Introducing CopterPack Gen2

Similar to the Jetpack (?), only far too light on details:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4krC8Qf0o&feature=youtu.be

MIT Claims New Artificial Neuron 1 Million Times Faster Than the Real Thing

https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-claims-artificial-neuron-1-million-times-faster-real-thing

Floating "Blowhole" Platform Can Generate Energy From Just Waves

https://futurism.com/the-byte/floating-blowhole-platform-energy-waves

A SINGLE-ATOM THICK MATERIAL COULD MAKE A 127-YEAR-OLD SPACE TRAVEL IDEA A REALITY

I’ve loved this concept ever since I heard about it in the 1980s:

https://www.inverse.com/science/graphene-space-elevator

New Phase of Matter Opens Portal to Extra Time Dimension

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

MegaPortraits: One-shot Megapixel Neural Head Avatars

Deep fakes get more and more realistic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D5ulvdg0jM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D5ulvdg0jM

Without Fuel, the Fusion Game Is Over

Well this is a downer:

https://news.newenergytimes.net/2022/07/18/without-fuel-the-fusion-game-is-over/

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:

https://openai.com/dall-e-2/

MIT Discovers Semiconductor That Can Perform Far Better Than Silicon

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-discovers-semiconductor-that-can-perform-far-better-than-silicon/

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. 

New Technology Gives AI Human-Like Eyes

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technology-gives-ai-human-like-eyes/

Dream of unlimited, clean nuclear fusion energy within reach

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-unlimited-nuclear-fusion-energy.html

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:

https://singularityhub.com/2022/07/14/this-solar-car-will-soon-hit-production-and-it-only-costs-25900/

Researchers find the missing photonic link to enable an all-silicon quantum internet

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-photonic-link-enable-all-silicon-quantum.html

Scientists Uncover One of the Driving Forces of Alzheimer’s Disease – New Target for Treatment

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-uncover-one-of-the-driving-forces-of-alzheimers-disease-new-target-for-treatment/

Effective Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Two-Dimensional Ionic Liquids

https://scitechdaily.com/effective-carbon-dioxide-capture-using-two-dimensional-ionic-liquids/

New Medication Shrinks Cancer in 80% of Patients

https://scitechdaily.com/new-medication-shrinks-cancer-in-80-of-patients/

Physicists link two time crystals in seemingly impossible experiment

For the world of weird:

https://www.livescience.com/time-crystals-linked

Dark Matter May Not Exist: These Physicists Favor of a New Theory of Gravity

Narrowing down the explanation for dark matter?

https://scitechdaily.com/dark-matter-may-not-exist-these-physicists-favor-of-a-new-theory-of-gravity/

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/

“Good Evidence” That ADHD Drugs May Also Successfully Treat Alzheimer’s Dementia

https://scitechdaily.com/good-evidence-that-adhd-drugs-may-also-successfully-treat-alzheimers-dementia/

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:

https://singularityhub.com/2022/07/01/new-artificial-photosynthesis-method-grows-food-with-no-sunshine/

Genetically Engineered, Sound-Controlled Bacteria That Seek and Destroy Cancer Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/genetically-engineered-sound-controlled-bacteria-that-seek-and-destroy-cancer-cells/

Scientists Create Synthetic Tooth Enamel That's Stronger Than Real Teeth

https://futurism.com/neoscope/synthetic-tooth-enamel-stronger

Lazy Flossers Rejoice! Tiny Robot Shapeshifters Will Brush and Floss for You

This would be nice:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/robot-shapeshifters-brush-floss

A Newly Discovered Type of Stem Cell Could Allow Scientists To Make Organs in a Dish

https://scitechdaily.com/a-newly-discovered-type-of-stem-cell-could-allow-scientists-to-make-organs-in-a-dish/

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/

Metasurfaces Open the Door to Telekinesis and Telepathy With Technology

https://singularityhub.com/2022/06/28/in-two-new-studies-metasurfaces-open-the-door-to-telekinesis-and-telepathy/

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

Researcher Tells AI to Write a Paper About Itself, Then Submits It to Academic Journal

A.I. is advancing quickly!

https://wordpress.futurism.com/gpt3-academic-paper

New concentrator could help solar panels capture more sunlight – without tracking it

https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/agile-concentrator-solar-panels/?amp=1

