Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 498
Nov 21, 2021
Rare Einstein manuscript set to fetch millions
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
A rare manuscript by theoretical physicist Albert Einstein goes under the hammer in Paris on Tuesday, with auctioneers aiming for a stratospheric price tag.
The manuscript, containing preparatory work for Einstein’s key achievement the theory of relativity, is estimated at between two and three million euros (2.3−3.4 million), according to Christie’s which is hosting the sale on behalf of the Aguttes auction house.
“This is without a doubt the most valuable Einstein manuscript ever to come to auction,” Christie’s said in a statement.
Nov 21, 2021
Franz-Josef Feilmeier about large-scale electric storage systems
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Commercial storage: Many customers want as many functions and high performance as possible, but want to pay as little as possible. Franz-Josef Feilmeier, CEO of Fenecon, explains how this fits together.
Nov 20, 2021
‘Triple Leidenfrost effect’ seen in dissimilar drops in a hot pan
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
A small team of researchers from Benemérita Universidad and Universidad de las Américas Puebla, in Mexico and Université de Poitiers, in France, has found a “triple Leidenfrost effect” in dissimilar drops in a hot pan. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes a type of “bouncing” they observed with different types of drops hovering over a hot surface.
Prior research has shown that the reason drops of water zip around in a hot pan, is because water at the bottom of the drops is vaporized—thus, the drops hover like air-hockey pucks. This phenomenon has come to be known as the Leidenfrost effect. In this new effort, the researchers have found another drop behavior associated with the Leidenfrost effect.
The work involved dropping two types of liquid onto a hot surface and then tilting the surface to force the drops to run into each other. They wanted to know if the two drops would merge. Instead they found that sometimes one of the drops would start bouncing off of the other.
Nov 20, 2021
New Tech Exposes Liars Through Telltale Activation of Facial Muscles
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Summary: A new technology that measures the movement of facial muscles is 73% accurate at detecting when a person is telling a lie.
Source: Tel Aviv University.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University detected 73% of the lies told by trial participants based on the contraction of their facial muscles – achieving a higher rate of detection than any known method.
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Einstein’s special theory of relativity combines space and time into one dynamic, unified entity — spacetime. But if time is connected to space, could the universe be anything but deterministic? And does that mean that the future is predestined?
Nov 19, 2021
Single-cell transcriptomic characterization of a gastrulating human embryo
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
The single-cell transcriptional profile of a human embryo between 16 and 19 days after fertilization reveals parallels and differences in gastrulation in humans as compared with mouse and non-human primate models.
Nov 18, 2021
5 kinds of technology that the US’s top spy catchers say rivals are gaining an edge in
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
The first prize money has been awarded in the largest XPrize competition ever held, with 23 student.
Nov 18, 2021
This diamond contains a mineral never before seen in nature
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
“Davemaoite” forms under the high-pressure conditions of deep Earth.
Local providers are putting down 400 km of fiber connection around the river, but Project Taara used WOC to beam high-speed connectivity over it instead.
Nov 18, 2021
There’s One Thing Futurists are Never Wrong About
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: futurism, physics
A bold claim, I know. It won’t surprise you to find out that I want to stick some qualifiers on it. For the purposes of this article, “futurists” means educated industry analysts and hard science fiction authors with a comprehensive knowledge of physics.