Amorphous Silicon Carbide is Ten Times Stronger Than Kevlar and Great to Microchips

“IF you could make duct tape out of Amorphous silicon carbide you would need to hang about ten medium-sized cars end-to-end off that strip before it breaks.”

Color me impressed!

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/01/amorphous-silicon-carbide-is-ten-times-stronger-than-kevlar-and-great-to-microchips.html

Not Science Fiction: Brain Implant May Enable Communication From Thoughts Alone

https://scitechdaily.com/not-science-fiction-brain-implant-may-enable-communication-from-thoughts-alone/

Chinese firm's first humanoid robot to take the fight to Tesla Optimus

Ugh, from China, but promising:

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinese-humanoid-robot-fight-tesla-optimus

This One Microglia Mutation Could Triple Your Alzheimer’s Risk – Here’s Why

More fun…

https://scitechdaily.com/this-one-microglia-mutation-could-triple-your-alzheimers-risk-heres-why/

Harnessing Sunlight Like Never Before: The Supercrystal Breakthrough

https://scitechdaily.com/harnessing-sunlight-like-never-before-the-supercrystal-breakthrough/

That was fast! First sodium ion battery cars hit the market.

https://youtu.be/V3qD6lhpre0?si=DuBfRW1hKhJo98ys

AI-Powered Breakthrough: Unveiling the Secrets of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/ai-powered-breakthrough-unveiling-the-secrets-of-high-efficiency-solar-cells/

THIS IS WAR: Use Humanoid Robots or GO EXTINCT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCJ0GZoaqQw

Tesla Bots Gen 2

More impressive information about Tesla’s Optimus 2:

https://youtu.be/-2zZYMe_WCo?si=8D3CIlvxRGAGaab1

Channel 1 gives users a new more personal way to watch the news

The first all-AI news channel…and you likely would never notice if you weren’t told. A year ago, such a thing wasn’t on anybody’s radar:

https://www.channel1.ai/

US nuclear-fusions game changing achievement; ‘ignition’ over and over

This is big:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvttM-i0F8

Researchers Discover Potential Environmental Trigger for Parkinson’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-potential-environmental-trigger-for-parkinsons-disease/

This is the dangerous AI that got Sam Altman fired

The sheer awareness of what’s going on in pictures and videos shows just how powerful AI is becoming. Definitely worth a view:

https://youtu.be/cXemEDZA_Ms?si=0D3W7YNEcBC5_HS9

From Code to Chemistry: Coscientist, the AI System Mastering Nobel Prize-Winning Reactions

https://scitechdaily.com/from-code-to-chemistry-coscientist-the-ai-system-mastering-nobel-prize-winning-reactions/

Korean Scientists Develop Cheaper, Safer Alternative to Lithium-Ion Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/korean-scientists-develop-cheaper-safer-alternative-to-lithium-ion-batteries/

Defying Genetics: How One Patient’s Unique Mutation Offers New Hopes in Alzheimer’s Prevention

https://scitechdaily.com/defying-genetics-how-one-patients-unique-mutation-offers-new-hopes-in-alzheimers-prevention/

Puzzle Solved: New Near Unbreakable Material Rivals Diamond in Hardness

https://scitechdaily.com/puzzle-solved-new-near-unbreakable-material-rivals-diamond-in-hardness/

Harvard Unveils World’s First Logical Quantum Processor

https://scitechdaily.com/harvard-unveils-worlds-first-logical-quantum-processor/

Revolutionary Solar-Powered Device Transforms Polluted Water Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel & Purified Water

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-solar-powered-device-transforms-polluted-water-into-clean-hydrogen-fuel-purified-water/

AI Surpasses Reality: White AI Faces More Convincing Than Real Humans

https://scitechdaily.com/ai-surpasses-reality-white-ai-faces-more-convincing-than-real-humans/

AI Discovers a New Class of Antibiotics After Scouring 12 Million Compounds

https://singularityhub.com/2023/12/21/ai-discovers-a-new-class-of-antibiotics-after-scouring-12-million-compounds/

