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Dec 3, 2016
A New Implant is Being Developed for Enhancing Human Memory
Posted by Elmar Arunov in category: futurism
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ySsv5-jSqss
A researcher is experimenting with an artificial hippocampus to learn how to strengthen and store memories.l
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Dec 3, 2016
The Last of Us Part II — PSX 2016: Reveal Trailer
Posted by Bruno Henrique de Souza in category: entertainment
http://www.thelastofus.playstation.com/index.html
From the developers at Naughty Dog comes the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed games of the generation. Watch the world reveal trailer that made its debut at PlayStation Experience 2016.
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Dec 3, 2016
Space Warp Dynamics: The startup that’s working on sending humans to Proxima Centauri
Posted by Johan Scholtz in categories: physics, science, space, space travel
Space Warp Dynamics’s mission is fundamentally an audacious endeavor in terms of what we deem as the status quo of spacecraft propulsion and in terms of where humanity will be able to reach in the galaxy (other stars) within the next 15–20 years (and not only within the next 200+ years from now). In other words, if this challenge can be addressed with the appropriate resources and the right people’s support, then for example you and your family will potentially be able to travel to Earth 2.0 (presumably in the Proxima Centauri star system).
Space Warp Dynamics can already currently demonstrate (prove) that their invention can manipulate (warp or bend) space-time in a controlled micro-environment. This could mean that we finally know how gravity works and also how to control gravity and this in itself is a monumental accomplishment.
Dec 3, 2016
Japanese heavy-hitters invest lightly in PD Aerospace’s space tourism effort
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space travel
PD Aerospace, a Japanese company that’s similar to Virgin Galactic in its commercial spaceflight aspirations, has picked up two high-profile investors: ANA Holdings and the H.I.S. travel agency.
In a joint statement issued Thursday, the three Japanese companies said that they agreed in October to work together on space commercialization efforts, including space travel.
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Correction:
Fluid intelligence is just the ability to think and reason abstractly. The higher your fluid intelligence, in theory, the faster and more efficient you become at thinking abstractly.
One study shows that people with very high fluid intelligence have closer connections between neurons which allows them to reach conclusions faster. Another shows that the brain organizes itself in a more efficient manner allowing them to use less brain power to reach the same conclusions someone of lower intelligence would take longer to come to.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=3no3tF2kqEE
Designs and manufactures electric components, drivetrains and vehicles including the Nikola One and Nikola Two electric semi-trucks.
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Dec 3, 2016
Tools for Would-Be Biohackers: Here Come 3 Mini-Labs
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: bioengineering, genetics
Dec 3, 2016
Cannae will try to prove propellentless propulsion in space in 2017 and has ambitious space probe designs with 33 years of constant acceleration to reach 3% of lightspeed
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
Despite having a setup that has been pretty much operating for years, how many data points are in the paper? Eighteen. Now, if this were a really time-consuming experiment, I wouldn’t let that bother me. Hell, some synchrotron experiments have only a single data point. But this is clearly not a time-limited experiment.
Dec 3, 2016
New AI Mental Health Tools Beat Human Doctors at Assessing Patients
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI
That’s the bad news.
The good news is that mental health professionals have smarter tools than ever before, with artificial intelligence-related technology coming to the forefront to help diagnose patients, often with much greater accuracy than humans.
A new study published in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, for example, showed that machine learning is up to 93 percent accurate in identifying a suicidal person. The research, led by John Pestian, a professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, involved 379 teenage patients from three area hospitals.
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