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Sep 12, 2016

The Universe expands equally in all directions — and this is bad news for Einstein’s equations

Posted by in categories: information science, space

Zoom out far enough, and the Universe is a pretty homogenous place.

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Sep 12, 2016

This Rice-Sized Sensor Implants In Your Brain To Control Prosthetics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience

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Sep 12, 2016

Robô ATLAS aprendendo novas habilidades

Posted by in category: transhumanism

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Sep 12, 2016

Jeff Bezos’s New Rocket, Built to Carry Payloads and People — By Marina Koren | The Atlantic

Posted by in categories: space, space travel

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“The founder of spaceflight company Blue Origin announced Monday the design of an orbital rocket called New Glenn.”

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Sep 12, 2016

Face Transplant: One Year Later

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The unprecedented success of this firefighter’s face transplant surpassed even his doctors’ expectations.

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Sep 12, 2016

This app turns spoken words into sign language

Posted by in category: futurism

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This virtual character can translate speech into sign language when held up to a hearing person.

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Sep 12, 2016

Your First Look At What It Would Be Like to Ride the Hyperloop Pod

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VF1rt1-Y6vY

Want to know what it looks like to travel at the speed of sound…in a windowless pod? Well, here you go.

What would it be like to ride on the Hyperloop—the 700 mph (1,100 km/h) propulsion-driven transportation of the future?

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Sep 12, 2016

Loren Grush on Twitter

Posted by in category: space

“And we have Bezos’ plans for an orbital rocket”

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Sep 12, 2016

Turing’s new phone: Too good to be true in reality

Posted by in categories: energy, internet, mobile phones, robotics/AI

Turing Robot Industries (TRI) has huge plans regarding its new phone. The third in the series phone, has such high-tech plans lined up for it that these plans itself make you cringe on the grounds of practicality and reality. The plans of the company for this phone include an 18 GB RAM, three Snapdragon 830’s, 6.4-inch 4K display, 1.2 TB storage 60MP iMAX 6K Quad Rear Camera Triplet Lens at f/1.2, and a 20MP front camera.

It will have 4G VoLTE enabled 4 Nano SIMs, support Parallel Tracking and Mapping API. This entire package will be powered by a 120wh battery which will also use a triple power source. This would be in the form of a supercooled 3,600mAh graphene battery and a pair of 2,600mAh Li-Ion Hydrogen Fuel cells powering your device (and maybe also your home).

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Sep 12, 2016

DARPA working on safe Gene Editing Research

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

DARPA’s Safe Genes program aims to build a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit to reduce potential risks and encourage innovation in the field of genome editing

The Safe Genes program could help unlock the potential of advanced gene editing technologies by developing a set of tools to address potential risks of this rapidly advancing field. The Safe Genes program envisions addressing key safety gaps by using those tools to restrict or reverse the propagation of engineered genetic constructs.

“Gene editing holds incredible promise to advance the biological sciences, but right now responsible actors are constrained by the number of unknowns and a lack of controls,” said Renee Wegrzyn, DARPA program manager. “DARPA wants to develop controls for gene editing and derivative technologies to support responsible research and defend against irresponsible actors who might intentionally or accidentally release modified organisms.”

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