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Weekend Reads: Even tiny fly brains can do many things computers can’t. This 2014 feature showed why making machines much smarter might require processors that more closely mimic brains.

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This weekend we revisit stories from MIT Technology Review’s archives that weigh the question of how far AI can go—and when.

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One of the most important breakthroughs, perhaps, may be AI that can understand humans. http://ow.ly/WLEBo

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Space Settlement Survey

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Kalpana One.
My New Vision of Space Settlement.

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Apple has been awarded a new patent for an iPhone that can dry and heal itself. Apple has been awarded a new patent for an iPhone that can dry and heal itself.

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NASA recently announced that they test fired a research rocket engine. Nothing special about that—other than the fact said engine was 75 percent 3D printed parts.

As industrial 3D printing has moved from prototyping to actually manufacturing finished products, the aerospace industry has become an avid early adopter. Although in many industries mass production techniques still make economic sense—for the ultra-precise, almost bespoke parts in rockets? 3D printing is a great fit.

Continue reading “Why 3D Printing Will Be a Key Technology in the Next Space Race” »

A new kind of security guard is on patrol in Silicon Valley: Crime-fighting robots that look like they’re straight out of a sci-fi movie. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of SF

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A new class of sound wave has been developed for the first time in 50 years that could revolutionize the use of stem cells in medical treatments.

This new class can be used as a “supervaccine” that can deliver vaccines and other medicines directly to the lungs in record time.

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Dr Millers paper here hits the nail on the head for me about aging research and how we can speed it up.

“The time spent by gerontologists debating whether aging is a single process or many would be better devoted to trying to figure out the mechanistic links between the master clock whose existence is strongly suggested by the unitarian argument and the many cell-specific, organ-specific, and organism-wide processes that march in crude synchrony at species-specific rates.”

Yes! This is exactly the attitude to take. Too much debate and argument instead of buckling down and getting the research done to prove or disprove aging hypotheses. Cut to the chase and lets just do it.

Continue reading “The historical assumption has been that, human aging is a natural process, and one that is non optional with regard to medical interventions” »