The $1 Cure: How Programmable Bacteria Are Reshaping Cancer Therapy

https://scitechdaily.com/the-1-cure-how-programmable-bacteria-are-reshaping-cancer-therapy/

Scientists Find Way To Detect Parkinson’s Disease 30 Years Before Symptoms

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-way-to-detect-parkinsons-disease-30-years-before-symptoms/

In a Striking Discovery, AI Shows Human-Like Memory Formation

https://scitechdaily.com/in-a-striking-discovery-ai-shows-human-like-memory-formation/

Revolutionizing Biology: USC’s Breakthrough in “CReATiNG” Synthetic Chromosomes

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionizing-biology-uscs-breakthrough-in-creating-synthetic-chromosomes/

New brain-like transistor goes 'beyond machine learning'

https://www.livescience.com/technology/electronics/new-brain-like-transistor-goes-beyond-machine-learning

A New Weapon Against Climate Change – Scientists Develop “Cooling Glass” That Blasts Building Heat Into Space

https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-weapon-against-climate-change-scientists-develop-cooling-glass-that-blasts-building-heat-into-space/

Revolutionizing Green Energy: A New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Breakthrough

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionizing-green-energy-a-new-hydrogen-fuel-cell-breaskthrough/

Solar Panels Reimagined: New Prototype Produces Methane Through Artificial Photosynthesis

https://scitechdaily.com/solar-panels-reimagined-new-prototype-produces-methane-through-artificial-photosynthesis/

Tesla Bot Optimus Gen 2 is Stunning, but it's just the beginning...

Very cool. We’ll see this in homes soon:

https://youtu.be/QMhLUD7NbCc?si=NmkSt7RWYOftNxZX

Scientists Discover New Cause of Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s

More joy:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-new-cause-of-vascular-dementia-and-alzheimers/

Thought To Be Impossible – Scientists Uncover Hidden World Using Newly Found Properties of a Graphene-Like Material

https://scitechdaily.com/thought-to-be-impossible-scientists-uncover-hidden-world-using-newly-found-properties-of-a-graphene-like-material/

Quantum Leap: Princeton Physicists Successfully Entangle Individual Molecules for the First Time

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-leap-princeton-physicists-successfully-entangle-individual-molecules-for-the-first-time/

Serotonin Shortage: Tracing the Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s

https://scitechdaily.com/serotonin-shortage-tracing-the-early-warning-signs-of-alzheimers/

DNA-folding nanorobots can manufacture limitless copies of themselves

Wow, this looks like a big step forward in nanotech:

https://newatlas.com/robotics/dna-nanorobots-self-replication/

Sunlight to Survival: Pioneering Solar Technology Transforms Air Into Water

https://scitechdaily.com/sunlight-to-survival-pioneering-solar-technology-transforms-air-into-water/

Body Aging Breakthrough: Stanford Can Predict Which of Your Organs Will Fail First

https://scitechdaily.com/body-aging-breakthrough-stanford-can-predict-which-of-your-organs-will-fail-first/

Smaller AI

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-science-f53d4920-3623-45ba-a64c-633cafb91c47.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Watch this wheeled robot dog transform into a humanoid and dump boxes

Scale this up so you can ride it, and you’ve got a hell of an ATV:

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/wheeled-robot-dog-dumps-boxes

Scientists Have Discovered New Pathways of Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-discovered-new-pathways-of-alzheimers-disease/

Revolutionizing Nanotechnology: Photonic Cavities that Self-Assemble at the Atomic Level

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionizing-nanotechnology-photonic-cavities-that-self-assemble-at-the-atomic-level/

Stem Cells to the Rescue: A Game Changer for Parkinson’s Patients

https://scitechdaily.com/stem-cells-to-the-rescue-a-game-changer-for-parkinsons-patients/

CRISPR’s Hidden Universe: FLSHclust Algorithm Unlocks Secret Gene Modules

https://scitechdaily.com/crisprs-hidden-universe-flshclust-algorithm-unlocks-secret-gene-modules/

