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Oct 3, 2021

Futuristic Tires That Are Nearly Indestructible

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Long gone are the days where tires were kind of boring.

Tires are there to make cars roll. They serve a simple function and should therefore be rather simple and boring. Right? Wrong! Now, in this video, we bring you advanced We dare you to watch them in action and not be impressed.

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Oct 2, 2021

One Vaccine to Rule Them All

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

In the spring, a team of University of Virginia and Virginia Tech scientists shared some exciting news: The vaccine they are developing showed promising results in early animal trials not only for COVID-19, but for other coronaviruses.

If that trend continues through further testing, this vaccine could help contain both current and future variants of the COVID-19 virus — including the Delta variant currently plaguing the United States, and other variants that might crop up in the coming months and years. It could even protect against other coronaviruses, including viruses that cause the common cold. And, it could cost as little as $1 a dose.


What if we had a vaccine that would work for any COVID-19 variants that might pop up – and even for some coronaviruses that cause the common cold? UVA and Virginia Tech scientists are working on it.

Oct 2, 2021

Venezuela introduces new currency with 6 fewer zeros

Posted by in category: futurism

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A new currency with six fewer zeros debuted Friday in Venezuela, whose currency has been made nearly worthless by years of the world’s worst inflation.

But the new bills were difficult to find in the capital, where consumers’ fears that prices will continue to spiral upward proved to be right.

“Today, I went to the supermarket and everything was marked in dollars,” Lourdes Pórtelo, an office worker, said in a shopping center in the east side of Caracas. “In the end, I couldn’t buy anything, I didn’t have enough money.”

Oct 2, 2021

What is The Future of Space Stations Once the International Space Station is Gone?

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

The future of space stations is uncertain once the International Space Station ends its mission — China and private industry could fill the void. — Retiring the International Space Station in the coming years presents a big void — what will be the future of space stations once the International Space Station meets its fiery death in the coming years? And SHOULD the ISS be decommissioned, or might the mission lifetime be extended?

Construction of the International Space Station (ISS), started in 1,998 was completed in 2011. Since that time, the ISS has housed travelers in space from 19 countries. Possessing the only laboratory for long-duration microgravity research, discoveries aboard the orbiting outpost have led to a bevy of new discoveries.

Now, its mission could be over as early as 2,024 as that is the time agreements between NASA and international partners comes to an end. However, on the 25 August, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated his support for extending the mission of the space station until the year 2030.

Oct 1, 2021

The $14 trillion reason you should care about the shipping container shortage

Posted by in category: futurism

Some 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, which makes the current shortage a real problem.

Sep 30, 2021

Largest Underwater Eruption Ever Recorded Gives Birth to Massive New Volcano

Posted by in category: futurism

A huge seismic event that started in May of 2018 and was felt across the entire globe has officially given birth to a new underwater volcano.

Off the eastern coast of the island of Mayotte, a gigantic new feature rises 820 meters (2,690 feet) from the seafloor, a prominence that hadn’t been there prior to an earthquake that rocked the island in May 2018.

“This is the largest active submarine eruption ever documented,” the researchers wrote in their paper.

Sep 30, 2021

Elon Musk’s big future: 8 bold predictions he’s made

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, futurism

Elon Musk spoke with journalist Kara Swisher at the Code Conference on September 27 2021 for a wide-ranging conversation. In typical style, Musk made a number of predictions about the future, many of them having to do with his own portfolio of technology companies.

Sep 30, 2021

Highlights from the German Astrobiological Society Meeting

Posted by in category: futurism

Impressions from the first scientific meeting since a long time that I attended and which was held both face-to-face and virtually, with most people attending the German Astrobiological Society (DAbG) meeting in person.


The first major face-to-face get-together in almost two years.

Sep 30, 2021

Speaking Portraits

Posted by in category: futurism

Based on D-ID’s reenactment technology, Speaking Portraits enables the transformation of text or audio into videos of real people talking.


D-ID’s facial reenactment technology can generate highly realistic talking heads based just on simple inputs such as an existing audio file or even a just a text-based script.

Sep 29, 2021

Blazing visitor from space spotted flying across night sky in US

Posted by in category: futurism

More than eighty people have reported seeing a blazing visitor from space streak across the night sky over the United States.