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Feb 27
2024

The Strange Spooky Possibilities of Neural Dust

An exploration of brain augmentation especially that which involves neural dust. The new JMG Clips channel for sleep!https://youtu.be/Lf2iz6LqCxQ?si=S-qdipBH…

Feb 27
2024

NASA’s radar images a slowly spinning stadium-sized asteroid

The images of the “stadium-sized” asteroid, 2008 OS7, were captured using NASA’s 230-foot Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna dish.

NASA’s Deep Space Network planetary radar has captured the first detailed images of a “stadium-sized” asteroid dubbed 2008 OS7.

Feb 27
2024

Swedish scientists smash solar cell efficiency ‘world record’

CIGS solar cells can also be used a bottom layer in the tandem solar cell design helping reduce production costs.

Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have created a new world record by designing a CIGS solar cell with 23.64 percent energy conversion efficiency.

Feb 27
2024

GUSTO sets record for longest scientific balloon flight in Antarctica

GUSTO surpassed the previous record by flying continuously for over 55 days.

A scientific balloon soaring the skies above Antarctica broke the record for the longest flight on February 24.

Feb 27
2024

Apple hints at AI cameras on Airpods, smart ring, smart glasses

Reports suggest the tech giant is considering plans to power Airpods with AI cameras, smart ring, and smart glasses.

With wearables taking over the consumer electronics market, especially in the last five years, tech giant–Apple is considering plans for wearable devices.

Feb 27
2024

TECNO’s Dynamic 1: Meet the latest robotic dog on the block

TECNO’s Dynamic 1 is allegedly inspired by a German Shepherd.

Chinese technology company TECNO has officially unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI) enabled robotic dog called Dynamic 1. Showcased at the Mobile World Congress on Monday, February 26, in Barcelona, Dynamic 1 is the latest in robotic canines making the news of late.

According to reports on the robot’s capabilities, Dynamic 1 can climb up a flight of stairs thanks to its torque output of 45 Newton meters per kilogram (Nm/kg) and can also bow and “shake hands.”

Feb 27
2024

Butterflies mimic each other’s flight patterns to flee predators

Butterflies not only share near-identical color patterns but also synchronize their flight behaviors. Explore how these delicate creatures choreograph their movements to create a powerful warning signal against predators.

Feb 27
2024

Scientists develop real-time human emotion recognition technology

Scientists have made a a skin-integrated face interface technology that can recognize human emotions in real time.

Scientists have made a technology that can recognize human emotions in real-time.

Feb 27
2024

First-in-human study tracks brain response to economic exchange

New study links dopamine and serotonin changes in a brain region to social perception and decision-making regarding offer acceptance.

Scientists unravel dopamine-serotonin dynamics in first-in-humans study, unveiling social decision-making during awake surgery in Parkinson’s patients’ tracking economic exchange.

Feb 27
2024

Australian scientists 3D print titanium structure with supernatural strength

Researchers were able to build a new material that’s 50% stronger than strongest alloy known to man by laser powder bed fusion approach.