Stopping Memory Loss: Blood Vessel Breakthrough Major Step Towards Alzheimer’s Treatment

https://scitechdaily.com/stopping-memory-loss-blood-vessel-breakthrough-major-step-towards-alzheimers-treatment/

Scientists Show Off "Wearable Muscles" You Can Strap on to Get Way Stronger

https://futurism.com/the-byte/wearable-muscles-strap-stronger

Startup Claims New Military Tech Can See Straight Through Walls

https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-new-military-tech-straight-through-walls

The Michael Jordan of Solar Cells: New Technology Proves Its Lasting Power

https://scitechdaily.com/the-michael-jordan-of-solar-cells-new-technology-proves-its-lasting-power/

Scientists Used CRISPR to Trace Every Human Gene to Its Function

Impressive!

https://singularityhub.com/2022/06/20/scientists-used-crispr-to-trace-every-human-gene-to-its-function/

The biggest myths about electric vehicles

I want one next:

https://www.freethink.com/technology/myths-about-electric-vehicles

Enabling Technologies of Tomorrow: Nanoparticles Control Flow of Light Like Road Signs Direct Traffic

Potentially wide-ranging technology to keep an eye on:

https://scitechdaily.com/enabling-technologies-of-tomorrow-nanoparticles-control-flow-of-light-like-road-signs-direct-traffic/

Single Brain Scan Can Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease Quickly and Accurately

Excellent news:

https://scitechdaily.com/single-brain-scan-can-diagnose-alzheimers-disease-quickly-and-accurately/

MIT Pioneers Technology To Grow Customizable Wood Products in the Lab With Little Waste

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-pioneers-technology-to-grow-customizable-wood-products-in-the-lab-with-little-waste/

Why Boston Dynamics is Building a Super Robot Army

Good update:

https://youtu.be/LLSqc-p4UhI

Scientists Develop “Nanomachines” That Can Penetrate and Kill Cancer Cells

An interesting approach:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-nanomachines-that-can-penetrate-and-kill-cancer-cells/

Making Mind Reading Possible: Invention Allows Amputees To Control a Robotic Arm With Their Mind

https://scitechdaily.com/making-mind-reading-possible-invention-allows-amputees-to-control-a-robotic-arm-with-their-mind/

A New Breakthrough Could Make It Possible To Harvest Solar Power at Night

https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-breakthrough-could-make-it-possible-to-harvest-solar-power-at-night/

What happens when two artificial intelligences are let loose to talk to one another

https://youtu.be/jz78fSnBG0s

Special Ointments Can Remove Large Birthmarks and Prevent Skin Cancer

https://scitechdaily.com/special-ointments-can-remove-large-birthmarks-and-prevent-skin-cancer/

Real Telekinesis: Chinese Scientists Advance Toward Moving Things With Our Thoughts

Cool idea…but China:

https://scitechdaily.com/real-telekinesis-chinese-scientists-advance-toward-moving-things-with-our-thoughts/

Quantum Chip Takes Microseconds to Do a Task a Supercomputer Would Spend 9,000 Years On

Wow:

https://singularityhub.com/2022/06/07/a-photonic-quantum-device-took-microseconds-to-do-a-task-a-conventional-computer-would-spend-9000-years-on/

Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging

Good, we need this...although Saudi money isn't my first choice:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/07/1053132/saudi-arabia-slow-aging-metformin/

Skin Cancer Breakthrough: Researchers Succeed in Making Cells Commit ‘Suicide’

Encouraging:

https://scitechdaily.com/skin-cancer-breakthrough-researchers-succeed-in-making-cells-commit-suicide/

Unique Quantum Material Could Enable Incredibly Powerful, Ultra-Compact Computers

https://scitechdaily.com/unique-quantum-material-could-enable-incredibly-powerful-ultra-compact-computers/

“Conscious AI” responds to Elon Musk.

