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Mar 15, 2016

Scientists may have just made a huge breakthrough in explaining the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Posted by in category: innovation

The mysterious region has reportedly claimed more than 8,000 people since 1851.

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Mar 12, 2016

Evolution of Graphics on PlayStation (PS1 to PS4)

Posted by in categories: evolution, innovation

It’s been 20 years of PlayStation and the graphics have always been on the cutting edge. Join Gameranx on a trip down memory lane and watch the progression from innovation to powerhouse!

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Mar 9, 2016

Scientists use stem cells to grow ‘living lens’ in eye and cure cataracts

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Cataracts can be cured by regrowing the lens in the eye using stem cells, a breakthrough hailed as ‘remarkable’ by scientists.

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Mar 3, 2016

US agency reaches ‘holy grail’ of battery storage sought

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, energy, innovation

Breakthrough in next generation of storage batteries could transform the US electrical grid within five to 10 years, says research agency, Arpa-E.

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Mar 2, 2016

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1

Posted by in categories: existential risks, innovation, robotics/AI

We may be on the verge of creating a new life form, one that could mark not only an evolutionary breakthrough, but a potential threat to our survival as a species.

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Feb 29, 2016

NASA Venus Landsail Rover Could Launch In 2023

Posted by in categories: innovation, space

NASA’s study of a Venus landsail rover for possible launch as early as 2023 continues via its Innovative Advanced Concepts office. Geoffrey Landis, the rover’s study scientist fills me in on the latest. Ironically, the optimal landing site is near that of the Soviet Venera 10 lander.


NASA continues working towards a Venus landsail surface rover that could see launch as early as 2023 and mark the first time in a generation that any probe has landed on the planet’s hot, rocky surface. After a five month journey from Earth, the lander-rover — about the size of a windsurfing board — would begin a nominal 50-day surface mission.

If funded, NASA would launch this landsail “Zephyr” rover as a $400 million Discovery class mission with a coupled orbiter and lander. Once safely in Venus orbit, the rover-lander would detach for its journey through the planet’s thick atmosphere. Following an upright wheels-down landing, pyrotechnics would then cut the rover loose to explore the surface.

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Feb 27, 2016

Scientists make significant anti-aging breakthrough

Posted by in categories: innovation, life extension

A breakthrough in understanding human skin cells offers a pathway for new anti-ageing treatments.

For the first time, scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified that the activity of a key metabolic enzyme found in the batteries of human skin cells declines with age.

A study, published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, has found that the activity of mitochondrial complex II significantly decreases in older skin.

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Feb 22, 2016

CNNMoney: A Tricopter

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Is this the ultimate flying bike? A Hungarian company hopes to sell this flying device as soon as sometime this year.

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Feb 20, 2016

Levi Strauss Leads the Future of Design with Google’s Conductive Textiles Technology

Posted by in categories: futurism, innovation

We talked to Paul Dillinger, Levi’s VP of Global Product Innovation, on how the company is using the future of textile tech with Google’s Project Jacquard.

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Feb 20, 2016

Upcoming Technology to Pump Air in the Tyres

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

If you ride a bike, motorbike, or drive an automobile, you know that from time to time you need to pump air into those tires, at least if you need to ensure an optimum ride, you do. It’s a known fact that we do get lazy and at times ignore. But there is a good news, especially for a cyclist, there could be a solution out there for you personally.

Benjamin Krempel has come up with an invention called Dubbed the PumpTube, the idea here is that the inner tube on your motorcycle’s tires will be able to self-pump, meaning that as you cycle, it’ll continuously pump air in your tires to ensure that it really never deflates and that it’ll be at the pressure that you have set.

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