10 AI Predictions for 2024

Interesting predictions. It looks like the technological singularity is happening!

https://youtu.be/FWO9OJUeouE?si=ZxVjZemPu6QUG6ap

Scientists Have Discovered Connections Between Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-discovered-connections-between-neuroinflammation-and-alzheimers-disease/

Telecom’s Quantum Future: Unprecedented Longevity in Entanglement Storage

https://scitechdaily.com/telecoms-quantum-future-unprecedented-longevity-in-entanglement-storage/

From Microbes to Artificial Life: Harnessing Bacterial Motors for Nanomachines

https://scitechdaily.com/from-microbes-to-artificial-life-harnessing-bacterial-motors-for-nanomachines/

HuGE AI Breakthrough: Using Crowdsourced Feedback in Robot Training

And machine learning like this should bring us truly effective general purpose home robots sooner than we expect:

https://scitechdaily.com/huge-ai-breakthrough-using-crowdsourced-feedback-in-robot-training/

The technology behind ChatGPT is evolving insanely fast

The predictions I made a video about 12 years ago (https://youtu.be/tBKYVwQl3RQ?si=4OXGB0ifF-aDD4xc) are coming true with surprising speed…even though a year ago I looked back on those predictions and thought we were way behind. I’d fallen victim to our inability to think exponentially, even though I’d talked about that in the video!

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/chat-gpt-one-year-anniversary-ai

New Discovery Could Make Organic Solar Cells Significantly More Efficient

https://scitechdaily.com/new-discovery-could-make-organic-solar-cells-significantly-more-efficient/

This Protein Could Be the Key to Turning Back Your Brain’s Aging Clock

https://scitechdaily.com/this-protein-could-be-the-key-to-turning-back-your-brains-aging-clock/

NVIDIA’s New Tech Is Changing The World!

https://youtu.be/_3zbfgHmcJ4?si=Cm-L-7FGJXWWoFyG

Phototherapy – A Promising New Approach in Alzheimer’s Treatment

“Photobiomodulation during sleep turns the brain into a washing machine, helping to cleanse its tissues of toxic beta-amyloid and increase resistance to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.”

https://scitechdaily.com/phototherapy-a-promising-new-approach-in-alzheimers-treatment/

Brewing a Cure: How Coffee Grounds Could Prevent Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

https://scitechdaily.com/brewing-a-cure-how-coffee-grounds-could-prevent-alzheimers-parkinsons-and-other-neurodegenerative-diseases/

Quantum Riddle Solved: Purple Bronze Discovery Unveils “Perfect Switch” for Future Tech

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-riddle-solved-purple-bronze-discovery-unveils-perfect-switch-for-future-tech/

The Future of AI: Self-Learning Machines Could Replace Current Artificial Neural Networks

https://scitechdaily.com/the-future-of-ai-self-learning-machines-could-replace-current-artificial-neural-networks/

From Lasers to Superconductors: The Optoelectronics Chip Revolution Begins

https://scitechdaily.com/from-lasers-to-superconductors-the-optoelectronics-chip-revolution-begins/

Revolutionary One-Atom-Thick Ribbons Set To Transform Batteries and Solar Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-one-atom-thick-ribbons-set-to-transform-batteries-and-solar-cells/

Behind the Curtain: Myth of AI restraint

Yeah, we may be thoroughly screwed:

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/21/washington-ai-sam-altman-chatgpt-microsoft

Groundbreaking Discovery: Inhibiting Key Enzyme May Halt Parkinson’s Disease Progression

https://scitechdaily.com/groundbreaking-discovery-inhibiting-key-enzyme-may-halt-parkinsons-disease-progression/

From Gut to Brain: New Findings Link Microbiota to Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

https://scitechdaily.com/from-gut-to-brain-new-findings-link-microbiota-to-alzheimers-memory-loss/

Peering Into the Future: Eye Scans Unveil Parkinson’s Disease Markers 7 Years Early

https://scitechdaily.com/peering-into-the-future-eye-scans-unveil-parkinsons-disease-markers-7-years-early/

Zombie Cells Have a Weakness. An Experimental Anti-Aging Therapy Exploits It.

