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What Is The Ultimate Cosmic Limit?

Dan Breeden — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:16:39 +0000

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Edited by Manuel Rubio ‪@ArtandContext‬
Narrated by David Kelly.
Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazz…
Big Bang Animations by Jero Squartini https://www.fiverr.com/share/0v7Kjv using Manim — MIT License, © 2020–2023 3Blue1Brown LLC
Other animations by Siji Sheehan.
Sound Editing by Craig Stevenson.

Galaxies, space videos from NASA, ESO, and ESA
Music from Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Silver Maple and Yehezkel Raz.
Stock footage from Videoblocks, Artgrid and Shutterstock.

00:00 Introduction.
05:07 How Much Could We Ever Know?
21:33 How Big Could We Ever Build?
34:12 How Far Could We Ever Go?
47:25 The Cosmic Limit.
1:09:06 The Limits of Infinity.

QG2023 — Thorsten Lang: Reviving Quantum Geometrodynamics

Dan Breeden — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:08:11 +0000

Quantum geometrodynamics: a sixty five year retrospective

Dan Breeden — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:06:37 +0000

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Gravitic Spaceship Propulsion

Dan Breeden — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:28:22 +0000

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Gravity is a fascinating force, it’s what holds everything on our planet together, and it might one day help us travel to other planets.

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Credits:
Gravitic Spaceship Propulsion.
Episode 477a; December 15, 2024
Produced, Narrated \& Written: Isaac Arthur.
Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik, Sergio Botero.
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images.
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator.
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DARPA awards BAE Systems Phase 2 of next-generation advanced electronics program

Genevieve Klien — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:04:06 +0000

After the successful completion of Phase 1 of the next-generation electronics program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has provided BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development organization a $5 million contract for Phase 2 of the Technologies for Mixed-mode Ultra Scaled Integrated Circuits (T-MUSIC) program.

T-MUSIC is designed to enable disruptive radio frequency (RF) mixed-mode technologies by developing high performance RF analog electronics integrated with advanced digital electronics on the same wafer. This technology supports critical communications, radar, and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, and is widely used to support commercial telecommunications.

“Building on the success of Phase 1, in Phase 2 we’ll continue to develop the advanced electronics capabilities that could serve as the foundation for greatly enhanced Department of Defense capabilities in advanced RF sensors and high capacity communications,” said Chris Rappa, product line director for Radio Frequency, Electronic Warfare, and Advanced Electronics at BAE Systems’ FAST Labs. “Phase 2 of the program will move the industry closer to the eventual fielding of this disruptive technology to protect our warfighters.”

The Next Technological Revolution: What’s Coming?

Dan Breeden — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:05:29 +0000

Technology has shaped our civilization as it grew down the centuries, and since the industrial revolution, each new generation seems defined by some new technological revolution… So what will the next revolution be?

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Credits:
The Next Technological Revolution.
Episode 460; August 15, 2024
Produced, Written \& Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.
Editor: Lukas Konecny.
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator.
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Music by Protector 101 : “Runners” (2011)

Dan Breeden — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:43:30 +0000

Video edit by Lueur Verte.

Footage taken from the movie : Blade Runner (1982)

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Off The Grid: Technological Autonomy

Robert Bosnjak — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:22:57 +0000

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Technology offers us many options, including less reliance on others, but what does that entail and how autonomous can a person get?

Credits:
Off The Grid: Technological Autonomy.
Episode 477; December 12, 2024
Produced, Narrated \& Written: Isaac Arthur.
Editor: Donagh Broderick.
Graphics: Mafic Studios.
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images.
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator.
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A new way to create realistic 3D shapes using generative AI

Omuterema Akhahenda — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:07:44 +0000

Creating realistic 3D models for applications like virtual reality, filmmaking, and engineering design can be a cumbersome process requiring lots of manual trial and error.

While generative artificial intelligence models for images can streamline artistic processes by enabling creators to produce lifelike 2D images from text prompts, these models are not designed to generate 3D shapes. To bridge the gap, a recently developed technique called Score Distillation leverages 2D image generation models to create 3D shapes, but its output often ends up blurry or cartoonish.

MIT researchers explored the relationships and differences between the algorithms used to generate 2D images and 3D shapes, identifying the root cause of lower-quality 3D models. From there, they crafted a simple fix to Score Distillation, which enables the generation of sharp, high-quality 3D shapes that are closer in quality to the best model-generated 2D images.

A new AI method enables the generation of sharp, high-quality 3D shapes that are closer to the quality of the best 2D image models. Previous approaches typically generated blurry or cartoonish 3D shapes.

The Medusa Spaceship Drive

Dan Breeden — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 02:23:01 +0000

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The Medusa Starship Drive offers us the chance to sail between the stars, propelled by nuclear bombs.

Credits:
The Medusa Spaceship Drive.
Episode 476; December 5, 2024
Produced, Narrated \& Written: Isaac Arthur.
Graphics: Bryan Vertseeg, Ken York YD Visual, Rapid Thrash.
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator.
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