Page 11131
Jan 2, 2016
Researchers Develop Stretchy Material for Wearable Tech
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, electronics, health, materials, wearables
It’s a new resin.
Researchers at Panasonic PCRFY −0.78% in Japan have developed a new kind of resin that has the potential to make personal health electronics leaner and comfier.
The stretchy tech, announced by the company on Dec. 28, can be used as a base for electronic materials. Its physical properties makes electronics easier to apply to skin or clothing—like a Band-Aid or a tattoo, rather than a watch or a strap.
Jan 2, 2016
Artificial Intelligence Finally Entered Our Everyday World
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: computing, food, mobile phones, robotics/AI
Andrew Ng hands me a tiny device that wraps around my ear and connects to a smartphone via a small cable. It looks like a throwback—a smartphone earpiece without a Bluetooth connection. But it’s really a glimpse of the future. In a way, this tiny device allows the blind to see.
Ng is the chief scientist at Chinese tech giant Baidu, and this is one of the company’s latest prototypes. It’s called DuLight. The device contains a tiny camera that captures whatever is in front of you—a person’s face, a street sign, a package of food—and sends the images to an app on your smartphone. The app analyzes the images, determines what they depict, and generates an audio description that’s heard through to your earpiece. If you can’t see, you can at least get an idea of what’s in front of you.
Artificial intelligence is changing not only the way we use our computers and smartphones but the way we interact with the real world.
Jan 2, 2016
RAND Summer Institute
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: economics, health, life extension, policy
Are you a current or aspiring researcher working in the #aging field? Then you may be interested in the 23rd annual RAND Summer Institute in Santa Monica. This July, institute participants will attend a series of master lectures that offer insights into the science of aging, and the relationships between the aging field and health, economic status, and public policy. Register by March 15.
Jan 1, 2016
Wormholes are just quantum entangled black holes, says new research
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: cosmology, particle physics, quantum physics
Interesting, but older…
Two separate research groups, one of which is from MIT, have presented evidence that wormholes — tunnels that may allow us to travel through time and space — are “powered” by quantum entanglement. Furthermore, one of the research groups also postulates the reverse — that quantum entangled particles are connected by miniature wormholes.
A wormhole, or Einstein-Rosen bridge to give its formal name, is a hypothetical feature of spacetime that exists in four dimensions, and somehow connects to another wormhole that’s located elsewhere in both space and time. The theory, essentially, is that a wormhole is a tunnel that isn’t restricted by the normal limitations of 3D Cartesian space and the speed of light, allowing you to travel from one point in space and time, to another point in space and time — theoretically allowing you to traverse huge portions of the universe, and travel in time.
Continue reading “Wormholes are just quantum entangled black holes, says new research” »
Jan 1, 2016
Food delivered by drones, driverless cabs and cyber PAs
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, computing, drones, food, robotics/AI
Artificial intelligence is moving so fast that within a decade, we will even be able to swallow computers so they can perform internal operations and release drugs.
Jan 1, 2016
We will someday transform into immortal cyborgs, claims Zoltan Istvan
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: cyborgs, genetics, life extension, transhumanism
Zoltan Istvan, you re in the Daily Mail.
California-based, Zoltan Istvan, is leader of the Transhumanst party, and believes that mind uploading, cyborg body augmentation, and genetic manipulation could help us live forever.
Jan 1, 2016
Contaminants, Explosives, and Diseases Can Now Be Detected With Just One Molecule
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
It is now possible to detect just one molecule of a substance, and we can detect said substance whether it is a solid, liquid, or gas.
Jan 1, 2016
Teslasuit: This Full Body Suit Lets You Feel Virtual Reality
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
Now you can “feel what you play,” with this full body virtual reality suit that simulates everything from temperature to hugs.