Wow, A.I. appears to be over 95% indistinguishable from humans in conversation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNvj7ku5pY

New Evidence for Alternate Origins of Alzheimer’s Disease Plaques

https://scitechdaily.com/new-evidence-for-alternate-origins-of-alzheimers-disease-plaques/

Protein Destroys ‘Hard to Treat’ Cancers, Could Become ‘One Size Fits All’ Pill

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/university-of-texas-cancer-breakthrough-erx-41/

Bending the Laws of Physics: Time Crystals “Impossible” but Obey Quantum Physics

Very cool:

https://scitechdaily.com/bending-the-laws-of-physics-time-crystals-impossible-but-obey-quantum-physics/

Skin cells made 30 years younger with new 'rejuvenation' technique

Wow:

"Researchers in the U.K. have developed a way to reverse the aging process in skin cells, turning back the biological clock by about 30 years."

https://www.livescience.com/skin-cell-rejuvenation-30-years-younger

“Reverse Engineering” Brain Tissue Reveals Sugar-Studded Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/reverse-engineering-brain-tissue-reveals-sugar-studded-protein-linked-to-alzheimers-disease/

Fundamental Breakthrough: Error-Free Quantum Computing Gets Real

https://scitechdaily.com/fundamental-breakthrough-error-free-quantum-computing-gets-real/

Möbius Carbon Nanobelt: A Möbius Strip Constructed Solely of Carbon Atoms

https://scitechdaily.com/mobius-carbon-nanobelt-a-mobius-strip-constructed-solely-of-carbon-atoms/

Turns out the fountain of youth was hiding in raw sea squirts this whole time

Seems an easy thing to try, but since some people consume that regularly and apparently show no signs of extremely long lifespans, I’m a bit skeptical:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/turns-fountain-youth-hiding-raw-140006745.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&tsrc=fb

New Energy Storage System Is More Efficient and Potentially Transformative

https://scitechdaily.com/new-energy-storage-system-is-more-efficient-and-potentially-transformative/

A Step Towards Seasonal Storage: “Freeze-Thaw Battery” Can Freeze Its Energy for Later Use

https://scitechdaily.com/a-step-towards-seasonal-storage-freeze-thaw-battery-can-freeze-its-energy-for-later-use/

Ultrafast Computers Are Coming: Laser Bursts Drive Fastest-Ever Logic Gates

https://scitechdaily.com/ultrafast-computers-are-coming-laser-bursts-drive-fastest-ever-logic-gates/

A One-and-Done CRISPR Gene Therapy Will Aim to Prevent Heart Attacks

https://singularityhub.com/2022/05/16/a-one-and-done-crispr-gene-therapy-will-aim-to-prevent-heart-attacks/

Producing High-Quality Graphene Cheaply Using Carbon Monoxide

https://scitechdaily.com/producing-high-quality-graphene-cheaply-using-carbon-monoxide/

Fecal Transplants Reverse Hallmarks of Aging in the Gut, Eyes, and Brain

This may be a good way to stave off dementia. But how likely is it that an old person won’t get arrested asking young people if he can insert something in their asses?

https://scitechdaily.com/fecal-transplants-reverse-hallmarks-of-aging-in-the-gut-eyes-and-brain/

Laser Pulses for Ultrafast Signal Processing Could Make Computers a Million Times Faster

https://scitechdaily.com/laser-pulses-for-ultrafast-signal-processing-could-make-computers-a-million-times-faster/

Surprising Bacterial Nanowire Discovery May Lead to Living and Self-Repairing Electrical Circuits

https://scitechdaily.com/surprising-bacterial-nanowire-discovery-may-lead-to-living-and-self-repairing-electrical-circuits/

Patent-Pending Technology Converts “Waste” Carbon Into Valuable Chemicals and Useful Elements

https://scitechdaily.com/patent-pending-technology-converts-waste-carbon-into-valuable-chemicals-and-useful-elements/

Bilayer graphene inspires two-universe cosmological model

I love weird stuff like this. And it’s falsifiable!

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-bilayer-graphene-two-universe-cosmological.html

Plastic-Eating Enzyme Could Supercharge Recycling and Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste

About damn time, but what might happen if the bacteria gets loose on plastics that are meant to last a while?

https://scitechdaily.com/plastic-eating-enzyme-could-supercharge-recycling-and-eliminate-billions-of-tons-of-landfill-waste/

Bacterial Enzyme Converts CO2 Into Carbon Compounds 20x Faster Than Photosynthesis

https://scitechdaily.com/bacterial-enzyme-converts-co2-into-carbon-compounds-20x-faster-than-photosynthesis/