This sounds like a surprisingly easy remedy:

“In just a week, mice treated with verteporfin showed fewer molecular signs of senescence in their kidney, liver, and lungs. Their fur was more luxurious compared to control mice without the drug.”

https://singularityhub.com/2023/11/07/zombie-cells-have-a-weakness-a-new-anti-aging-therapy-exploits-it/

High Metabolism – Scientists Uncover New Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Disease

 “The disease starts to develop 20 years before the onset of symptoms, so it’s important to detect it early – especially given the retardant medicines that are starting to arrive”

https://scitechdaily.com/high-metabolism-scientists-uncover-new-early-sign-of-alzheimers-disease/

MIT’s Brain Breakthrough: Decoding How Human Learning Mirrors AI Model Training

https://scitechdaily.com/mits-brain-breakthrough-decoding-how-human-learning-mirrors-ai-model-training/

New Blood Marker Can Identify Parkinson’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/new-blood-marker-can-identify-parkinsons-disease/

Have a Sedentary Lifestyle? Do This To Decrease Your Risk of Death

“Engaging in at least 20-25 minutes of physical activity daily can negate the increased death risk associated with a sedentary lifestyle, according to recent research.”

https://scitechdaily.com/have-a-sedentary-lifestyle-do-this-to-decrease-your-risk-of-death/

Quantum Control Breakthrough a Game Changer for Next-Gen Electronics and Computers

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-control-breakthrough-a-game-changer-for-next-gen-electronics-and-computers/

Neural Networks Go Nano: Brain-Inspired Learning Takes Flight

https://scitechdaily.com/neural-networks-go-nano-brain-inspired-learning-takes-flight/

DNA Origami Nanoturbine: Pioneering the Nanomotor Revolution

https://scitechdaily.com/dna-origami-nanoturbine-pioneering-the-nanomotor-revolution/

Game-Changer in Electric Vehicles: New Battery Design Curbs Fires & Supercharges Storage

https://scitechdaily.com/game-changer-in-electric-vehicles-new-battery-design-curbs-fires-supercharges-storage/

Making Chat (ro)Bots

Another considerable advance in interactive robots:

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

The Future of Machine Learning: A New Breakthrough Technique

https://scitechdaily.com/the-future-of-machine-learning-a-new-breakthrough-technique/

This Brain-Like IBM Chip Could Drastically Cut the Cost of AI

https://singularityhub.com/2023/10/24/this-brain-like-ibm-chip-could-drastically-cut-the-cost-of-ai/

Atom Computing Says Its New Quantum Computer Has Over 1,000 Qubits

https://singularityhub.com/2023/10/25/atom-computing-says-new-quantum-computer-is-first-to-hit-1000-qubits/

Electric Vehicles Rejoice: Scientists Develop Cobalt-Free, Cost-Efficient Battery Production

https://scitechdaily.com/electric-vehicles-rejoice-scientists-develop-cobalt-free-cost-efficient-battery-production/

Ultramicro Supercapacitor: A Game-Changing Energy Storage Marvel

https://scitechdaily.com/ultramicro-supercapacitor-a-game-changing-energy-storage-marvel/

New Research Reveals How Sex Hormones Influence Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-how-sex-hormones-influence-alzheimers-disease/

DNA Nano Engine: The Revolutionary Power Behind Tomorrow’s Nanomachines

https://scitechdaily.com/dna-nano-engine-the-revolutionary-power-behind-tomorrows-nanomachines/

Quantum Breakthrough: Record-Breaking Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over Metropolitan Range

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-breakthrough-record-breaking-quantum-teleportation-achieved-over-metropolitan-range/

Green Power Surge: Tokyo’s Breakthrough in Cobalt-Free Battery Tech

https://scitechdaily.com/green-power-surge-tokyos-breakthrough-in-cobalt-free-battery-tech/

Microsoft New SELF IMPROVING AI STUNS The ENTIRE Industry (SELF-TAUGHT OPTIMIZER (STOP)

