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Oct 3, 2024

New project to preserve 1.5-million-year-old human footprint fossil in Kenya

Posted by in category: finance

In collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya and with financial contributions from the British Council Cultural Protection Fund, ICCROM is engaged in a community-centred project focused on the long-term preservation of fossil footprints that date back to approximately 1.5 million years ago. The fossil was found in Ileret, a village on the northeastern shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya.

Oct 3, 2024

We all loved the show Baywatch because of David Hasselhoff

Posted by in categories: employment, media & arts, robotics/AI

🙄 I spend my nights riding, and thinking of ideas of how to save lives. AI and disruptive tech in my opinion will not replace jobs. It will make jobs much easier, through augmenting what a human can do like this.


Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Oct 3, 2024

Thought To Be Impossible: Scientists Propose Groundbreaking Method To Detect Single Gravitons

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

A quantum sensing experiment now has the potential to identify single gravitons — the particles that make up gravity — which was considered impossible until now. A team led by Stevens professor Igor Pikovski has recently proposed a method to detect individual gravitons, believed to be the quantum building blocks of gravity. They suggest that with advancements in quantum technology, this experiment could become a reality in the near future.

Oct 3, 2024

A breakthrough by UChicago scientists enables greener microfabrication

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, computing

Imagine being able to create incredibly tiny structures with the same ease and sustainability as printing on paper.

This is the frontier of microfabrication—the process of making microscopic structures that are crucial for the operation of everything from computer chips to medical devices.




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Oct 3, 2024

US military’s robot dogs with rifles can detect aerial threats at night

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, military, robotics/AI

Lone Wolf rifle, with infrared and thermal vision, detects aerial threats using cutting-edge targeting tech.


Possibly equipped with an AR-15/M16-pattern rifle, the robot dog appears to be a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 quadrupedal-unmanned ground vehicle (Q-UGV).

The testing was conducted at Red Sands Integrated Experimentation Center in Saudi Arabia.

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Oct 3, 2024

The Quest for Extended Youth

Posted by in category: life extension

The challenges and opportunities of longevity research on the journey to redefine the process and meaning of aging; can the world handle the real impact of prolonging life?

Oct 3, 2024

Learn Origami with This AR App for Snap Spectacles

Posted by in category: augmented reality

A nice tool by Inna Horobchuk.

Oct 3, 2024

AI will save us all, but only if it’s decentralized — SingularityNET CEO

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI, singularity

With the recent release of the iPhone 16, which Apple has promised is optimized for artificial intelligence, it’s clear that AI is officially front of mind, once again, for the average consumer. Yet the technology still remains rather limited compared with the vast abilities the most forward-thinking AI technologists anticipate will be achievable in the near future.

As much excitement as there still is around the technology, many still fear the potentially negative consequences of integrating it so deeply into society. One common concern is that a sufficiently advanced AI could determine humanity to be a threat and turn against us all, a scenario imagined in many science fiction stories. However, according to a leading AI researcher, most people’s concerns can be alleviated by decentralizing and democratizing AI’s development.

On Episode 46 of The Agenda podcast, hosts Jonathan DeYoung and Ray Salmond separate fact from fiction by speaking with Ben Goertzel, the computer scientist and researcher who first popularized the term “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI. Goertzel currently serves as the CEO of SingularityNET and the ASI Alliance, where he leads the projects’ efforts to develop the world’s first AGI.

Oct 3, 2024

SoftBank’s Son Envisions AI Running Households in Next Few Years

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son sketched out one of the most aggressive timelines for the adoption of artificial intelligence yet, envisioning a near future where the technology would run entire households.

Oct 3, 2024

OpenAI Announces $6.6 Billion in Funding, Nearly Doubling Valuation to $157 Billion

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

Artificial-intelligence tech company OpenAI said it has raised $6.6 billion in new funding, giving it a massive post-money valuation of $157 billion, almost double its previous reported valuation of $80 billion earlier this year.

The new round of funding was led by venture-capital firm Thrive Capital, with additional investors including Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, Fidelity, Khosla Ventures, Altimeter Capital, United Arab Emirates-based MGX and Tiger Global. In 2024, OpenAI is projecting a $5 billion net loss on $3.7 billion in revenue, CNBC reported. Next year, the company is targeting $11.6 billion in revenue, per the report.

“We are making progress on our mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity,” OpenAI said in a statement announcing the funding. “Every week, over 250 million people around the world use ChatGPT to enhance their work, creativity and learning. Across industries, businesses are improving productivity and operations, and developers are leveraging our platform to create a new generation of applications. And we’re only getting started.”

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