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May 18, 2017
Mini Reactors Could Make Affordable Fusion Power a Reality by 2030
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: nuclear energy
- The small, spherical Tokamak ST40 reactor is on track to reach its next goal of hitting the 15,000,000 °C (27,000,000 °F) mark this autumn.
- When it does, we will be one step closer to achieving fusion power on a commercial scale.
Earlier this month the newest fusion reactor in the U.K., Tokamak Energy’s ST40, achieved first plasma. This milestone event on the road to fusion energy signals the viability of the company’s overall timetable. The more immediate aim for the ST40 is to achieve a temperature of 15,000,000 °C (27,000,000 °F), as hot as the center of the sun — this should happen in autumn of 2017 based on the progress thus far.
May 18, 2017
Journalist Jamie Bartlett’s new book “Radicals” is out today
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism
My Immortality Bus trip and transhumanist presidential campaign is the subject of the first chapter (40 pages long). Grab a copy of this excellent book and read about radical personalities attempting to change the world: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radicals-Jamie-Bartlett-ebook/dp/B0…sr=8-1
May 18, 2017
A Bioengineered ‘Pancreas’ Has Ended One Diabetic’s Need For Insulin
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Even the most exciting breakthrough medical treatment can be rendered obsolete by a particularly insurmountable obstacle: time.
If a treatment only works temporarily, it has little chance of making a significant difference in the lives of patients, which is why the latest news from the University of Miami’s Diabetes Research Institute is so exciting.
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May 18, 2017
Could an Art Degree Could Mean Job Security in the Age of A.I.?
Posted by Julius Garcia in categories: employment, robotics/AI
May 18, 2017
AI’s next target could be NASA’s mission control
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: robotics/AI
Scientific Method —
AI’s next target could be NASA’s mission control.
“There is a realization that the time to action is shrinking. Now it’s microseconds.”
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May 17, 2017
Plasma jet engines that could take you from the ground to space
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: transportation
May 17, 2017
Bizarre Mini Brains Offer a Fascinating New Look at the Brain
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Brain balls sound like something straight out of a Tim Burton movie: starting as stem cells harvested from patients, they eventually develop into masses of living neurons, jumbled together in misshapen blobs.
Just like the developing brain, these neurons stretch and grow, reaching out skinny branches that grab onto others to form synapses—junctions where one neuron talks with the next.
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May 17, 2017
3D Printed Medical Implants That Fit the Body Perfectly Are on the Way
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, bioprinting, biotech/medical
Bioprinting new organs and tissues could make transplants available and affordable for all, but is still decades away. In the meantime, scientists have re-purposed the technology to 3D print biocompatible high-precision silicone implants instead.
Soft materials like biological material or silicone are difficult to 3D print because they can’t support themselves like the more rigid plastics typically used by 3D printers. In 2015, Tommy Angelini’s lab at the University of Florida developed a new way of 3D printing soft materials by injecting them into a granular gel similar to hand sanitizer that supports them as they are deposited.
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May 17, 2017
IBM builds its most powerful universal quantum computing processors
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: business, computing, education, quantum physics
IBM announced today it has successfully built and tested its most powerful universal quantum computing processors. The first new prototype processor will be the core for the first IBM Q early-access commercial systems. The first upgraded processor will be available for use by developers, researchers, and programmers to explore quantum computing using a real quantum processor at no cost via the IBM Cloud. The second is a new prototype of a commercial processor, which will be the core for the first IBM Q early-access commercial systems.
Launched in March 2017, IBM Q is an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems for business and science applications. IBM Q systems and services will be delivered via the IBM Cloud platform. IBM first opened public access to its quantum processors one year ago, to serve as an enablement tool for scientific research, a resource for university classrooms, and a catalyst of enthusiasm for the field. To date users have run more than 300,000 quantum experiments on the IBM Cloud.
With the introduction of two new processors today for IBM Q, the company is building the foundation for solving practical problems in business and science that are intractable even with today’s most powerful classical computing systems. The two new IBM-developed processors include:
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