A.I. is improving itself through recursive programming:

https://youtu.be/rgQm0G3bC28?si=kD_pwMrYN3eYTxdB

AGI Revolution: How Businesses, Governments, and Individuals can Prepare

More from David Shapiro on how AI is set to massively disrupt all our lives:

https://youtu.be/zwLsnsp7FF4?si=7Y6GbzEDU6AX5Pv1

AGI Within 12 Months! Rumors, Leaks, and Trends - Announcing Open MURPHIE robotic platform

Very interesting indeed! It looks like my prognostication video from 12 years ago (https://youtu.be/tBKYVwQl3RQ?si=_xMuEV-m_AnvUpER) may actually be pretty well on target:

https://youtu.be/M5eQwl4YmGU?si=0b9re0RuxuvE1xZM

Green Energy Breakthrough: Scientists Develop Catalyst With 7.9x Higher Activity for Hydrogen Production

https://scitechdaily.com/green-energy-breakthrough-scientists-develop-catalyst-with-7-9x-higher-activity-for-hydrogen-production/

AI NEWS You Simply CANNOT Miss

A bunch of serious updates to AI-generated graphics and audio:

https://youtu.be/VY3cPeiskKI?si=OyI24dwUvkc-_H9D

Using AI to change videos from English to other languages

They’re coming for you, Piglit…

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/13/ai-dub-videos-ios-app-lipdub-deepfake

Increasing Productive Lifespan – New Research Casts Light on Protein That Could Help Defeat Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/increasing-productive-lifespan-new-research-casts-light-on-protein-that-could-help-defeat-alzheimers-disease/

Not Science Fiction: Scientists Around the World Shocked by Self-Healing in Metal

https://scitechdaily.com/not-science-fiction-scientists-around-the-world-shocked-by-self-healing-in-metal/

1 big thing: Up, up and away

Yes, please. That's almost affordable:

"The $98,000 Jetson ONE can fly up to 1,500 feet in the air."

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-whats-next-b60c616c-1e9a-4608-93f3-da6b0966c52b.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

High Levels of “Good” Cholesterol Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia

Well, shite!

https://scitechdaily.com/high-levels-of-good-cholesterol-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia/

Leak shows human-level AI achieved. Here's the evidence. + Tesla bot, DALL·E 3, Pi.

Wow. Mind-blowing:

https://youtu.be/lgwrRn1uHkg?si=uE_zLNR_jwgoePFT

Scientists Unveil New Carbon Capture Method That Plucks CO2 Straight From the Air

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unveil-new-carbon-capture-method-that-plucks-co2-straight-from-the-air/

When Hordes of Little AI Chatbots Are More Useful Than Giants Like ChatGPT

https://singularityhub.com/2023/10/01/why-well-see-fewer-generic-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt-in-the-future/

Double Trouble for Cancer Tumors: The Dual-Action Immunotherapy Breakthrough

https://scitechdaily.com/double-trouble-for-cancer-tumors-the-dual-action-immunotherapy-breakthrough/

MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water”

https://scitechdaily.com/mits-new-desalination-system-produces-freshwater-that-is-cheaper-than-tap-water/

Locked Out of a Cure? Only a Fraction of Early Alzheimer’s Patients Eligible for New Drugs

Unfortunately...

https://scitechdaily.com/locked-out-of-a-cure-only-a-fraction-of-early-alzheimers-patients-eligible-for-new-drugs/

Cheaper, Safer, and More Powerful Batteries – Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance

https://scitechdaily.com/cheaper-safer-and-more-powerful-batteries-aluminum-materials-show-promising-performance/

Pivotal Discovery Signals a Huge Leap Forward in Fusion Energy Reactor Progress

https://scitechdaily.com/pivotal-discovery-signals-a-huge-leap-forward-in-fusion-energy-reactor-progress/

Scientists Develop Incredibly Lightweight Material 4 Times Stronger Than Steel

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-incredibly-lightweight-material-4-times-stronger-than-steel/