Ten years ago, neuroscientist Sergiu Pasca was just getting his lab up and running. He had not yet published the research for which he would become renowned: a novel technique for growing 3D clusters …
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Jan 25, 2024
Permutation City by Greg Egan [2/2] FULL AUDIOBOOK
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: futurism, neuroscience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBV0U5q5nhU
“Permutation City” by Greg Egan explores the nature of reality, consciousness, and existence. Set in a future where people can upload their consciousness into virtual realities, known as “Autoverse.” A software engineer, René Barjavel, becomes embroiled in a complex and mind-bending exploration of identity and the nature of existence as he grapples with the implications of living in a world where reality itself may be a simulation.
Jan 25, 2024
Permutation City by Greg Egan [1/2] FULL AUDIOBOOK
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: futurism, neuroscience
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vUIqJun885s
“Permutation City” by Greg Egan explores the nature of reality, consciousness, and existence. Set in a future where people can upload their consciousness int…
Jan 25, 2024
Moon’s Shrinkage: Surface Warping and Seismic Risks Revealed
Posted by Laurence Tognetti, Labroots Inc. in categories: futurism, space
“Our modeling suggests that shallow moonquakes capable of producing strong ground shaking in the south polar region are possible from slip events on existing faults or the formation of new thrust faults,” said Dr. Thomas R. Watters.
Objects expand and contract from heating and cooling, and planetary objects are no different, which includes our nearest celestial neighbor, our Moon. Billions of years ago, the Moon was very volcanically active which caused it to expand from all the internal heat driving the volcanic activity. However, as this internal heat died down, the Moon began to cool, and has been contracting, or shrinking, ever since. Now, a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal discusses how this shrinkage could be responsible for the lunar south pole becoming warped, leading to landslides and moonquakes, which increases safety risks for future astronauts, specifically with NASA’s Artemis program.
For the study, the researchers developed models of how seismic waves from moonquakes could cause powerful ground shaking and landslides near the lunar south pole, which is home to de Gerlache scarp, with a scarp being a geologic feature formed from the Moon contracting. Data from the Apollo Passive Seismic Network, which were a series of seismometers left on the lunar surface during Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16 and functioned between 1969 and 1977, indicates that de Gerlache scarp could have formed from an approximate magnitude-5.3 moonquake. The reason de Gerlache scarp is a crucial location is due to its proximity to one of the potential landing sites for the Artemis III mission, which is slated to be the first human landing of the Artemis program.
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Jan 25, 2024
Apple to get TSMC’s initial 2nm capacity, says obvious report
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
A new rumor suggests that Apple has already queued up for the majority of TSMC’s early 2nm production, but it is perhaps the most obvious report to come out of the supply chain yet.
Jan 25, 2024
Paper page — Scaling Up to Excellence: Practicing Model Scaling for Photo-Realistic Image Restoration In the Wild
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in category: futurism
Scaling up to excellence: practicing model scaling for photo-realistic image restoration in the wild.
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Jan 24, 2024
Pimax Crystal comes to steal the show as a budget-friendly VR headset
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Pimax creates the world’s first ultra-high-definition VR headset with twice the pixel count of PlayStation VR2. Find out the interesting details here.
Jan 24, 2024
USPS Buying Six of EV Startup Canoo’s Pod-Like Delivery Vans
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Jan 24, 2024
A rare fungal infection is popping in an unexpected part of the U.S.
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
The infections typically occur in the upper Midwest and parts of the Southeast. A new study suggests the fungi’s range has expanded to Vermont.