular Glue” Boosts Efficiency and Makes Perovskite Solar Cells Dramatically More Reliable Over Time

https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-glue-boosts-efficiency-and-makes-perovskite-solar-cells-dramatically-more-reliable-over-time/

AI Is Harder Than We Think: 4 Key Fallacies in AI Research

Unfortunate problems:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/06/to-advance-ai-we-need-to-better-understand-human-intelligence-and-address-these-4-fallacies/

Citrus Derivative Makes Transparent Wood 100% Renewable

Transparent wood? Now that's interesting:

https://scitechdaily.com/citrus-derivative-makes-transparent-wood-100-renewable/

A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, and Makes Millions of Edits at Once

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/11/a-new-gene-editing-tool-rivals-crispr-and-can-make-millions-of-edits-at-once/

IBM’s New Chip Technology Shows Off the Next Big Step in Moore’s Law

As long as it doesn't slow down significantly...

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/09/ibms-next-generation-chip-tech-shows-off-next-step-in-moores-law/