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Oct 18, 2016
New Horizons Spacecraft Is Approaching a Mysterious Red Object
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
NASA’s New Horizons space probe is currently speeding towards a mysterious Kuiper Belt Object known as MU69. Recent observations of the distant object indicate a very reddish surface—possibly even redder than the splotches found on Pluto.
Oct 18, 2016
MIT nuclear fusion record marks latest step towards unlimited clean energy
Posted by Blair Erickson in categories: innovation, nuclear energy
We are closer than ever to a world of unlimited energy.
Scientists create the highest plasma pressure ever recorded with the Alcator C-Mod reactor in a breakthrough for clean energy technology.
Oct 18, 2016
This Company Has Acquired the Most Artificial Intelligence Startups
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: robotics/AI
Mergers and acquisitions of artificial intelligence startups have been on the rise since 2011. This company is leading the trend.
By Tess Townsend
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Oct 18, 2016
Robotic ALIAS puts Cessna Caravan through basic maneuvers
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: military, robotics/AI
The ALIAS system, developed by DARPA, could cut down on crew requirements in military and civilian small aircraft by taking control with a robotic arm. Although it’s still a ways off production, the system has been successfully demonstrated on a Cessna Caravan aircraft.
Oct 18, 2016
I Got a $600 Brain ‘Reboot’ and It Changed My World
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience
NAD+ therapy can supposedly increase your energy, focus, and metabolism, improve your cardiovascular health, and help you detox from alcohol and drugs. All this, of course, sounds incredibly unlikely—so I thought I’d see for myself.
Oct 18, 2016
Thousands of ‘scrotum frogs’ mysteriously dying
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: sustainability
I’m no biologist, but from what I understand frogs are kind of like the canary in the coal mine: They breath with their skin, thus environmental disasters will effect them first. So very, very not good.
Peruvian authorities want to know why more than 10,000 endangered frogs living near Lake Titicaca have suddenly died.
The Titicaca Water Frog is considered a “critically endangered” species, according to conservation groups. The giant amphibians, which can weigh more than two pounds, have excessive skin folds that have earned the species a rather wrinkly nickname: scrotum frog.
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Oct 18, 2016
Apple hires CMU professor as director of AI research to smarten up Siri — By Devin Coldewey | TechCrunch
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, robotics/AI
Apple is making a visible push in the direction of AI today by hiring Carnegie Mellon University professor Ruslan Salakhutdinov for what appears to be a newly minted position: director of AI research.
Oct 18, 2016
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry goes to the creators of molecular machines
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: chemistry, nanotechnology
Oct 18, 2016
An Electromagnetic Arms Race Has Begun: China Is Making Railguns Too
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: innovation, military
CASIC, a major Chinese defense contractor, has made major breakthroughs for China to build and deploy military railguns.