New Possibilities Discovered for Room-Temperature Superconductivity

https://scitechdaily.com/new-possibilities-discovered-for-room-temperature-superconductivity/

From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button

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

Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Cell Invented – Enabling Better Green Energy Options

https://scitechdaily.com/cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cell-invented-enabling-better-green-energy-options/

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3_LD3R_Ygs

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/

New Materials Enable Cheaper Solar Cells That Are Easier To Make

https://scitechdaily.com/new-materials-enable-cheaper-solar-cells-that-are-easier-to-make/

Skin cells made 30 years younger with new 'rejuvenation' technique

30 years! That is eye-opening:

https://www.livescience.com/skin-cell-rejuvenation-30-years-younger

Noninvasive Sound Technology Breaks Down Tumors, Kills Cancer Cells, and Spurs the Immune System

https://scitechdaily.com/noninvasive-sound-technology-breaks-down-tumors-kills-cancer-cells-and-spurs-the-immune-system/

Endocrinologist Discovers Potential New Ways To Prevent Cognitive Decline From Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/endocrinologist-discovers-potential-new-ways-to-prevent-cognitive-decline-from-alzheimers-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.”

https://scitechdaily.com/capturing-solar-energy-and-converting-it-to-electricity-when-needed-up-to-18-years-later/

Small HDL “Good Cholesterol” Particles May Help Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/small-hdl-good-cholesterol-particles-may-help-protect-against-alzheimers-disease/

New Heat Engine With No Moving Parts Could Fully Decarbonize the Power Grid

Impressive:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-heat-engine-with-no-moving-parts-could-fully-decarbonize-the-power-grid/

Quantum Internet Breakthrough – Bell State Analyzer Presents Giant Leap Toward Fully Quantum Internet

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-internet-breakthrough-bell-state-analyzer-presents-giant-leap-toward-fully-quantum-internet/

mRNA Quality Control: Root Cause of Tau-Induced Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias

https://scitechdaily.com/mrna-quality-control-root-cause-of-tau-induced-neurodegeneration-in-alzheimers-and-related-dementias/

Researchers Set New World Record for Solar Cell Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-set-new-world-record-for-solar-cell-efficiency/

Scientists Shatter Record for the Amount of Energy Produced During a Controlled, Sustained Fusion Reaction

We’re getting there!

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-shatter-record-for-the-amount-of-energy-produced-during-a-controlled-sustained-fusion-reaction/

Revamped design could take powerful biological computers from the test tube to the cell

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-revamped-powerful-biological-tube-cell.html

Startup Says It’s Created an Actual “Invisibility Shield”

Very impressive:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-invisibility-shield

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."

https://www.sciencealert.com/making-cells-revert-to-a-younger-state-safely-reversed-signs-of-aging-in-mice?fbclid=IwAR3QBj9J64L7Xjg8ZWfn5jPrAnh0iyUo7LcToI9PcnfuHCA8CT7T80917co

Key Protein Identified That Could Be Harnessed to Extend Healthy Lifespan in Humans

https://scitechdaily.com/key-protein-identified-that-could-be-harnessed-to-extend-healthy-lifespan-in-humans/

Quantum Gravity Sensor Breakthrough Paves Way for Groundbreaking Map of World Under Earth’s Surface

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-gravity-sensor-breakthrough-paves-way-for-groundbreaking-map-of-world-under-earth-surface/

Breakthrough discovery in light interactions with nanoparticles paves the way for advances in optical computing

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-breakthrough-discovery-interactions-nanoparticles-paves.html

Transistors Reach Tipping Point At 3nm

https://semiengineering.com/transistors-reach-tipping-point-at-3nm/

DeepMind scientists say they trained an A.I. to control a nuclear fusion reactor

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/18/deepmind-scientists-trained-an-ai-to-control-nuclear-fusion-.html

Breakthrough Discovery of New Model for “Global” DNA Repair

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-discovery-of-new-model-for-global-dna-repair/

“Time Jump” by 30 Years: Old Skins Cells Reprogrammed To Regain Youthful Function

https://scitechdaily.com/time-jump-by-30-years-old-skins-cells-reprogrammed-to-regain-youthful-function/

Harvesting Energy at Night: Solar Cell Keeps Working Long After Sun Sets

https://scitechdaily.com/harvesting-energy-at-night-solar-cell-keeps-working-long-after-sun-sets/

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