Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 181
Oct 1, 2023
Microsoft blames Google for Apple rejecting offer to buy Bing
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
Microsoft boss Mikhail Parakhin claims that despite offering more money than Google, the company was still turned down by Apple.
Oct 1, 2023
Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
The new Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses look like regular shades, but can record and livestream video with little warning to those around it.
Oct 1, 2023
There’s No Such Thing As Too Many Hobbies—A Psychologist Explains
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Some people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about their tendency to pick up and put down hobbies on a whim. They ask questions like:“Why do I feel so scattered, hopping from one interest to another?”
“Is it normal to want to learn so many things, or am I just avoiding commitment?”“Why do I feel like I’m not truly excelling in any one area despite my many pursuits?”
The pervasive cultural narrative has often celebrated specialization, making those with multifaceted interests feel out of place. Society has long valued depth over breadth, equating mastery in a single field with success and purpose. This has led to a collective anxiety: the fear of missing out on becoming an… More.
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Sep 30, 2023
Researchers find high concentrations of microplastics in cave water and sediment
Posted by Ron Gowans-Savage in category: futurism
In two recent papers, Saint Louis University researchers report finding high concentrations of microplastics present in a Missouri cave system that had been closed to human visitors for 30 years.
Elizabeth Hasenmueller, Ph.D., associate professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and associate director of the WATER Institute at SLU, and her team published findings in the journals, Science of the Total Environment and Water Research, finding significant microplastic levels in Cliff Cave in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
The research, which originated from Hasenmueller’s research group and Karst Hydrology class, allowed students on the team to participate in field research and publish their findings.
Sep 30, 2023
Are robot waiters the future of the restaurant industry?
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
The robot industry is expected to grow significantly in the coming years and with AI powering these machines they are to shape the future.
Sep 29, 2023
Making a Beamline for Deep UV Spectroscopy
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
By using a pair of offset beams, researchers are able to generate femtosecond UV pulses that can be aimed directly into a target as a spectroscopic probe.
Sep 29, 2023
New model describes synchronized cilia movement driven by border regions
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
What do the crowd at a football stadium, the feet of a centipede, and the inside of your lungs have in common? All of these systems show the same specific kind of organization, as recently discovered by a group of scientists from MPI-DS.
The crowd wave in a stadium looks like a pattern traveling across the tiers. Similarly, the legs of a centipede move in canon with illusory waves sweeping along its entire length. On a microscopic level, tiny hairs in our lungs called cilia wave together to transport mucus. This serves as a first line of defense against invading pathogens.
To create a synchronized and efficient wave, cilia need to accurately coordinate their beating motion. Unlike football fans watching their neighbors and the nervous system coordinating the centipede’s legs, cilia have no such intelligent control system.
Sep 29, 2023
Startups try to turn laser fusion success into clean power plants
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Following in footsteps of National Ignition Facility, companies aim to trigger rapid-fire fusion blasts.