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Jan 2, 2023

See 2022’s smarter, tinier and deadlier robots

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Robots benefitted from advances in artificial intelligence, soft gels and tinier electronic sensors.

Jan 2, 2023

What 10 top AI stories in 2022 reveal about 2023

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

As we look back at VentureBeat’s top AI stories of the year, it’s clear that the industry’s advances — including, notably, in generative AI — are vast and powerful, but only the beginning of what is to come.

For example, OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab behind AI tools that exploded this year, including DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT, debuted buzzed-about advancements that drew attention from the general public as well as the tech industry. DALL-E’s text-to-image generation and ChatGPT’s new capabilities to produce high-quality, long-form content made creatives question whether they will soon be out of a job — and who owns the content these tools are creating anyway?

Meanwhile, the next iteration of advancements may not be far off for OpenAI. This fall, Ray, the machine learning technology behind OpenAI’s large-scale operations, debuted its next milestone: Ray 2.0. The update will operate as a runtime layer and is designed to simplify the building and management of large AI workloads, which will allow companies like OpenAI to make even greater strides in 2023.

Jan 2, 2023

Inside the software that will become the next battle front in US-China chip war

Posted by in category: computing

The US has moved to restrict export of EDA software. What is it, and how will the move affect China?

Jan 2, 2023

The endoplasmic reticulum puts a new spin on synaptic tagging

Posted by in category: neuroscience

The heterogeneity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) makes it a versatile platform for a broad range of homeostatic processes, ranging from calcium regulation to synthesis and trafficking of proteins and lipids. It is not surprising that neurons use this organelle to fine-tune synaptic properties and thereby provide specificity to synaptic inputs. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms that enable activity-dependent ER recruitment into dendritic spines, with a focus on molecular mechanisms that mediate transport and retention of the ER in spines.

Jan 2, 2023

A big problem with fusion is solved leading us near to a perpetual energy source

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, physics, sustainability

Image credit: Max Planck Institute of Plasma physics. Cutaway of a Fusion Reactor.

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wein) have discovered a way to control Type-I ELM plasma instabilities, that melt the walls of fusion devices. The study is published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

There is no doubt that the day will come when fusion power plants can provide sustainable energy and solve our persistent energy problems. It is the main reason why so many scientists around the world are working on this power source. Power generation in this way actually mimics the sun.

Jan 2, 2023

15 Bad Things That Happen When You’re Too Nice

Posted by in category: futurism

A parasite takes advantage of a nice person they have no respect for the person this happens a lot especially with people from other countries who call themselves your friends.


There was only one rule. Work hard and be nice, and everything would go just fine. That should be the rule for life, too… But, of course, that wasn’t how […] More.

Jan 2, 2023

Derinkuyu: Mysterious underground city in Turkey found in man’s basement

Posted by in category: futurism

A basement renovation project led to the archaeological discovery of a lifetime: the Derinkuyu Underground City, which housed 20,000 people.

Jan 2, 2023

How We Built Our Low-Cost Dream Sustainable Home Without Cutting a Single Tree

Posted by in categories: habitats, sustainability

Laya Joshua from Kerala has used stones, old wood, and many such eco-friendly elements to build her dream sustainable home, for which no trees were cut.

Jan 2, 2023

The Normal Unfixed Brain: Neuroanatomy Video Lab — Brain Dissections

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The consistency and vulnerability of the brain is demonstrated along with the clear and glistening pia and arachnoid and the tough dura. The cushioning function of the CSF is stressed and the features are pointed out on the ventral surface. The uncus and temporal lobes are normal with arteries free of atherosclerosis.

This is 2 of a series of 26 videos to be viewed in the suggested order or intermixed with other curricular materials. The entire series can be accessed here:
https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/adult/html/brain-dissections.html.

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Jan 2, 2023

Should We Seek Immortality?

Posted by in categories: evolution, food, life extension

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Although we’ve been socialized to accept death as an inevitability, and live our lives knowing that its looming shadow will one day catch up with us, many of us might never really come to terms with it. Throughout our evolution, we’ve come up with ideas, beliefs and theories that attempt to shine a light deep into the cold, dark abyss of death to give ourselves a hope of continued living and everlasting existence. Could we really stop our cells from aging? If you could, would you want to be immortal?

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